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Intuit QuickBooks Desktop Pricing and Open AI Relationship – The Accounting Technology Lab Podcast – Dec. 2025

Accounting December 12, 2025 

Intuit QuickBooks Desktop Pricing and Open AI Relationship – The Accounting Technology Lab Podcast – Dec. 2025

In this episode of The Accounting Technology Lab, hosts Randy Johnston and Brian Tankersley analyze Intuit’s recent announcements following Intuit Connect, focusing on major QuickBooks Desktop (QBD) price increases, and Intuit’s reported $100 million annual relationship with OpenAI. The Accounting Tech Lab is an ongoing series that explores the intersection of public accounting and technology.

Brian Tankersley, Randy Johnston

 Transparency Transcends Print, Social Media

August 31, 2009 

Transparency Transcends Print, Social Media

If you publish content for your firm, company, or even blog, Facebook, Tweet or have a LinkedIn profile – and don’t think people are listening and watching to what you do or say – you need to wake up! Microsoft pulled a fast one when it took a photo of an African-American man and changed...…

Scott Cytron

 Reading the Fine Print

August 21, 2009 

Reading the Fine Print

People often scoff at others who find themselves in a predicament because they didn’t read “the fine print.” But almost all of us are guilty of this error in judgement, and not just occasionally… we do it every day. I’m talking about EULAs (End-User License Agreement), Terms of Use Policies, Privacy Policies and other contractual...…

Isaac M. O'Bannon

 “Speed of Sound” is Almost Too Slow

August 17, 2009 

“Speed of Sound” is Almost Too Slow

I’ve blogged about how technology has the ability to transform our firms and businesses in ways that are almost super-human. Validating my thoughts is a new article on WSJ.com that talks about how companies are using technology to connect to customers in speedier ways: “Technology is transforming innovation at its core, allowing companies to test...…

Darren Root, CPA, CITP, CGMA

 Is it worth upgrading to Adobe Acrobat Standard 9.0?

August 13, 2009 

Is it worth upgrading to Adobe Acrobat Standard 9.0?

This latest version while not a singular upgrade that you should run right out and buy is one of those upgrades which makes sense if the firm is still using Adobe Acrobat Standard 6.x, 7.x, or 8.x. All three of these previous versions suffer from some type of programming problem which cause issues for the…

John D. Anderson

 Save Money With Cloud Computing

August 10, 2009 

Save Money With Cloud Computing

I’ve written a few blog entries about cloud computing – hoping to make an impact on CPAs and accountants reading these entries who can understand how this outsourced technology infrastructure model is secure and efficient. I ran across an article this morning on MSN that talks about the costs associated with cloud computing through this...…

Darren Root, CPA, CITP, CGMA