Intuit is shutting down the Mint budgeting app; how to pick a new one

image via marketwatch.com
image via marketwatch.com

Intuit Inc. announced this week that it will shut down Mint on Jan. 1, 2024. The company’s decision to discontinue the popular budgeting app could leave millions of users scrambling to find a replacement.

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/intuit-is-shutting-down-the-mint-budgeting-appheres-how-long-you-have-to-find-a-new-service-41e82db7?ref=biztoc.com

Self-Checkout Is a Failed Experiment

image via theatlantic.com
image via theatlantic.com

You know how this process actually goes by now: You still have to wait in line. The checkout kiosks bleat and flash when you fail to set a purchase down in the right spot. Scanning those items is sometimes a crapshoot—wave a barcode too vigorously in front of an uncooperative machine, and suddenly you’ve scanned it two or three times.

https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2023/10/self-checkout-kiosks-grocery-retail-stores/675676/?utm_source=apple_news

Chromebook Plus buyers will get a long free trial of the new web-based Photoshop

image via techradar.com
image via techradar.com

Adobe is entering a partnership with Google and offering a free three-month trial to both Photoshop on the web and an Express Premium plan to those who purchase one of the new Chromebook Plus devices. Up until recently, it wasn’t possible to run Photoshop on ChromeOS because important executable files couldn’t be installed.

https://www.techradar.com/computing/chromebooks/chromebook-plus-buyers-will-get-a-free-trial-of-the-new-web-based-photoshop

DOJ suit could represent significant stumbling block for $20B Adobe-Figma deal

image via techcrunch.com
image via techcrunch.com

The DOJ is reportedly getting ready to file suit to block the $20 billion Adobe-Figma deal announced last year on the grounds it is anti-competitive. Bloomberg first reported the story yesterday afternoon. In a statement, Adobe took exception with the idea that the deal is anti-competitive, arguing that the two companies are looking at very different markets — creativity and collaboration.

https://techcrunch.com/2023/02/24/doj-suit-could-represent-significant-stumbling-block-for-20b-adobe-figma-deal/

Why Redbird’s Mixed-Reality Sim Could be a Game Changer

Plane & Pilot’s Editor-in-Chief Isabel Goyer trying out Redbird’s Mixed-Reality Simulator.

“The Holy Grail would be to create a virtual reality world that lets in only the controls and operator parts (the physical controls, in this case, a flight sim’s controls and the pilot) while creating an outside world, the airplane and the world outside, including airports and terrain and weather, so the pilot could fly using physical controls while seeing a world around them that’s rendered via virtual reality.

That is what this is.”

https://www.planeandpilotmag.com/news/the-latest/2022/07/29/redbird-mixed-reality-simulator-game-changer/

Adobe MAX 2021: Unleashing Creativity for All with the Next Generation of Creative Cloud

At Adobe MAX, the company announced major updates across Creative Cloud flagship applications powered by Adobe Sensei, accelerated the video creation process with the addition of Frame.io and advanced 3D and immersive authoring abilities. Adobe also previewed new collaboration capabilities with the introduction of Creative Cloud Canvas, Creative Cloud Spaces and betas of Photoshop and Illustrator on the web.

https://news.adobe.com/news/news-details/2021/Adobe-MAX-2021-Unleashing-Creativity-for-All-with-the-Next-Generation-of-Creative-Cloud/default.aspx