Registration is now open for Photo Imaging CONNECT conference, March 16-17, 2025 Events 

Registration is now open for Photo Imaging CONNECT conference, March 16-17, 2025

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  The Dead Pixels Society announced the opening of registration and the initial speaking lineup for the Photo Imaging CONNECT conference, March 16-17, 2025, at the RIO Hotel and Resort in Las Vegas, NV. In a special partnership with WPPI, the Dead Pixels Society is hosting an executive-level conference to bring together various sectors of the photo/imaging industry to discuss... Read More
Viltrox introduces the AF 35mm F1.7 Air affordable lens series New Products 

Viltrox introduces the AF 35mm F1.7 Air affordable lens series

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Viltrox introduced the AF 35mm F1.7 Air Series, an affordable and compact lens with a portable design, versatile 35mm focal length (52mm full-frame equivalent), and F1.7 large aperture. Weighing only 170g (about 6oz) and measuring just 64mm by 54.7mm (2.5 inches), the AF 35mm F1.7 Air is small enough to fit in apocket. It’s lighter than most smartphones and is... Read More
Xerox to acquire Lexmark for $1.5 billion Acquisitions News 

Xerox to acquire Lexmark for $1.5 billion

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Xerox Holdings Corp. announced it has agreed to acquire Lexmark International, Inc., from Ninestar Corp., PAG Asia Capital, and Shanghai Shouda Investment Centre in a deal valued at $1.5 billion, inclusive of assumed liabilities. This acquisition will strengthen the Xerox core print portfolio and build a broader global print and managed print services business better suited to meet the evolving... Read More
The top five Dead Pixels Society podcasts from 2024 Feature News Podcasts 

The top five Dead Pixels Society podcasts from 2024

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The Dead Pixels Society podcast continues to grow, thanks in part to the support of our lead sponsors Mediaclip, Advertek Printing, and Independent Photo Imagers In 2024, 52 episodes were published, for total downloads of more than 8,600. In total, the Dead Pixels Society podcast has more than 34,900 downloads. Here are the top 5 most downloaded and streamed episodes... Read More
Circana: Black Friday, Cyber Monday technology sales grow 4% as holiday season sales start strong Market research 

Circana: Black Friday, Cyber Monday technology sales grow 4% as holiday season sales start strong

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U.S. consumers flocked to retailers online and in stores during the weeks of Black Friday and Cyber Monday to purchase technology products. According to the latest retail sales data from Circana, total U.S. consumer technology spending grew 3.5% during the two weeks ending Dec. 7, 2024, compared to the same two promotional weeks a year ago. After eight straight quarters of... Read More
Neuroplasticity: The key to aging gracefully and succeeding in business News Podcasts 

Neuroplasticity: The key to aging gracefully and succeeding in business

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Unlock neuroplasticity’s secrets and control your cognitive destiny with our guest, Stu Morris. He unravels the brain’s incredible ability to adapt and evolve, emphasizing that forgetting is more about recall than loss. Morris sheds light on how impactful experiences forge stronger neural pathways and offers strategies to counteract age-related cognitive decline by reshaping belief systems. Tune in to explore how understanding... Read More
YourArt acquires Artmajeur Acquisitions News 

YourArt acquires Artmajeur

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  Maurice Lévy, who founded YourArt in 2023, has acquired a majority holding in Artmajeur, an online art platform created in 2000. Terms weren’t disclosed. This new platform, named ArtMajeur by YourArt, will bring together more than 3.6 million artworks, 13,000 artists, and almost 700 galleries. The new company operates in 78 countries – not only in France, other European... Read More
CYME unveils Peakto 2.2 media asset manager update Updates 

CYME unveils Peakto 2.2 media asset manager update

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French software company CYME unveiled Peakto 2.2, a new release making the Mac app “the ultimate Media Asset Management (MAM) tool, offering content creators an intuitive, centralized way to organize all their photos and videos effortlessly,” the company said. Peakto 2.2 introduces folder and subfolder views alongside the ability to create, move, and edit these structures directly within the software.... Read More
Bloomberg: Shutterfly CEO says company will produce more than 200 million cards this holiday season Marketing 

Bloomberg: Shutterfly CEO says company will produce more than 200 million cards this holiday season

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Bloomberg news interviewed Shutterfly LLC CEO Sally Pofcher about the photo purchase buying trends this holiday season. Pofcher noted the company will produce more than 200 million holiday cards this holiday season, adding one-half of U.S. households will get a card made by Shutterfly. “Can you give me a sense of how big this market is of people who do send... Read More
Nikon updates NX MobileAir app for Frame.io; Nikon Z 9 firmware Updates 

Nikon updates NX MobileAir app for Frame.io; Nikon Z 9 firmware

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Nikon announced the Android version of its NX MobileAir supports Frame.io, Adobe’s creative collaboration platform, and its Camera to Cloud service. NX MobileAir, which enhances the efficiency of professionals’ workflow by providing high-speed image delivery without using a computer, will now support video transfer. This latest version of NX MobileAir will allow users to manually or automatically upload recorded video... Read More
Sandisk Corp. unveils new corporate branding Marketing 

Sandisk Corp. unveils new corporate branding

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Sandisk Corp. previewed its new corporate branding and creative direction, signaling a bold debut of the company’s comeback launch as a standalone flash and memory technology innovator, planned for early 2025. Sandisk Corp. is a wholly owned subsidiary of Western Digital. The Sandisk wordmark represents a heritage of mobility and versatility that enables a seamless and simplified world of resilient... Read More
NRF: Census data for November shows holiday spending ‘clearly on track’ to meet NRF’s forecast Market research 

NRF: Census data for November shows holiday spending ‘clearly on track’ to meet NRF’s forecast

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Following an early start to holiday shopping in October, data released today by the U.S. Census Bureau shows solid retail sales continued as the holiday season officially got underway in November, said Jack Kleinhenz, chief economist, National Retail Federation (NRF). “November’s results show a strong start to the traditional holiday season,” Kleinhenz said. “These numbers combined with better-than-expected October sales... Read More
USPS claiming exceptional service during busiest week, will request rate hike News 

USPS claiming exceptional service during busiest week, will request rate hike

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With a week remaining before Christmas Day, the U. S. Postal Service reports exceptional service performance during the peak holiday rush and expects continued success throughout the season. Through the substantial progress the Postal Service has made under its 10-year Delivering for America plan — a $40 billion investment aimed at modernizing and reinvigorating the organization — USPS has met... Read More
Panasonic debuts two Lumix cameras New Products 

Panasonic debuts two Lumix cameras

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Panasonic introduced two LUMIX cameras: the Micro Four Thirds format LUMIX G97 and the travel zoom compact ZS99. The LUMIX ZS99 is a pocket-sized travel camera with a 30X optical zoom lens. Equipped with a 24-720mm LEICA DC lens, the LUMIX ZS99 offers up to 60x with iZoom and builtin 5-Axis HYBRID O.I.S.+. The camera can record high-quality 4K video at 30p... Read More
NRF: 57 million consumers to shop on Super Saturday Market research News 

NRF: 57 million consumers to shop on Super Saturday

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An estimated 157.2 million consumers plan to shop on the last Saturday before Christmas, according to the annual survey released by the National Retail Federation and Prosper Insights & Analytics. The estimate is up from 141.9 million Super Saturday shoppers last year and is the second-highest number after 2022’s 158.5 million figure. “Super Saturday is one of the last opportunities... Read More
WaldoPro launches multi-child digital bundles and print packages New Products News Updates 

WaldoPro launches multi-child digital bundles and print packages

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WaldoPro, a leader in professional photography solutions, announced the expansion of its multi-child Digital Bundles and Print Packages. Building on the release of mixed pose Print Packages, this new feature engages families with multiple children attending a school, or participating in a sports league, to place a single digital bundle or print package order and select photos of two or... Read More