Accountants have pretty much always used technology — what else do you call an abacus or a slide rule or an adding machine? — but it is increasingly obvious that, as the world moves through its digital revolution, it has slowly become a technology-driven profession, where powerful software solutions are not enhancements but true necessities for all but the most basic of jobs. This has led to a veritable galaxy of specialized accounting applications, and a veritable universe of other apps that, while not specific to the profession, are nonetheless invaluable to their work. Click here to read.