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di support announces investment from ACC Holding, Kanematsu

January 9, 2020 GaryPageau ACC Holding, di di support, Fotoco, Kanematsu1 Comment

German photo kiosk company di support GmbH has two new shareholders., with ACC Holding and Kanematsu Corp., and the former minority shareholder Fotoco sold its shares in the course of these transactions. According to the announcement, Hamburg’s ACC acquired a majority stake and will support di support’s dynamic growth in the future. The Japanese-based, listed company Kanematsu is a new... Read More

Acquisitions News

Apollo completes Snapfish acquisition, combines with Shutterfly

January 9, 2020January 10, 2020 GaryPageau Apollo Global Management, Shutterfly, Snapfish

Apollo Global Management Inc. announced the successful completion of their previously announced acquisition of Snapfish, LLC and the combination of Snapfish with Shutterfly Inc., which was acquired by the Apollo Funds Sept. 25, 2019. According to the announcement, Snapfish owners became significant minority owners in the combined Shutterfly and Snapfish business. “As a business dedicated to connecting people, places and... Read More

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Wooptix debuts single-lens light-field camera at CES

January 7, 2020January 7, 2020 GaryPageau Wooptix

Wooptix, a small Intel Capital portfolio company specializing in advanced imaging technology, will be present at CES 2020 what it calls the “first-ever single-lens light field camera capable of capturing light field video in real-time with no loss of resolution.” The company says it can generate a depth map directly from the light field video enabling live 3D video, which... Read More

Events News

PIA, GAA to host printing industry mergers and acquisitions symposium

January 7, 2020January 7, 2020 GaryPageau Graphic Arts Association, Printing Industries Alliance

The Printing Industries Alliance (PIA) and the Graphic Arts Association (GAA) are jointly sponsoring the 2020 Printing Industry Mergers and Acquisitions Symposium, March 19, 2020, at the Newark Liberty International Airport Marriott. For complete details and to register, visit https://pialliance.org/events/printing-industry-mergers-acquisitions-symposium/. “Whether you are a buyer, a seller, or neither, you likely will be some day, and you need to have the... Read More

News Press releases

Startup to nationwide: MailPix 1Hour Photo App reaches more retail consumers than any other photo site

January 7, 2020January 6, 2020 GaryPageau 1 Hour Photo, CVS, Duane Reade, MyPix2, Photobucket’s Print Shop Lab, RitzPix, Target, Walgreens, WalMart, Winkflash

Startup to nationwide: MailPix 1Hour Photo App reaches more retail consumers than any other photo site Huntington Beach, CA – MailPix, the photo-printing, canvas and gifting site, enters its eighth year in business with the broadest retail reach of any mobile photo printing app. Through its award-winning 1 Hour Photo app, MailPix is the only company working with all five... Read More

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Fuji Xerox ends tech deal with Xerox, to change name to FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.

January 6, 2020 GaryPageau Fuji Xerox, FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp., Xerox

Bringing an end a business arrangement dating back to 1962, Fuji Xerox Co. Ltd. announced it won’t renew the technology agreement with Xerox Corp. on the agreement’s expiration date, March 31, 2021. The agreement provides for technology/brand licenses and sales territories applicable to each company, the company said. The product supply agreement with Xerox will continue to be effective despite... Read More

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Updated: Xerox secures $24 billion financing for HP takeover bid, HP responses with shrug

January 6, 2020January 24, 2020 GaryPageau HP, Xerox

The leadership of Xerox Holdings Corp. on Jan. 6 sent a letter to the Board of Directors of HP Inc. confirming it has obtained $24 billion in binding financing commitments from Citi, Mizuho and Bank of America to complete its proposed merger with HP. HP has resisted overtures from Xerox. In response to the most recent letter, HP again rebuffed... Read More

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Celestron unveils sky-mapping telescope

January 6, 2020January 7, 2020 GaryPageau Celestron, CES 2020, telescope

Celestron announced the StarSense Explorer, a consumer telescope offering sophisticated sky recognition technology used by professional observatories, in collaboration with existing smartphone camera hardware, to quickly determine telescope positioning, facilitate sky mapping and seamlessly guide users to thousands of celestial objects. In addition, the StarSense Explorer features a comprehensive interactive database that provides informative details on celestial objects, making the... Read More

News Updates

Wi-Fi Alliance brings Wi-Fi 6 into 6 GHz

January 6, 2020January 7, 2020 GaryPageau Wi-Fi

Wi-Fi Alliance is introducing new terminology to distinguish forthcoming Wi-Fi 6 devices that are capable of 6 GHz operation, an important portion of unlicensed spectrum that may soon be made available by regulators around the world. Wi-Fi 6E brings a common industry name for Wi-Fi users to identify devices that will offer the features and capabilities of Wi-Fi 6 – including higher performance, lower latency, and... Read More

Acquisitions News

Circle Graphics acquires Metromedia Technologies

January 3, 2020 GaryPageau Circle Graphics

Circle Graphics Inc. announced it acquired out-of-home advertising rival Metromedia Technologies (MMT). Terms weren’t disclosed. With the MMT acquisition, Circle Graphics said it expands its lineage to the very beginning of grand format digital printing, as MMT started in 1987 under the auspices of pioneer John Kluge. MMT’s patented digital print technology changed the way outdoor advertising was executed worldwide.... Read More

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Snap acquires Ukrainian startup, AI Factory

January 3, 2020January 7, 2020 GaryPageau

Snap Inc. has acquired AI Factory, a Ukrainian imaging startup, for $166 million, according to AIN.UA. Details weren’t disclosed, but AI Factory is headed by Victor Shaburov, Snap’s former director of engineering from April, 2015, to May, 2018, after Snap purchased Shaburov’s Looksery startup in 2015. Looksery was behind Snap’s popular Lenses feature. According to the AIN.UA report, Snap Inc. already... Read More

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Power outage impacts Photobucket over key holiday period

January 2, 2020January 3, 2020 GaryPageau Photobucket2 Comments

Pioneering photo sharing and storage site Photobucket is still struggling to return to full service after a power outage affected the company around Christmas. The site, which came under new management in June of 2018, has changed its fee structure away from advertising to a paid-storage model. On Dec. 18, Photobucket reported a power outage at its primary data center,... Read More

Events News Press releases

Volume photography leaders launch free educational community

January 2, 2020January 2, 2020 GaryPageau Eric Miller, Jeff Gump, SPAC, volume photography

“Speaking Volume” is a new Facebook Group to teach the volume photography business The school and sports photography business – commonly called “volume photography” – has seen tremendous growth over the past decade. Digital capture, green screens, downloads and more have opened up new profit potential, but the learning curve can be steep. A new Facebook Group called “Speaking Volume”... Read More

News SDKs and APIs

Vivo, OPPO and Xiaomi partner on wireless file transfer system

January 2, 2020January 2, 2020 GaryPageau 5G, OPPO, Vivo, Xiaomi1 Comment

mobile phone giants vivo, OPPO and Xiaomi announced their partnership, called the “Peer-to-Peer Transmission Alliance”, to enable seamless cross-brand file transfer with just one click. The system will allow consumers of these three brands to easily transfer files between their mobile devices without the need for any third-party applications or network data, supporting a wide range of files, including photos,... Read More

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Depositphotos launches visual trends forecast

December 27, 2019December 27, 2019 GaryPageau Depositphotos, stock photography

Depositphotos, one of the world’s leading visual content marketplaces, has released its visual trends forecast, “Visual Trends 2020: Think Ahead” which examines trends in visual communication to define how photography, graphic and web design mirror the artistic, social, and tech movements around the globe. The key trends to look out for in 2020 include a call for stock photographers to... Read More