The Federal Telegraph Company was a United States manufacturing and communications company that played a pivotal role in the 20th century in the development of radio communications.
91-583: The company was founded in Palo Alto, California in 1909 by Cyril Frank Elwell , and was first known as the Poulsen Wireless Company, after licensing Valdemar Poulsen 's arc transmitter for use in the United States. The company initially developed high-powered transmitters used for long distance radiotelegraph communication. In 1911–13, Lee De Forest and two assistants worked at Federal Telegraph on
182-511: A coastal redwood tree known as El Palo Alto . The city of Palo Alto was established in 1894 by the American industrialist Leland Stanford when he founded Stanford University in memory of his son, Leland Stanford Jr. Palo Alto later expanded and now borders East Palo Alto , Mountain View , Los Altos , Los Altos Hills , Stanford , Portola Valley , and Menlo Park . As of the 2020 census ,
273-507: A tax preparation product called WINTAX – Canada's first Microsoft Windows -based personal tax preparation software. In 1993, they agreed to be acquired by Chipsoft, manufacturer of the U.S. personal income tax software TurboTax . Shortly after the WINTAX acquisition, Chipsoft agreed to merge with Intuit, the developer of the Quicken financial software. Intuit Canada continued to update and support
364-436: A 2007 estimate, the median income for a household in the city was $ 119,046, and the median income for a family was $ 153,197. Males had a median income of $ 91,051 versus $ 60,202 for females. The per capita income for the city was $ 56,257. About 3.2% of families and 4.8% of the population were below the poverty line , including 4.0% of those under age 18 and 5.0% of those age 65 or over. Palo Alto, north of Oregon Expressway ,
455-420: A by-then bankrupt software company that had developed on-demand customer relationship management software. In April 2009, it acquired Boorah, a restaurant review site. On June 2, 2009, it announced the signing of a definitive agreement to purchase PayCycle Inc., an online payroll services, in an all-cash transaction for approximately $ 170 million. On September 14, 2009, Intuit Inc. agreed to acquire Mint.com ,
546-522: A collegiate summer baseball club that has been in the Bay Area since 1950, eight years longer than the San Francisco Giants. The Oaks were originally managed by Tony Makjavich for 49 years. The Oaks were going to fold before the summer 2016 season but were taken on by Daniel Palladino and Whaylan Price, Bay Area baseball coaches who did not want to see the team die. The Oaks have a rich history within
637-1098: A data consulting firm. On October 30, 2013, it acquired Full Slate, a developer of appointment scheduling software for small businesses. In November 2013, Intuit acquired Prestwick Services, LLC, and incorporated TruPay into its Employee Management Solutions Division. In May 2014, Intuit Inc. bought Invitco to help bookkeepers put bill processing in the cloud. In May 2014, it acquired Check for approximately $ 360 million to offer bill pay across small business and personal finance products. In December 2014, it. acquired Acrede, UK-based provider of global, cross-border and cloud-based payroll services. In March 2015, Intuit Inc. acquired Playbook HR. In January 2016, Intuit Inc. announced an agreement to sell Demandforce to Internet Brands . On March 3, 2016, Intuit announced plans to sell Quicken to H.I.G. Capital . On March 8, 2016, it announced plans to sell Quickbase to private equity firm Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe . In October 2016, Intuit acquired Bankstream to integrate direct bank feeds into QuickBooks. On May 1, 2017, Intuit announced it
728-440: A free online personal finance service, for $ 170 million. On January 15, 2010, Intuit Inc. spun off Intuit Real Estate Solutions (which Intuit acquired in 2002) as a stand-alone company. The new company took on its previous moniker, and is now known as MRI Software . On May 21, 2010, Intuit acquired MedFusion, a Cary, NC leader of Patient to Provider communications for approximately $ 91 million. On August 10, 2010, it. acquired
819-609: A free online service called TurboTax Free File as well as a similarly named service called TurboTax Free Edition which is not free for most users. TurboTax Free File was developed as part of an agreement whereby members of the Free File Alliance would offer tax preparation for individuals below an income threshold for free in exchange for the IRS not providing taxpayers with free pre-filled forms. In 2019, investigations by ProPublica found that Intuit deliberately steered taxpayers from
910-551: A large stake in Excite and acquired Lacerte Software, a Dallas -based developer of tax preparation software used by tax professionals. It also divested its online bill payment service unit in exchange for an equity stake in CheckFree . In June 2013, Intuit announced it would sell its financial services unit to private equity firm Thoma Bravo for $ 1.03 billion. As of May 2018, Intuit had more than US$ 5 billion in annual revenue and
1001-477: A living. It is generally used by larger firms with more complex workflows and clients. On March 2, 1999, Intuit acquired Computing Resources Inc. of Reno, Nevada for approximately $ 200 million. This acquisition allowed Intuit to offer a payroll processing platform through its QuickBooks software program. In December 1999, Intuit purchased Rock Financial for a sum of $ 532M. The company was renamed Quicken Loans . In June 2002, Rock Financial founder Dan Gilbert led
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#17328442615261092-516: A low of 39.0 °F (3.9 °C) to a high of 57.8 °F (14.3 °C). In July, average temperatures range from 55.7 to 79.4 °F (13.2 to 26.3 °C). The record high temperature was 108 °F (42 °C) on September 6, 2022, and the record low temperature was 20 °F (−7 °C) on January 11, 1949, and December 24, 1990. Temperatures reach 90 °F (32 °C) or higher on an average of 12.0 days. Temperatures drop to 32 °F (0 °C) or lower on an average of 14.0 days. Due to
1183-661: A market capitalization of about US$ 50 billion. In August 2018, the company announced that Sasan Goodarzi would become Intuit's leader and CEO at the beginning of 2019. Previous CEO Brad Smith will remain chairman of Intuit's board of directors. In August 2020, Intuit QuickBooks Canada was expected to reveal intentions to partner with Digital Main Street, as the company aims to help digitally turn Canadian small businesses. In July 2024, Intuit announced it would lay off 1,800 employees, or 10% of its workforce, in order to refocus resources on generative AI initiatives. Intuit formerly offered
1274-678: A modest room on University Avenue in Palo Alto. The first version of Quicken was coded in Microsoft's BASIC programming language for the IBM PC and UCSD Pascal for the Apple II by Tom Proulx and had to contend with a dozen serious competitors. In 1991, Microsoft decided to produce a competitor to Quicken called Microsoft Money . To win retailers' loyalty, Intuit included a US$ 15 rebate coupon, redeemable on software customers purchased in their stores. This
1365-469: A political party. Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos can be of any race . The 2010 United States Census reported that Palo Alto had a population of 64,403. The population density was 2,497.5 inhabitants per square mile (964.3/km ). The racial makeup of Palo Alto
1456-434: A provider of online banking services. On August 17, 2007, Intuit sold Eclipse ERP to Activant , for $ 100.5 million in cash . In December 2007, it acquired Electronic Clearing House to add check processing power.In December 2007, it acquired Homestead Technologies which offers web site creation and e-commerce tools targeted at the small business market, for $ 170 million. In December 2008, it acquired Entellium ,
1547-491: A registered national historic district, is bounded by Kingsley, Lincoln, and Addison Avenues and the cross streets of Ramona, Bryant, and Waverley. The district includes a large number of well-preserved residences dating from the 1890s, including 833 Kingsley, 345 Lincoln, and 450 Kingsley. 1044 Bryant was the home of Russell Varian , co-inventor of the Klystron tube . The Federal Telegraph laboratory site, situated at 218 Channing,
1638-430: A result, Palo Alto has two downtown areas: one along University Avenue and one along California Avenue (renamed after the annexation since Palo Alto already had a Lincoln Avenue). The Mayfield News wrote its own obituary four days later: It is with a feeling of deep regret that we see on our streets today those who would sell, or give, our beautiful little city to an outside community. We have watched Mayfield grow from
1729-557: A small group of private investors in purchasing the Quicken Loans subsidiary back from Intuit. In 2001, Intuit invested in UK market, hiring a local management team led by Stephen Lee, managing director, and Neil Atkins, marketing director, with an aim to become Europe's leading B2B & B2C packaged accounts solution. In 2002, the firm acquired Management Reports International , a Cleveland-based real estate management software firm. The firm
1820-583: A small hamlet, when Palo Alto was nothing more than a hayfield, to her present size ... and it is with a feeling of sorrow that we contemplate the fact that there are those who would sell or give the city away. Palo Alto continued to annex more land, including the Stanford Shopping Center area in 1953. Stanford Research Park , Embarcadero Road northeast of Bayshore, and the West Bayshore/San Antonio Road area were also annexed during
1911-539: A successful business plan, starting costs calculator, cash flow calculator, break-even calculator, templates for business planning and sample business plans. TaxAlmanac was a free online tax research resource. The site included information including the Internal Revenue Code, Treasury Regulations, Tax Court Cases, and a variety of articles. This site was up for closure but due to massive feedback, has reminded up. It has however been archived since June 2014, meaning
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#17328442615262002-561: A tax preparation software company based in San Diego. In 1994, the firm acquired the tax preparation software division of Best Programs of Reston, VA. In the same year, Intuit acquired Parsons Technology from Bob Parsons for $ 64 million. In 1996, it acquired GALT Technologies, Inc of Pittsburgh, PA. In 1998, it acquired Lacerte Software Corp., which now operates as an Intuit subsidiary. The Lacerte subsidiary focuses on tax software used by professional accountants who prepare taxes for
2093-657: A thousand acres (4.0 km ) extending from today's Page Mill Road to Serra Street and from El Camino Real to the foothills. Coutts named his property Ayrshire Farm. His fanciful 50-foot-tall (15 m) brick tower near Matadero Creek likely marked the south corner of his property. Leland Stanford started buying land in the area in 1876 for a horse farm, called the Palo Alto Stock Farm . Stanford bought Ayrshire Farm in 1882. In 1884, Leland Stanford and his wife, Jane lost their only child Leland Stanford Jr. when he died of typhoid fever at age 15 and decided to create
2184-510: A university in his memory. In 1886, they proposed having the university's gateway be Mayfield. However, they had one condition: alcohol had to be banned from the town. Known for its 13 rowdy saloons, Mayfield rejected his request. This led them to drive the formation of a new temperance town with the help of their friend Timothy Hopkins of the Southern Pacific Railroad , who in 1887 bought 740 acres (3.0 km ) of private land for
2275-564: A variety of platforms including application software , software connected to services , software as a service , platform as a service and mobile applications . Intuit Canada has employees located all across Canada, with offices in Edmonton , Alberta , and Toronto , Ontario . Intuit Canada traces its origins to the 1993 acquisition by Intuit of a Canadian tax preparation software developer. In 1992, Edmontonians and University of Alberta graduates Bruce Johnson and Chad Frederick had built
2366-528: A visiting boat captain, John Greer. Greer owned a home on the site that is now Town & Country Village on Embarcadero and El Camino Real . Greer Avenue and Court are named for him. To the south of the Sotos, the brothers Secundino and Teodoro Robles in 1849 bought Rancho Rincon de San Francisquito from José Peña, the 1841 grantee. The grant covered the area south of Rancho Rinconada del Arroyo de San Francisquito to more or less present-day Mountain View. The grant
2457-557: A warm-summer Mediterranean climate (Csb). Palo Alto was incorporated in 1894. In 1909 a municipal charter created a local government consisting of a fifteen-member city council, with responsibilities for various governmental functions delegated to appointed committees. In 1950, the city adopted a Council–manager government . Several appointed committees continue to advise the city council on specialized issues, such as land-use planning, utilities, and libraries, but these committees no longer have direct authority over City staff. Currently,
2548-463: Is a California Historical Landmark recognizing Lee de Forest 's 1911 invention of the vacuum tube and electronic oscillator at that location. While not open to the public, the garage that housed the launch of Hewlett Packard is located at 367 Addison Avenue. Hewlett Packard recently restored the house and garage. A second historic district on Ramona Street can be found downtown between University and Hamilton Avenues. The Palo Alto Chinese School
2639-476: Is a tributary to San Francisquito Creek below Interstate 280. Palo Alto has a number of significant natural habitats, including estuarine , riparian , and oak forest. Many of these habitats are visible in Foothills Park , which is owned by the city. The Charleston Slough contains a rich marsh and littoral zone, providing feeding areas for a variety of shorebirds and other estuarine wildlife. Typical of
2730-525: Is by some measures the most expensive college town in the United States. Intuit Intuit Inc. is an American multinational business software company that specializes in financial software . The company is headquartered in Mountain View, California , and the CEO is Sasan Goodarzi. Intuit's products include the tax preparation application TurboTax , the small business accounting program QuickBooks ,
2821-485: Is filled with older homes, including Craftsman and California Colonials, some of which date back to the 1890s but most of which were built in the first four decades of the 20th century. South of Oregon Expressway, the homes, including many Joseph Eichler -designed or Eichler-style houses, were primarily built in the first 20 years after World War II. While the city contains homes that now cost anywhere from $ 800,000 to well over $ 40 million, much of Palo Alto's housing stock
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2912-754: Is in the 13th Senate District , represented by Democrat Josh Becker , and in the 23rd Assembly District , represented by Democrat Marc Berman . In the United States House of Representatives , Palo Alto is in California's 16th congressional district , represented by Democrat Anna Eshoo . According to the California Secretary of State , as of February 10, 2019, Palo Alto has 40,040 registered voters. Of those, 20,857 (52.1%) are registered Democrats , 4,689 (11.7%) are registered Republicans , and 13,520 (33.8%) have declined to state
3003-519: Is in the style of California mid-century middle-class suburbia. The median home sale price for all of Palo Alto was $ 1.2 million in 2007 and $ 1.4 million in July 2009. Palo Alto ranked in as the 5th most expensive city in the United States as of 2007 , with an average home sales price of $ 1,677,000. In 2010, Palo Alto ranked as the 2nd most expensive city in the United States, with a four-bedroom, two-bathroom home listing for $ 1.48 million on average. Palo Alto
3094-469: Is parallel and crosses the narrow corridor of land that connects the two parcels that makeup Palo Alto. Somewhat perpendicular to these roads are Sand Hill Road from El Camino until it crosses San Francisquito Creek into Menlo Park, Embarcadero Road, Oregon Expressway/Page Mill Road , Arastradero Road/East Charleston Road, and San Antonio Road (the last forms part of the boundary with Mountain View). According to
3185-627: Is the oldest in the entire Bay Area. It is also home to the second oldest opera company in California, the West Bay Opera . One early major business was when Thomas Foon Chew , owner of the Bayside Canning Company in Alviso founded by his father, expanded his business by starting a cannery in 1918 in what was then Mayfield that initially employed 350 workers but later expanded. In the 1920s
3276-542: Is the subject of multiple lawsuits and is under investigation by the FTC and several state attorneys general . On May 4, 2022, Intuit agreed to pay a $ 141 million settlement over misleading advertisements. CEO Sasan Goodarzi oversees all products in all countries. Intuit Canada ULC , an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Intuit, is a developer of financial management and tax preparation software for personal finance and small business accounting . Services are delivered on
3367-473: The Canada Revenue Agency forced Intuit and other tax preparing software companies to limit the number of returns available from their software to 20. This caused Intuit Canada to stop offering QuickTax Pro50 and Pro100 products, and they now offer QuickTax 20 as an alternative. Intuit Canada has since announced that for the 2010 tax year, they will discontinue use of the name QuickTax and replace it with
3458-575: The Federal Telecommunications Laboratories , both continuing as subsidiaries of ITT after World War II through at least the 1950s. Palo Alto, California Palo Alto ( / ˌ p æ l oʊ ˈ æ l t oʊ / PAL -oh AL -toh ; Spanish for ' tall stick ' ) is a charter city in the northwestern corner of Santa Clara County, California , United States, in the San Francisco Bay Area , named after
3549-604: The Los Trancos and Monte Bello Open Space Preserves part of the Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District . The city extends as far as Skyline Boulevard along the ridge of the Santa Cruz Mountains . The northern more densely populated parcel is bordered by San Francisquito Creek (with Menlo Park and East Palo Alto in adjacent San Mateo County beyond) to the north, San Francisco Bay to
3640-584: The Mexican–American War , the United States seized Alta California in 1846; however, this was not legalized until the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo was signed on July 4, 1848. Mexican citizens in the area could choose to become United States citizens and their land grants were to be recognized if they chose to do so (though many legal disputes arose over this). The land grant, Rancho Rinconada del Arroyo de San Francisquito , of about 2,230 acres (9.0 km ) on
3731-601: The San Francisquito Creek watershed, ultimately camping from November 6–11, 1769, by a tall redwood later to be known as El Palo Alto . In 1777, Father Junipero Serra established the Mission Santa Clara de Asis , whose northern boundary was San Francisquito Creek and whose lands included modern Palo Alto. The area was under the control of the viceroy of Mexico and ultimately under the control of Spain. On November 29, 1777, Pueblo de San Jose de Guadalupe (now
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3822-482: The Santa Cruz Mountains to the west, there is a " rain shadow " in Palo Alto, resulting in an average annual rainfall of only 15.12 inches (384 mm). Measurable rainfall occurs on an average of 55.8 days annually. The wettest year on record was 1983 with 32.51 inches (826 mm) and the driest year was 2013 with 3.81 inches (97 mm). The most rainfall in one month was 12.43 inches (316 mm) in February 1998 and
3913-496: The United States Census Bureau , the city has a total area of 25.8 square miles (67 km ), of which 23.9 square miles (62 km ) is land and 1.9 square miles (4.9 km ), comprising 7.38%, is water. The official elevation is 30 feet (9 m) above sea level, but the city boundaries reach well into the northern section of the Santa Cruz Mountains . Palo Alto is crossed by several creeks that flow north in
4004-470: The United States Department of Justice sued to block the acquisition. The company came under intense pressure in the late 1990s when Microsoft started to compete vigorously with its core Quicken business. In response, Intuit launched new web-based products and put more emphasis on QuickBooks and on TurboTax. The company made a number of investments around this time. Among others, it purchased
4095-486: The 1950s. Large amounts of land west of Foothill Expressway were annexed between 1959 and 1968; this is mostly undeveloped and includes Foothills Park and Arastradero Preserve . The last major annexations were of Barron Park in 1975 and, in 1979, a large area of marshlands bordering the bay. Many of Stanford University's first faculty members settled in the Professorville neighborhood of Palo Alto. Professorville, now
4186-491: The Bayside Canning Company became one of the largest in the world. In 1949 the Palo Alto cannery, now part of the Sutter Packing Company under the ownership of Safeway , closed; at the time it was the largest employer in Palo Alto with about a 1,000 workers. Various businesses used the building since including Fry's Electronics . Palo Alto is also home to a long-standing baseball tradition. The Palo Alto Oaks are
4277-760: The Intuit Websites and Weblistings products which had been formed from the Homestead Technologies and StepUp Commerce acquisitions. On July 1, 2013, it announced an agreement to sell their Intuit Financial Services (IFS) business unit (formerly known as Digital Insight) to Thoma Bravo for more than $ 1.03 billion. On August 19, 2013, it announced that they had sold their Intuit Health business unit (formerly known as MedFusion) back to MedFusion's founder, Steve Malik . In August 2013, Intuit Inc. acquired tax planning software Good April for an undisclosed amount. On October 23, 2013, it acquired Level Up Analytics,
4368-567: The Mackay Companies, when International Telephone and Telegraph (ITT) purchased the Mackay Companies in 1928 Federal remained a component of the Mackay structure as a manufacturing entity. In 1931, Dr. Ernest O. Lawrence , inventor of the cyclotron , convinced Federal Telegraph to donate an 80-ton magnet they had developed for a canceled project in China to his first cyclotron project on the campus of
4459-584: The Palo Alto area. The area of modern Palo Alto was first recorded by the 1769 party of Gaspar de Portolá , a 64-man, 200-horse expedition setting out from San Diego to find Monterey Bay . The group trekked past the bay without recognizing it and continued north. When they reached modern-day Pacifica , they ascended Sweeney Ridge and saw the San Francisco Bay on November 2. Portolá descended from Sweeney Ridge southeast down San Andreas Creek to Laguna Creek (now Crystal Springs Reservoir ), thence to
4550-479: The Palo Alto community. Palo Alto lies in the southeastern section of the San Francisco Peninsula . It consists of two large parcels of land connected by a narrow corridor. The southern inland section, located south of Interstate 280 , is hilly, rural, and lightly populated and is the site of Pearson–Arastradero Preserve and Foothills Park both part of the Palo Alto park system and also large parts of
4641-634: The South Peninsula region of the San Francisco Bay Area, Palo Alto has a Mediterranean climate with mild, moderately wet winters and warm, dry summers. Typically, in the warmer months, as the sun goes down, the fog bank flows over the foothills to the west and covers the night sky, thus creating a blanket that helps trap the summer warmth absorbed during the day. Even so, it is rare for the overnight low temperature to exceed 60 °F (16 °C). In January, average daily temperatures range from
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#17328442615264732-757: The University of California Berkeley. Lawrence's invention of the cyclotron was the basis of his being awarded the Nobel Prize in 1939. In 1940, Sosthenes Behn moved Federal Telegraph under ITT directly so that its manufacturing capabilities could help ITT replace those in Europe that had been shut down because of the war and the Fall of France. In 1954, FTR changed its name from Federal Telegraph and Radio Corporation - an IT&T associate to Federal Telegraph and Radio Company - division of IT&T , and its research division became
4823-611: The WINTAX software, which was renamed QuickTax in 1995 and then renamed TurboTax in 2010. Intuit Canada quickly became the hub for international development at Intuit, producing localized versions of Quicken and QuickBooks for Canada (in French and English) and the United Kingdom. The U.K. version of Quicken was discontinued in 2005. In 2008, Intuit Canada discontinued the TaxWiz software and added QuickTax Basic to their lineup. Changes made by
4914-475: The Web" in which TaxAlmanac was selected as one of the 50. The product made the short list as one of the 7 in the collaboration category. Intuit archives TaxAlmanac effective June 1, 2014. Many of the users have migrated to a new site called TaxProTalk.com. Zipingo was a free website where users could rate services such as contractors , restaurants , and other businesses. Ratings and comments were either entered from
5005-643: The ability to process credit cards through its core product, QuickBooks, without the need for hardware leasing. They can also provide traditional terminal-based credit card processing and downloading transactions directly into the QuickBooks software. In November 2005, Intuit acquired MyCorporation.com, an online business document filing service, for $ 20 million from original founders Philip and Nellie Akalp. In September 2006, it acquired StepUp Commerce, an online localized product listing syndicator, for $ 60 million in cash. In December 2006, it acquired Digital Insight ,
5096-437: The age of 18 living in them, 13,975 (52.7%) were opposite-sex married couples living together, 1,843 (7.0%) had a female householder with no husband present, 659 (2.5%) had a male householder with no wife present. There were 979 (3.7%) unmarried opposite-sex partnerships , and 188 (0.7%) same-sex married couples or partnerships . 7,982 households (30.1%) were made up of individuals, and 3,285 (12.4%) had someone living alone who
5187-595: The city council has seven members. The mayor and vice-mayor serve one year at a time, with terms ending in January. General municipal elections are held in November of even-numbered years. Council terms are four years long. According to one study in 2015, the city's effective property tax rate of 0.42% was the lowest of the California cities included in the study. In the California State Legislature , Palo Alto
5278-408: The city of San Jose a few miles to the south of what was to be Palo Alto) was established by order of the viceroy despite the displeasure of the local mission. The Mexican War of Independence ending in 1821 led to Mexico becoming an independent country, though San Jose did not recognize rule by the new Mexico until May 10, 1825. Mexico proceeded to sell off or grant much of the mission land. During
5369-631: The community that started nearby. On September 23, 1856, the Crosby land was transferred to Sarah Wallis to satisfy a debt he owed her. In 1880, Secundino Robles, father to twenty-nine children, still lived just south of Palo Alto, near the location of the present-day San Antonio Shopping Center in Mountain View. Many of the Spanish names in the Palo Alto area represent the local heritage, descriptive terms, and former residents. Pena Court, Miranda Avenue, which
5460-542: The credit monitoring and personal accounting service Credit Karma , and email marketing platform Mailchimp . As of 2019, more than 95% of its revenues and earnings come from its activities within the United States . Intuit offered a free online service called TurboTax Free File as well as a similarly named service called TurboTax Free Edition which is not free for most users. In 2019, investigations by ProPublica found that Intuit deliberately steered taxpayers from
5551-569: The direction of the San Francisco Bay, Adobe Creek near its eastern boundary, San Francisquito Creek on its western boundary, and Matadero Creek in between the other two. Arastradero Creek is a tributary to Matadero Creek, and Barron Creek is now diverted to Adobe Creek just south of Highway 101 by a diversion channel. The San Francisquito Creek mainstem is formed by the confluence of Corte Madera Creek and Bear Creek not far below Searsville Dam . Further downstream, Los Trancos Creek
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#17328442615265642-520: The existing content can be accessed and viewed but no new posts or comments can be made after this archival. Modeled after English Misplaced Pages , TaxAlmanac was launched in May 2005. The June 6, 2005 edition of Time magazine featured an article entitled "It's a Wiki, Wiki World" about English Misplaced Pages in which TaxAlmanac was highlighted as "A Community of Customers". The November 21, 2005 edition of Business Week featured an article titled "50 Smart Ways to Use
5733-559: The first vacuum tube amplifier and oscillator , which De Forest called the "Oscillaton" after his earlier Audion . During World War One, the U.S. Navy purchased Federal Telegraph, but after the end of the war a displeased U.S. Congress ordered the Navy to return the company to its original owners. The company merged in August 1927 with the Mackay Companies . Originally a separate entity within
5824-586: The founding location of several other tech companies, including Apple , Google , Facebook , Logitech , Tesla , Intuit , IDEO , Pinterest , and PayPal . Ford Motor Company and Lockheed Martin each additionally maintain major research and technology facilities within Palo Alto. Before the arrival of Europeans, the Ohlone lived on the San Francisco peninsula; in particular, the Puichon Ohlone lived in
5915-473: The free TurboTax Free File to the paid TurboTax Free Edition using tactics including search engine delisting and a deceptive discount targeted to members of the military. As of the 2021 tax filing season, TurboTax no longer participates in the Free File Alliance . Intuit has lobbied extensively against the IRS providing taxpayers with free pre-filled forms, which is the norm in developed countries. The company
6006-585: The free TurboTax Free File to the paid TurboTax Free Edition using tactics including search engine delisting and a deceptive discount targeted to members of the military. Subsequent investigations by the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs and the New York State Department of Financial Services reached similar conclusions, the latter concluding that Intuit engaged in "unfair and abusive practices". As of 2022, Intuit
6097-525: The lower reaches of San Francisquito Creek (i.e., parts of modern Menlo Park and northern Palo Alto) was given to Maria Antonia Mesa in 1841. She and her husband Rafael Soto (who had died in 1839) had settled in 1835 near present-day Newell and Middlefield roads and sold supplies. In 1839, their daughter María Luisa Soto (1817–1883) married John Coppinger, who was to be, in 1841, the grantee of Rancho Cañada de Raymundo (in modern San Mateo county). Upon Coppinger's death in 1847, Maria inherited it and later married
6188-516: The most rainfall in one day was 3.75 inches (95 mm) on February 3, 1998. Measurable snowfall is very rare in the populated areas of Palo Alto, but 1.5 inches (3.8 cm) fell on January 21, 1962. A dusting of snow occasionally occurs in the highest (unpopulated) section of Palo Alto near Skyline Ridge, where the elevation reaches up to 2,812 feet (857 m). According to the Köppen Climate Classification system, Palo Alto has
6279-426: The name TurboTax – thus bringing the product in line with Intuit's American tax-filing software. Intuit has had several online communities, some of which offer integration or cross-sells into its other products. These include the QuickBooks and TurboTax online communities for QuickBooks users and small business owners and tax payers respectively, Quicken Online Community for Quicken users and those who need help with
6370-451: The new townsite. This Hopkins Tract, bounded by El Camino Real, San Francisquito Creek, Boyce, Channing, Melville, and Hopkins Avenues, and Embarcadero Road, was proclaimed a local Heritage District during Palo Alto's centennial in 1994. The Stanfords set up their university, Stanford University , and a train stop (on University Avenue) by the new town. This new community was initially called University Park (the name "Palo Alto" at that time
6461-466: The north-east, Mountain View , Los Altos , and Los Altos Hills to the east and south-east and Stanford University to the south-west and west. Several major transit routes cross this parcel from the north-west to the south-east. The biggest and closest to the bay is the Bayshore Freeway and going inland are Alma Street/Central Expressway , El Camino Real , and Foothill Expressway . Interstate 280
6552-627: The personal finance management app Cha-Ching. On June 28, 2011, it acquired the Web banking technology assets of Mobile Money Ventures, a mobile finance provider, for an undisclosed amount. This acquisition is expected to position Intuit as the largest online and mobile technology provider to financial institutions. On May 18, 2012, it. acquired Demandforce, an automated small business marketing, and customer communications SaaS provider for approximately $ 423.5 million. On August 15, 2012, it announced an agreement to sell their 'Grow Your Business' business unit to Endurance International . The sale included
6643-549: The personal finances, and the Accountant Online Community and Jump Up. These communities have consisted of blogs, an expert locator map and event calendar, forums and discussion groups, podcasts, videocasts and webinars, and other user-created content. JumpUp (formerly JackRabbit Beta) was a free social networking and resources site for small business owners and/or start-ups. Free tools and services included an interactive business planner, online training for developing
6734-510: The population was 68,572. Palo Alto has one of the highest costs of living in the United States, and its residents are among the most educated in the country. However, it has a youth suicide rate four times higher than the national average, often attributed to academic pressure. As one of the principal cities of Silicon Valley , Palo Alto is home to the headquarters of multiple tech companies, including HP , Space Systems/Loral , VMware , and PARC . Palo Alto has also served as headquarters or
6825-404: The population) lived in owner-occupied housing units and 24,644 people (38.3%) lived in rental housing units. As of the census of 2000, there were 58,598 people, 25,216 households, and 14,600 families residing in the city. The population density was 955.8/km (2,476/sq mi). There were 26,048 housing units at an average density of 424.9/km (1,100/sq mi). The racial makeup of the city
6916-763: The way to San Jose started in January 1864. El Camino became Main Street; the northeast–southwest cross streets were named for Civil War heroes, with California Avenue originally being Lincoln Street. The town had its own newspaper by 1869 (the Mayfield Enterprise , in English and Spanish), incorporated in 1903, and had breweries and a cannery. In 1875, French financier Jean Baptiste Paulin Caperon, better known as Peter Coutts, purchased land in Mayfield and four other parcels around three sides of today's College Terrace – more than
7007-493: The website or through Quicken and QuickBooks. The site was closed by Intuit on August 23, 2007. For the fiscal year 2021, Intuit reported earnings of US$ 2.062 billion, with an annual revenue of US$ 9.633 billion, an increase of 25.4% over the previous fiscal cycle. Intuit's shares traded at over $ 498.18 per share and total international net revenue was less than 5% of total net revenue. share in US$ In 1993, Intuit acquired Chipsoft,
7098-544: Was 41,359 (64.2%) White , 17,461 (27.1%) Asian , 1,197 (1.9%) African American , 121 (0.2%) Native American , 142 (0.2%) Pacific Islander , 1,426 (2.2%) from other races , and 2,697 (4.2%) from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 3,974 persons (6.2%). The Census reported that 63,820 people (99.1% of the population) lived in households, 205 (0.3%) lived in non-institutionalized group quarters, and 378 (0.6%) were institutionalized. There were 26,493 households, out of which 8,624 (32.6%) had children under
7189-422: Was 41.9 years. For every 100 females, there were 95.7 males. For every 100 females aged 18 and over, there were 93.0 males. There were 28,216 housing units at an average density of 1,094.2 units per square mile (422.5 units/km ), of which 14,766 (55.7%) were owner-occupied, and 11,727 (44.3%) were occupied by renters. The homeowner vacancy rate was 1.5%; the rental vacancy rate was 5.6%. 39,176 people (60.8% of
7280-441: Was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.30 and the average family size was 2.95. In the city, the population was spread out, with 21.2% under the age of 18, 4.9% from 18 to 24, 32.4% from 25 to 44, 25.9% from 45 to 64, and 15.6% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 40 years. For every 100 females, there were 95.8 males. For every 100 females aged 18 and over, there were 93.6 males. According to
7371-422: Was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.41. There were 16,477 families (62.2% of all households); the average family size was 3.04. The population was spread out, with 15,079 people (23.4%) under the age of 18, 3,141 people (4.9%) aged 18 to 24, 17,159 people (26.6%) aged 25 to 44, 18,018 people (28.0%) aged 45 to 64, and 11,006 people (17.1%) who were 65 years of age or older. The median age
7462-538: Was 75.76% White , 2.02% Black , 0.21% Native American , 17.22% Asian , 0.14% Pacific Islander , 1.41% from other races , and 3.24% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 4.65% of the population. There were 25,216 households, of which 27.2% had resident children under the age of 18, 48.5% were married couples living together, 7.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 42.1% were non-families. 32.6% of all households were made up of individuals, and 10.8% had someone living alone who
7553-459: Was attached to what is now College Terrace), but was incorporated in 1894 with the name Palo Alto. With the Stanfords' support, Palo Alto grew to the size of Mayfield. Mayfield eventually passed an ordinance banning saloons that took effect in January 1905. On July 2, 1925, Palo Alto voters approved the annexation of Mayfield and the two communities were officially consolidated on July 6, 1925. As
7644-560: Was bounded on the south by Mariano Castro's Rancho Pastoria de las Borregas grant across San Antonio Road. This later became the Robles Rancho, which constitutes about 80% of Palo Alto and Stanford University today. In 1863, it was whittled down in the courts to 6,981 acres (28.25 km ). Stories say the grand hacienda was built on the former meager adobe of José Peña near Ferne off San Antonio Road, midway between Middlefield and Alma Street. Their hacienda hosted fiestas and bull fights. It
7735-460: Was essentially Foothill Expressway , was the married name of Juana Briones and the name occurs in Courts and Avenues and other street names in Palo Alto and Mountain View in the quadrant where she owned vast areas between Stanford University, Grant Road in Mountain View and west of El Camino Real. Yerba Buena was to her credit. Rinconada was the major Mexican land grant name. The township of Mayfield
7826-465: Was formed in 1855, around the site of a stagecoach stop and saloon known as "Uncle Jim's Cabin" near the intersection of El Camino Real and today's California Avenue in what is now southern Palo Alto. In October 1863 the San Francisco to San Jose railroad had been built as far as Mayfield and service started between San Francisco and Mayfield (the station is now California Avenue ); train service all
7917-455: Was founded in 1983 by Scott Cook and Tom Proulx in Palo Alto, California . Intuit was conceived by Scott Cook, whose prior work at Procter & Gamble helped him realize that personal computers would lend themselves towards replacements for paper-and-pencil based personal accounting. On his quest to find a programmer, he ended up running into Tom Proulx at Stanford University . The two started Intuit, which initially operated out of
8008-476: Was renamed Intuit Real Estate Solutions (IRES) and offers real estate management products for Windows and the web. In 2002, it acquired Eclipse ERP for $ 88 million, a real-time transaction processing accounting software used for order fulfillment, inventory control, accounting, purchasing, and sales In 2003, it acquired 'Innovative Merchant Solutions' (IMS).a firm that provided merchant services to all types of businesses nationwide. The acquisition gave Intuit
8099-406: Was ruined in the 1906 earthquake and its lumber was used to build a large barn nearby, which was said to have lingered until the early 1950s. On April 10, 1853, 250 acres (1.0 km ), comprising the present-day Barron Park, Matadero Creek and Stanford Business Park, was sold for $ 2,000 to Elisha Oscar Crosby , who called his new property Mayfield Farm. The name of Mayfield was later attached to
8190-463: Was selling TruPay. On December 5, 2017, Intuit announced its acquisition of TSheets for $ 340 million. On February 24, 2020, Intuit CEO and leader Sasan Goodarzi announced that it planned to acquire Credit Karma for $ 7.1 billion. On August 3, 2020, Intuit announced its acquisition of TradeGecko for $ 100 million. On September 13, 2021, Intuit announced its acquisition of Mailchimp for $ 12 billion. In January of 2024, Intuit integrated some of
8281-613: Was the first time a software company offered a rebate. Roughly around the same time the company engaged John Doerr of Kleiner Perkins and diversified its product lineup. In 1993 Intuit went public and used the proceeds to make a key acquisition: the tax-preparation software company Chipsoft based in San Diego . The time after the IPO was marked by rapid growth and culminated with a buyout offer from Microsoft in 1994; at this time Intuit's market capitalization reached US$ 2 billion . However,
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