WEBSTER, N.Y. — Think about how many times a day you take a picture. The man who helped make that happen spoke to students in Webster on Thursday. Steve Sasson invented the digital camera at Eastman ...

Kodak invented the world's first portable, digital camera in the 1970s, but didn't release the technology for public sale until years later to avoid hits to the company's photographic-film business.

The last few years have been particularly tough for Kodak, the almost-120-year-old photographic company based in Rochester, New York. As we ticked over into the 21st century, Kodak employed some ...