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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.

CEWE officially launches Boots UK sites News 

CEWE officially launches Boots UK sites

Europe’s largest photo printer CEWE has officially launched its previously announced exclusive photo service partnership with Boots, the leading U.K. pharmacy-led health and beauty retailer. Under the heading of “Boots Photo powered by CEWE” customers can now order CEWE products on the Boots website. CEWE products include instant photos, the CEWE PHOTOBOOK, cards, and calendars. The new offering also includes... Read More
MyHeritage adds image enhancement as premium offering New Products News 

MyHeritage adds image enhancement as premium offering

MyHeritage released its MyHeritage Photo Enhancer, a new feature bringing “blurry, low-resolution or low-quality photos into sharp focus.” A specialized technology enhances photos to produce high-definition results. The MyHeritage Photo Enhancer takes old or blurry photos and increases their resolution so faces appear well defined. Deep learning technology licensed by MyHeritage powers the tool, the company says. The technology works on black-and-white... Read More
FedEx Office, Canva team up for digital content, design-to-print marketplace News 

FedEx Office, Canva team up for digital content, design-to-print marketplace

FedEx Office is teaming up with Australian online design platform Canva to create a digital design-to-print marketplace. The alliance brings together the nationwide network of FedEx Office stores with Canva’s fast-growing online design platform, which offers millions of images and illustrations, an extensive library of templates, and a simple drag-and-drop interface. “Small and mid-sized businesses across the nation are working... Read More
Kodak updates digital and offset portfolio New Products 

Kodak updates digital and offset portfolio

Eastman Kodak Co. announced the KODAK PROSPER 6000 Press which delivers offset-like quality at a consistent production speed of 150 mpm/500 FPM on glossy papers with high ink coverage and variable print — all at the industry’s lowest cost of operation, the company said. The new press is the first Kodak-manufactured press using Kodak’s ULTRASTREAM writing system, which employs high-precision... Read More
Tamron USA launches Father’s Day sales on three zoom lenses Promotions 

Tamron USA launches Father’s Day sales on three zoom lenses

Tamron USA, Inc. announced instant savings for Father’s Day on three zoom lenses. The 22.2X All-In-One Zoom, 18-400mm, for crop-sensor Canon and Nikon DSLRs as well as crop-sensor mirrorless cameras with the manufacturer adapter has a $100 Instant Savings. Tamron’s fast wide-angle and standard zooms for Sony full-frame mirrorless cameras—the 17-28mm F/2.8 Di III RXD and 28-75mm F/2.8 Di III... Read More
Snap announces new camera, augmented reality experiences New Products News 

Snap announces new camera, augmented reality experiences

Snap Inc. announced new camera and augmented reality experiences for developers, creators, and Snapchatters: Lens Studio is a free desktop application designed for developers and artists to build and distribute AR Lenses on Snapchat. Lens Studio now features SnapML, which lets any developer bring their own machine learning models to power Lenses. Now, anyone can create their own Lenses with... Read More
Taopix, Ultimate TechnoGraphics expand partnership News 

Taopix, Ultimate TechnoGraphics expand partnership

TaopixandUltimate TechnoGraphicsannounced enhancements to their partnership, bringing automated workflow tools for a wide variety of photo products such as photo prints, photo books and calendars. The announcement said the enhanced integration streamlines print production from order entry to print for any printed photo products including prints, books, calendars, masks and more. The Taopix online photo personalization platform captures photo orders... Read More
Ricoh launches RICOH GR III Street Edition Special Limited Kit New Products 

Ricoh launches RICOH GR III Street Edition Special Limited Kit

Ricoh Imaging Americas Corp. launched the RICOH GR III Street Edition Special Limited Kit, available in a limited quantity of 3,500 units worldwide. The exclusive $1199.95 kit combines the RICOH GR III camera body, finished in a metallic gray color, with a compact, detachable viewfinder and a genuine-leather hand strap, both designed exclusively for this package. Offering the same quality... Read More
Photo-Me looks to restructure U.K. operations News 

Photo-Me looks to restructure U.K. operations

Photo-Me International plc announced an update on the group’s trading for the 12 months ended 30 April 2020 and its cash position. The COVID-19 pandemic severely impacted all the Photo-Me International plc end markets, and “the majority of expected Group revenue in March and April did not materialize,” the company said. Total Group revenue is now expected to be 5.5%... Read More
vivo V19 ups selfie capabilities with dual front lenses New Products 

vivo V19 ups selfie capabilities with dual front lenses

vivo launched”selfie smartphone”, the V19, featuring a dual-front 32MP + 8MP super wide-angle camera and Super AMOLED FHD+ Ultra O Screen. “vivo is committed to innovating with the consumer in mind, and V19 reflects our deep understanding of consumers’ needs. With industry-leading selfie technology, a beautiful design, and strong performance, V19 is perfect for young consumers who care about camera... Read More
Jostens adds signatures to digital yearbooks News 

Jostens adds signatures to digital yearbooks

Jostens announced the release of a new website providing students with free digital yearbook signing pages, in response to COVID-19 separation. After registering at www.yearbooksigning.jostens.com, students can send their personalized web link to friends, requesting them to sign their yearbook. At that point, friends use the online platform to select fonts, colors, and stickers to write a note. As friends contribute... Read More