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Canon Solutions America announces line of dye-sub printers from DGI USA News 

Canon Solutions America announces line of dye-sub printers from DGI USA

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Canon Solutions America, Inc. joined forces with DGI USA, a dye sublimation printer manufacturer, to deliver solutions combining DGI’s highly productive printers – including DGI POSEIDON, DGI FT-3204X, and DGI FH-3204, with Canon Solutions support services and market expertise. The DGI FT-3204X and FH-3204 offer a 10-foot wide hybrid dye-sublimation system with the flexibility to print either on transfer paper or... Read More
MailPix expands products and services available through 1 Hour Photo app New Products News 

MailPix expands products and services available through 1 Hour Photo app

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MailPix announced new products and services for its popular 1 Hour Photo app. 1 Hour Photo is the convenient photo-printing app offering pick up at more than 21,000 locations among all five of the largest U.S retailers with photo services –  CVS, Walmart, Walgreen’s, Duane Reade and Target stores. 1 Hour Photo is available for iOS and for Android. Today, MailPix... Read More
Apparel company taps CEO to model new products due to COVID-19 News 

Apparel company taps CEO to model new products due to COVID-19

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A custom team apparel company based in Columbus, Ohio, Emblem Athletic, launched a new service to make it easy for small businesses to order customizable face masks – but did so with a special guest product model: Mike Nemeth, their CEO. The new service, named Emblem Shield, launched quickly but without initial product photography because their usual models were unavailable... Read More
B&H Photo lays off 400 staff members News 

B&H Photo lays off 400 staff members

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B&H Photo and Video, the iconic Manhattan consumer-electronics store, has laid off about 400 of its 2,000 employees, according to published reports. The superstore at Ninth Ave. and West 34th Street closed in mid-March but, according to the Jewish Press, kept employees on staff through Passover. The store’s HR Director Izzy Friedman told staff last Wednesday the store had “waited... Read More
Family History Metadata group formed to assist with picture data preservation News 

Family History Metadata group formed to assist with picture data preservation

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The Family History Metadata Working Group (FHMWG), a public initiative for family history technology companies, announces its was formed and launched Feb. 27 at the RootsTech Conference in Salt Lake City, UT. FHMWG says it will help organize and provide standards to create shared industry best practices for digital preservation. The FHMWG is a collaboration between public organizations and private... Read More
Industry notes for the week of May 2 News 

Industry notes for the week of May 2

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Industry Notes for the week of May 2 Adorama Wins Best Instagram Live” in the 12th Annual Shorty Awards Adorama won a Shorty Award for Best Instagram Live for its production, “Styling on a Budget for Fashion Photography with Lindsay Adler.” Lifetouch lays off 400+ workers in Maryland Lifetouch reported laying off 413 workers effective March 12, according to a notice filed on the Maryland... Read More
Henry’s files for protection, will close seven stores News 

Henry’s files for protection, will close seven stores

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Leading Canadian photo specialty retailer Henry’s, a division of family-owned Cranbrook Glen Enterprises Ltd., announced dramatic restructuring, including a creditor protection filing and the plans to permanently close seven of its 29 stores across Canada. Grant Thornton Ltd. of Toronto is the trustee. The company’s e-commerce operations continue, and the 22 remaining stores will open when the COVID-19 situation passes.... Read More
Vistaprint parent Cimpress takes $300 million investment from Apollo Global Management News 

Vistaprint parent Cimpress takes $300 million investment from Apollo Global Management

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Apollo Global Management Inc. is investing $300 million in Cimpress plc, the parent of Vistaprint and other commercial printing entities. The move is part of several actions Cimpress management is taking to counter the impact of the worldwide COVID-19 pandemic. In 2019, Apollo Global – which manages billions of dollars across multiple funds and sectors – purchased Shutterfly and Snapfish.... Read More
Printful launches marketplace keyword research tool News 

Printful launches marketplace keyword research tool

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Printful launched a free SEO software, Keyword Scout, in a public beta. Keyword Scout’s main functionality is to help Printful customers optimize their Etsy listings and increase their search visibility and sales on the Etsy marketplace. Keyword Scout offers SEO tips and keyword suggestions for the Etsy Marketplace; with the tool, customers can analyze their listings and learn how to... Read More
Facebook makes photo transfer tool to Google Photos more widely available News 

Facebook makes photo transfer tool to Google Photos more widely available

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A tool from Facebook to make it easier to transfer photos from Facebook to Google Photos is now available in the United States and Canada. In March, Facebook expanded the availability of the photo transfer tool to more countries in the European Union, the United Kingdom, Latin America, South East Asia and Africa, after starting in Latin America and Asia... Read More
OmniVision unveils 64 MP sensor with 0.7 micron pixel size News 

OmniVision unveils 64 MP sensor with 0.7 micron pixel size

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OmniVision Technologies announced the OV64B, the company’s first 64-megapixel (MP) image sensor with a 0.7 micron pixel size, enabling 64 MP resolution in a 1/2-inch  optical format. The company says this allows high-end smartphone designers to create thinner phones with high resolution 64 MP cameras. Built on OmniVision’s PureCel Plus stacked die technology, this sensor provides 4K video recordings with electronic image... Read More
Sony upgrades VENICE and FX9 motion-picture cameras News 

Sony upgrades VENICE and FX9 motion-picture cameras

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Sony Electronics Inc. will upgrade the firmware of its VENICE digital motion picture camera and FX9 full-frame camera in 2020. These firmware upgrades build on the two platforms’ extraordinary image capture and color science. VENICE 6.0 firmware update, available in November 2020, delivers more monitoring options and high frame rate. The FX9 update, expected in October, 2020, expands shooting and... Read More
Worldwide smartphones decline 11.7 percent, according to IDC Market research News 

Worldwide smartphones decline 11.7 percent, according to IDC

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Worldwide smartphone shipments decreased 11.7% year over year in the first quarter of 2020 (1Q20), according to preliminary data from the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker. In total, companies shipped 275.8 million smartphones during 1Q20. Although the first quarter usually experiences a sequential (quarter over quarter) decline in shipments, with the average sequential decline over the last... Read More