Bharath Kadaba, Chief Innovation Officer at Intuit, discusses the company's use of Amazon Web Service for the implementation of it artificial intelligence and machine learning products. He also discusses how the software company aimed at small businesses will handle tax reform should there be a rewrite of the tax code.
Kadaba discusses leveraging AWS infrastructure as the technology within its products, including TurboTax, Quickbooks and Mint, continues to grow. Recently, Intuit launched Quickbooks Assistant, which makes use of A.I. so that companies can more easily automate financial payments.
Kadaba notes that, as the U.S. government readies a rewrite of the tax code, the company is also planning a revamp of its software to change programs like TurboTax, if necessary.
Skype users are scrambling to find an alternative after Microsoft shut down the pioneering internet phone service which let people make cheap long distance calls and chat with other users. Google Voice lets users make calls from a smartphone or a desktop web browser but it's only available to people in the U.S. Viber users can call phone numbers but can't get a number to receive calls. Zoom offers phone options too. You could get a number from a low cost virtual carrier or try other internet phone services. Microsoft says some Skype features will migrate to Teams, but its Teams Phone feature is only for businesses.
