Industry notes, App Updates and more for the week of May 2
Notable apps and updates
- RIP: Apple Aperture will no longer work after macOS Mojave, via DP Review
- Vivid-Pix updates patented, 1-click fix image-improvement software
- Taopix 2019r1 release updates gift and storybook features
Rumours and reports
Here are some interesting items from around the internet:
- Rent’s up, availability’s down at retail centers, via Chain Store Age
- Has Legacybox mishandled families’ precious mementos? via Inside Edition
- B&H celebrates National Photography Month with Lowest Prices Ever
- HONOR draws back the curtain on first triple camera phone, HONOR 10i, via digitalstudio
- Google is booting off developer DO Global from Google Play Store for allegedly committing ad fraud. DO Global has many popular photo apps, including Selfie Camera, via Gizmodo
- DJI tries to debunk rumors that Phantom drones are discontinued, via Digital Trends
- Walmart experiments with AI to monitor stores in real time, via the Spokesman-Review
- Amazon ‘morphing’ free Prime 2-day shipping to 1 day, via RetailDive
- Kodak Teams Up With Disney To Bring Aussies Magical Photo Moments, via B&T
- Walmart Canada invests over $200 million in updates to improve customer experience across 31 stores, enhancing offerings and expanding e-Commerce integration
Just plain cool
- “The Simpsons” features a stinging song about Upstate NY, Kodak, via Fox Rochester
- Suite 48a’s Hans Hartman gives his perspective on the demise of Shoebox and numerous other photo storage companies: Shoebox – the end of an era
- The YASHICA MF-1 Snapshot Art Camera Seems a Bad Life Choice, via Phoblographer
- Fighting “Old Photos Are Not Worth Anything,” at PetaPixel
- Apple cracks down on apps that fight iPhone addiction, via the NYTimes
- Samsung patent reveals wraparound smartphone display concept, via Mashable
- Unnecessary inventions that are hilariously useless
- Customer Service Lessons From Luxury Brands
- Photo-Me expands into self-service fruit juice equipment with SEMPA purchase
People on the Move
Financial News
- Canon reports first-quarter results, via Canon investor site
- Apple services revenues reaches all-time high of $11.5 billion, but overall sales down 5%
- Samsung Electronics announces first-quarter 2019 results
- Amazon.com announces first-quarter sales up 17% to $59.7 billion
- Mitsubishi Electric announces consolidated financial results for fiscal 2019