Technology

DreamWorks to launch tablet for children

The eight inch DreamTab is meant for smaller hands, and will include children-friendly content, including drawing lessons from animators.

January 3, 2014

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Planning and Advice

Leverage social media statistics

Analyze statistics when creating or updating marketing plans.

By Melonie Dodaro |November 13, 2013

2 min read

Estate Planning

Protect clients’ digital estates

Help executors avoid disputes over digital family legacies.

November 5, 2013

6 min read

Planning and Advice

7 ways to protect client data

Data security policies aren’t foolproof. So financial data tech experts advise that you always assume your clients’ information is vulnerable.

November 5, 2013

2 min read

Planning and Advice

My newest tablet is an Acer Iconia W510 running Windows 8 Pro. The basic version is $549 and has 64 GB of storage—four times the storage in the entry-level iPad 3. The Acer has become my main tablet for two other reasons.

By Kevin Cork |November 5, 2013

3 min read

Planning and Advice

Tips for serving wealthy clients: HNW conference

Advisor.ca live-tweeted the Strategy Institute's HNW conference yesterday.

October 30, 2013

2 min read

Industry

First bitcoin ATM opens in Vancouver

Vancouver-based Bitcoiniacs and Nevada-based Robocoin have launched the world’s first bitcoin ATM. It’ll convert bitcoins, a digital currency, to Canadian dollars and vice versa, reports cbc.ca. Read: A bitcoin ETF? Customers in Vancouver who visit the ATM will have their palms scanned, and can exchange up to $3,000 worth of bitcoin per day on Canada’s […]

October 30, 2013

1 min read

Industry

Apple isn’t dodging taxes, says SEC

Even though members of the U.S. Congress continue to believe Apple isn’t paying as much tax as it should, the SEC recently stated this wasn’t the case. Read: How Apple paid almost no tax In fact, Forbes is reporting that as far as the SEC is concerned, Apple isn’t dodging taxes — it’s simply delaying […]

October 16, 2013

1 min read