Industry notes, app updates and more
Notable apps and updates
- Photo Finale 13.6 is released, featuring thumbnail sizing. The Prints page now allows customers to switch between 5 sizes of thumbnails, including two smaller and two larger sizes than the default. Customers can get beautiful thumbnails with up to 13x more pixel data than before on mobile devices and 8x on desktop browsers! The user’s thumbnail size preference is stored in their local browser storage for future visits.
- Alien Skin Software announces major feature update for Exposure X4 RAW Photo Editor
- Panasonic announces software upgrade for LUMIX S1
- Tether Tools has updated its tethering utility, Smart Shooter 4
- Pixelmator Team announces AI-powered Pixelmator Photo for iPad
- Google Camera 6.2 adds dark mode and animated transitions, via Android Police.
Rumours and reports
Here are some interesting items from around the internet:
- Photo storage company PhotoBucket finds a new office, via BusinessDen
- Sony is combining its Xperia mobile business with its television, audio and camera operations, via Bloomberg.
- Blurb just published thee Graduation Photo Book Ideas, via the Blurb blog
- British Media Icon Becomes New UK Base for Moonpig, via Premier Construction News
- di Support has place PrintCube kiosks in Holland’s discount chain, HEMA, via di Support blog.
- Pop-Up Shops 101: Everything You Need to Know to Try Temporary Retail, via Shopify blog
- It’s Time to Leverage the Power of Personalization!, via the InfoBlog
Just plain cool
- PicMonkey fetches new users with PicPuppy
- Highlights from the CP+ Camera & Photo Imaging Show, where Colin McMahon sits down with Alan Bullock to discuss his recent participation as a speaker at the event.
- Wisconsin Wedding Photographer to Pay Out $14,000 After No-Shows, via PetaPixel
- PhotoShelter has launched a new podcast, Vision Slightly Blurred.
- Retired Nevada photographer selling his building to owners of Thisday Photography, via Boone News Republican
- Canon celebrates the 16th consecutive year as the No. 1 market shareholder in the global interchangeable-lens digital camera category, via PRWeb
- 2019 TIPA World Imaging winners announced in 40 categories