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When it comes to Thanksgiving Day traditions, it seems gobbling turkey with family hasn’t quite been edged out by online shopping, at least not yet. Black Friday still takes the cake (or the pumpkin pie) when it comes to cruising the internet for bargains, judging by final numbers from Adobe Analytics, released Saturday. The day …

Further confirming the notion that Black Friday may not actually be the start of the holiday shopping season, Thanksgiving Day sales this year jumped by more than 18 percent from last year. US consumers spent a record $2.87 billion at online retailers Thursday, according to Adobe Analytics. In 2016, that number was $1.3 billion. Black Friday was always considered the …

Just after Halloween, a bunch of retailers tried to get a jump on sales for the holiday shopping season, with Amazon, Walmart and eBay all pushing early discounts online this week. But don’t worry if you’re not in the holiday spirit quite yet and are annoyed by “Christmas creep,” the trend of holiday sales and marketing starting earlier in the …

For years I’ve been urging Adobe to rebuild its Lightroom image editing software on top of a more robust database than its years-old problem child that randomly corrupts itself and doesn’t speak network, among other things. From now on, I’ll be careful what I wish for.  At this year’s Adobe Max conference, along with feature and performance updates to the …

Apple‘s new phone software means your photos take up half the space they used to, and that’s great. But it also can bring some complications.  Good news: New tools are emerging to help you avoid the hassles — and to take better advantage of the change. The new photo compression technology comes with the HEIC image format Apple built into …

Recently I found an old NeatReceipts document scanner tucked away in a closet. This was an expensive item, so I had to stop and wonder why I wasn’t using it. Oh, right: I use my phone. Is that a scanner in your pocket? This is not a new idea; “scanner” apps have been around almost as long as smartphones, but …

Now playing: Watch this: Adobe Flash to flicker out in 2020 1:26 The Flash Player has been there for you all along, inside your browser, making it possible for you to play online games, stream radio station music and watch YouTube videos. But after a two-decade run, Adobe is killing it off. Countless nails have been hammered in Flash’s coffin …

Conversations with robots are still pretty crummy. Anyone who’s had to bark at Alexa three times to turn off the lights knows this irritation quite well. Now a new study from Adobe, released Thursday, provides some insights into how much folks use voice assistants and how much they like — and dislike — them. In all, 37 percent of people …

Australia, you’ve been having it too good for too long, with your low-cost internet purchases. The government was bound to make some changes eventually. And that time has come. On July 1, 2017, the government’s so-called “Netflix Tax” is going to change the way you pay for content online, bringing GST to online products like streaming services, movie downloads, games …

Using your phone to “scan” documents is nothing new. Using an Adobe app to snap, store and share those scans? That’s new. Adobe Scan (Android|iOS) is a free tool that turns your phone into a document scanner. With it, Adobe joins the likes of Office Lens and Scannable in providing a fast and easy way to capture receipts, business cards, …