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• 00:08 – Blake and David talk politics for a brief moment in time ... 
• 00:47 – While Andrew Yang has a touch of bot-phobia, he's the only 2020 presidential candidate talking AI in any meaningful way.
• 01:24 – Yang's take on "reality TV" style elections |The Hill
• 02:04 – What it takes to hit the debate stage | NYTimes
• 04:34 – The ransomware wars go mainstream, when the latest attack on QuickBooks hits "action" news channels, like News 6 in Orlando | ClickOrlando.com
• 06:49 – Hackers are buying kits designed to specifically target QuickBooks Desktop data files | Healthcare Info Security
• 07:30 – Ransomware rebuilds - new business opportunity for accountants? 
• 09:10 – How many accounting firms suffer ransomware attacks and stay silent about it to save face? 
• 11:37 – Backing up the backups of your backups, and then backing those up on a regular basis is one way to mitigate ransomware damage
• 12:47 – LinkedIn adds some new marketing tools to help small accounting businesses boost their visibility on the platform business | Accounting Today
• 14:47 – Ain't nobody got time for updating multiple social sites when you're trying to run and grow your accounting business. David challenges app developers to create an app that's up to the social-media management task
• 16:49 – Intuit has added a new role in the TurboTax Live arena - tax associate - to assist credentialed agents with a variety of tax-related tasks |Intuit ProConnect
• 18:18 – QuickBooks Live finally has a landing page all its own, and they're celebrating by offering a free 30-minute consultation! | Intuit QuickBooks
• 19:13 – What exactly is QuickBooks Live? Short answer: Uber for bookkeeping
• 20:48 – Intuit provides an actual demo of the QuickBooks Live service in their new add, narrated by Danny DeVito
• 22:30 – Blake Oliver - Voiceover talent for hire!
• 23:56 – Does your firm utilize collab tools that include instant messaging? | CPA Trendlines
• 26:15 – Google Sheets ups its game with some new tools - Slicers, Scorecard Charts, and themes - to create more effective data visualization | Android Police
• 28:10 – The Federal Reserve wants to create its own instant-payments system, much to the chagrin of the Big Banks | Politico
• 29:31 – Open call to Elizabeth Warren - Make an appearance on The Cloud Accounting Podcast! 
• 30:38 – Square doubles down on its ecosystem plays | Bank Innovation