Construction Business Owner, March 2009

Editor's Note: This is the second article in the series, "Software Feature Line-Up," by Mike Ode. Each article focuses on must-have accounting software features. To read the previous article in the series, click here. To read the next article in the series, click here.

Some positions in baseball (think pitcher) get all the glory, while other players (think catcher) are vital to the game yet remain somewhat invisible.  And so it is with construction accounting software features.  Some are just not as glamorous as others.  A detailed audit trail, for example, may not excite contractors like some cool bell-and-whistle features.  On the other hand, the audit trail could quite possibly be the most important software feature of all.

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Construction Business Owner, March 2009

Back in 1992, John Sculley, then president of Apple Computer, first used the term "PDA" when introducing the Apple Newton at the Consumer Electronics Show.  He called it the first real "Personal Digital Assistant." While the small size of the Newton was novel, it was the new touch screen that wowed the audience. For the first time, people could select items by tapping directly on the screen instead of using buttons. While Newton never took off, five years later a small company, Palm, launched their version of the PDA, the Palm Pilot, and mobile computing has never been the same.

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