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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.

Google updates video editing in mobile app News 

Google updates video editing in mobile app

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Google has updated its Google Photos app to enhance video editing. Last year, the company added “granular adjustments” and “smart suggestions” to its photo editor. This year, those enhancements are brought to video. Enhancements include trimming, stabilizing, and rotating videos, as well as cropping, changing perspective, adding filters, applying granular edits (including brightness, contrast, saturation, and warmth), and more. The... Read More
Dead Pixels Society podcast: Zen, photography, and technology with Michael Rubin Podcasts 

Dead Pixels Society podcast: Zen, photography, and technology with Michael Rubin

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Gary Pageau of the Dead Pixels Society welcomes back photographer, podcaster, teacher, and entrepreneur Michael H. Rubin. Since we last spoke with Rubin, he closed his retail printing business, Neomodern, and is moving to Santa Fe, NM.  He will be teaching the online workshop, “Photographic Haiku: A New Approach to Creative Photography“, March 15-26, 2021, through the Sante Fe Workshops. He is also the co-host of... Read More
Canon debuts photo app for trimming photo libraries New Products 

Canon debuts photo app for trimming photo libraries

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Canon USA Inc. is offering to help consumers deal with their ever-ballooning smartphone photo libraries with a subscription-based app, Photo Culling. The iOS 14-only app will determine the users’ best photos, based on sharpness, noise, emotions and closed eyes, using Canon’s proprietary AI. The app will be available under two subscription options: $2.99 per month or $14.99 for the year, each with a three-day... Read More
Printful to open 115,000-square-foot plant in Coppell, Texas News 

Printful to open 115,000-square-foot plant in Coppell, Texas

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Personalized product maker Printful is opening a new 115,200-square-foot U.S. fulfillment center in Coppell, TX, adding around 100 new jobs during its first year of operations. Printful has 8 facilities around the world, and three of them are located in the United States: two in Charlotte, NC, and one in Los Angeles, CA. “In 2020, we fulfilled and shipped more... Read More
PlanetArt parent Claranova reports six-month results up 25% Earnings reports 

PlanetArt parent Claranova reports six-month results up 25%

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French conglomerate and parent of PlanetArt Claranova reported revenue for the first half of fiscal 2020 of €278 million, up 25% at constant exchange rates. Reflecting the group’s exposure to North American and UK currencies which weakened against the euro, this period was significantly impacted by exchange rate fluctuations. Taking into account this impact, revenue grew 19% at actual exchange... Read More
MyHeritage debuts Photo Storyteller feature News 

MyHeritage debuts Photo Storyteller feature

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Genealogy site MyHeritage has updated its MyHeritage mobile app to add audio captioning to photos. The company calls the feature MyHeritage Photo Storyteller. The Photo Storyteller enables users to easily record themselves or a family member describing the details of family photo, directly on photos within the gallery. There is one-hour time limit per photo. Once saved, the recording will... Read More
Dead Pixels Society podcast: Consumer retail photo printing with Kodak Moments News Podcasts 

Dead Pixels Society podcast: Consumer retail photo printing with Kodak Moments

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Gary Pageau of the Dead Pixels Society talks with Scott Robinson, Director of Strategic Future Products at Kodak Moments. Robinson talks about the touch-free retail printing trends, consumer photo printing, retail changes in the age of COVID-19, and what channels are experiencing growth. Kodak Moments is a leading global provider of photo products and services to retailers, consumers, and entertainment properties. We inspire consumers to bring... Read More
Canva teams up with Snap Print & Design, Australia’s print franchise network News 

Canva teams up with Snap Print & Design, Australia’s print franchise network

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Canva, the fast-growing graphic design platform based in Australia, has inked a collaboration with Snap Print & Design, Australia’s largest print franchise network. The collaboration will combine Canva’s drag-and-drop design interface with Snap Print and Design’s expertise in print and production. “This desire to continually offer the greatest value for our customers has been firmly embedded into the Snap DNA since... Read More
GoPro announces fourth quarter, full year 2020 results Earnings reports 

GoPro announces fourth quarter, full year 2020 results

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GoPro Inc. announced fourth-quarter and full-year results for year ended Dec. 31, 2020. The company posted fourth-quarter revenue of $358 million, a 28% increase from the previous quarter. For the full year, revenue was $892 million, down 25% from the $1.19 billion in 2019. “GoPro’s shift to a more subscription-centric consumer-direct model is resulting in a simpler, more profitable business... Read More
Boots photo partner CEWE now incorporates contactless payment News 

Boots photo partner CEWE now incorporates contactless payment

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Payment processor Computops has integrated a contactless payment function into the 2,200 Boots Photo photo stations powered by CEWE service in Boots pharmacy and beauty stores across the United Kingdom and Ireland. The kiosks enable customers to transfer photos from smartphones for printing. Computop said contactless POS terminals from CCV are installed as special hardware. The software connection is made... Read More
Advertek Printing offering premium layflat books News Sponsored post 

Advertek Printing offering premium layflat books

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Advertek Inc. is offering premium layflat books allowing customers to present professional presentations and to access new markets such as online consumers, professional photographers, architects, builders, and corporate clients. Advertek’s handcrafted touch, through its seamless production process, allows photos to flow page-by-page, while bonding pages together forming a perfect cross-over with durable, high quality, and long-lasting pages. Options exist for... Read More