Author: Roxanne Brown

The eBay auction website is asking all 233 million of its users to change their passwords. The users' information have fallen into the hands of hackers. No financial data has been stolen, but names and email addresses as well as home addresses and phone numbers have been compromised. "Our customers are our highest priority; and to ensure they continue to have a safe, secure and trusted experience on eBay, we will be asking all eBay users to change their passwords," the company reported. Currently eBay is reporting that PayPal has not been compromised; however to be safe I would recommend updating your password there as well.   For more information, see https://www.cnet.com/news/ebay-hacked-requests-all-users-change-passwords For a review on choosing safe passwords, see my previous post at:  https://bit.ly/1lwiMfF   

              From "Ask the Expert" on our site: (https://bit.ly/1gtEWrK) Question: I ran across your blog post about using two monitors (https://bit.ly/1okZquy). I have 4 companies in my QuickBooks files. If I have two monitors can I have two company files open at the same time? i.e. our construction company and our Real Estate Brokerage? Thanks, Tracy H.   Answer: Tracy, Thank you for contacting us; we've actually had a few others ask the same question recently. You can only have two files of the same version year open at the same time if you are using Enterprise or the Accountant’s Edition of QuickBooks.  My guess is that you are using QuickBooks Pro or Premier with two monitors tied to ONE computer. Unfortunately that will…

Your personal information may be at risk as a result of a major breakdown in internet security revealed on April 7th. (more…)

          You are invited to attend the FIFO Reconciliation with Communiqué and StoneEdge Webinar scheduled for Friday, April 11th, 2014.   (more…)

We will be discussing and sharing information about the Amazon, PayPal, and Credit Card Reconciliation tools available with Communiqué  as well as other issues vital to your business and financial well being. (more…)

All New - Communiqué Pro Enterprise Reporting Webinar Communiqué Pro is the next generation report tool for the Enterprise.  This is a must have upgrade for StoneEdge Enterprise merchants. Here at Professional Business Solutions, we are really excited to be part of the next generation of Communiqué. Please join us on the webinar; it’s a wonderful opportunity to preview the new Communiqué Pro that is scheduled for release on March 20, 2014.  (more…)

Pinterest - Chances are you've heard of this visually oriented social network. You may be wondering: Why do you need yet another time robber? Isn’t Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and Google Plus enough for now? How many hours are in a day anyway?  :) (more…)

Fraud has become pretty rampant these days and criminals are getting smarter and smarter, while the credit card companies and banks have neglected to update their procedures and technology. Just a few days ago, Yahoo stated that a number of their users’ passwords and usernames were hacked. Read this if you’d like to know what to do if you’ve been affected by this latest scam. (more…)