Apps, updates and financial news for the week of June 21

June 20, 2019June 21, 2019 GaryPageau

New apps and updates

Rumours and reports from around the Internet:

Leica to lay off 80-100 employees, add 40 programmers, in shift to digital

CEO Matthias Harsch, Leica Camera AG, has commented on the planned conversion of the camera manufacturer, in the course of which 80 to 100 of the more than 800 employees will be dismissed at the headquarters and up to 40 software experts will be hired, via Mittelhessen

SmugMug taps Adobe Analytics to grow photo communities with Flickr, via Adobe blog
AI photography platform Meero raises $230 million to become France’s newest unicorn, via VentureBeat.
Mink Launches 3-D Makeup Printer: Stream Your Makeup On-Demand, via press release
WINDGO Granted Additive Printing Mobile Printer Patent, via press release
PELEMAN recognized for outstanding entrepreneurship by the Chamber of Commerce and Industry (VOKA) of Belgium’s Flanders region
Print shop generates an additional $1 million with 3D printing, via WhatTheyThink.
Nikon invested USD $7.5 million in wrnch, Inc., a Quebec computer vision and deep learning startup, via Nikon press release
Jostens receives 12 awards at Premier International Print Competition, via press release

Financial News

People on the Move

Former Xerox CEO Jeff Jacobson joins Siris as an executive partner, via press release

Written by GaryPageau

Gary Pageau is principal of InfoCircle LLC, continuing his marketing communications career. InfoCircle LLC is a marketing and communications consulting firm, specializing in business-to-business markets. For nearly 25 years, he was with PMA International, serving most recently as Publisher, Content Development and Strategic Initiatives. His primary responsibilities included overseeing the Association’s editorial department, marketing research unit, education and corporate relations department.