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Daily Update for February 14, 2013

by Steven Sande (Feb 14th, 2013)

It's the TUAW Daily Update, your source for Apple news in a convenient audio format. You'll get all the top Apple stories of the day in three to five minutes for a quick review of what's happening in the Apple world. You can listen to today's Apple stories by clicking the inline player ...

Intuit releases new QuickBooks Online app for the iPad

by Kelly Hodgkins (Feb 14th, 2013)

Intuit expanded its mobile app portfolio today with a new iPad app for its QuickBooks Online accounting service. The iPad app is a standalone solution that lets you sync items like invoices, expenses and estimates across your iOS devices and the web. Intuit talked to small-business owners ...

Weave from Intuit is a free and powerful project tracker

by Mel Martin (Nov 29th, 2012)

Weave is a simple iPhone app (free) for managing those personal and business projects all in one place. It's kind of a super to-do list, and while there are plenty of those on offer both free and paid in the App Store, there is plenty to like about Weave. The app is from Intuit, the company that ...

Intuit announces QuickBooks for Mac 2013

by Kelly Hodgkins (Sep 10th, 2012)

Intuit announced today the next version of its QuickBooks small business accounting software for the Mac. The 2013 version focuses on making things easier for small business owners who are busy growing their business. Code-named "Zen" for its ease of use, QuickBooks 2013 simplifies common ...

Intuit releases Mint QuickView in the Mac App Store

by Michael Grothaus (Jul 11th, 2012)

Personal finance site Mint.com (owned by Intuit) has released its first OS X app in the Mac App Store. Called Mint QuickView, the app allows Mint.com users to quickly take a peek at their finances. The app isn't a full-fledged personal finance app like Quicken or iBank, rather it's a small ...

Five apps to help you file your taxes (updated)

by Megan Lavey-Heaton (Apr 3rd, 2012)

With only a few weeks before taxes are due -- the federal deadline is on April 17, and many states have followed suit -- plenty of Americans are scrambling to file before the clock ticks away. We've gone and found five apps that will help you make Tax Day, and waiting for that refund, a bit ...

IGG Software, iBank and its climb from one-man shop to Intuit competitor

by Kelly Hodgkins (Feb 20th, 2012)

You probably haven't heard of IGG Software, but you will. It's the company behind the popular Mac and iOS financial software iBank and it's about to send a knock out blow to finance giant Intuit. So how did iBank climb from a single-man operation to its position as one of the top financial apps ...

Mint.com iPad app finally hits the App Store

by Michael Grothaus (Oct 26th, 2011)

The wait for Mint.com's iPad app is finally over. Today Mint's parent company Intuit unveiled its iPad app, and while many of us would have preferred to have it sooner it proves the old adage "good things come to those who wait." Last week I got a exclusive sneak peek of the app and I can tell ...

QuickBooks for Mac 2012 features redesigns, improved search, partial billing

by Dave Caolo (Sep 7th, 2011)

Intuit has announced QuickBooks for Mac 2012, which offers a slew of new features. Aside from being more Mac-like than ever (invoices look especially good), this update allows for partial invoice billing, greatly improved search functions, Lion-specific enhancements and a whole lot more. We'll ...

Quicken won't run on Lion: 10 Mac finance apps that will

by Steven Sande (Jul 9th, 2011)

OS X Lion isn't out yet, but it could be hitting the Mac App Store as soon as next week. For many Mac users, the decision on whether or not to upgrade to Lion is boiling down to one incompatible app -- Quicken for Mac. We've been hearing from our readers for several weeks that Quicken is the ...

Intuit's Aaron Patzer hints at Apple licensing Rosetta

by Steven Sande (Jun 17th, 2011)

One of the big changes coming next month with the release of Mac OS X 10.7 Lion is that apps that operate under Rosetta, the code libraries that allow PowerPC-based apps to run on Intel-based Mac hardware, may no longer work under the new operating system. Current developer previews of Lion ...

5 iOS apps for Tax Day

by Megan Lavey-Heaton (Apr 11th, 2011)

With roughly a week to go before taxes are due -- the federal deadline is on April 18, and many states have followed suit -- plenty of Americans are scrambling to file before the clock ticks away. We've gone and found five apps that will help you make Tax Day, and waiting for that refund, a bit ...

Girl Scouts using iPhones to sell cookies now

by Mike Schramm (Feb 24th, 2011)

Bad news: the Girl Scouts have discovered an easier way to sell you those dangerously delicious cookies, and it's through an iPhone. Starting this year, the Girl Scouts of America will be taking payments for their annual cookie sales through Intuit's GoPayment app, available on iOS. That ...

Michael's Best of Tech 2010 list

by Michael Grothaus (Dec 28th, 2010)

It's time for that honored tradition that's inescapable at the end of every year: the annual best/worst lists. But I'm generally a positive kind of guy, so I'm just going to share my "best of" part of the list. Below you'll find my selections for the best of tech that I used in 2010. Some of the ...

QuickBooks 2011 to add multi-user support, more

by Dave Caolo (Sep 7th, 2010)

Intuit is preparing to release QuickBooks 2011 for the Mac on September 27th with some great new features like multi-user support (finally!), mileage tracking, and more. We had a chance to explore this new version with William Lynes, QuickBooks product manager. It's quite Mac-like, and I suspect it ...