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Should shareholders vote for Shutterfly sale? Analyst says yes, with reservations News Opinion 

Should shareholders vote for Shutterfly sale? Analyst says yes, with reservations

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While most industry watchers have acquiesced that the acquisition of Shutterfly by Apollo Global Management, with the corresponding merger with Snapfish, is a done deal, there are still some steps to be completed by the expected close by the end of the year. First, the merger is subject to government scrutiny under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Act, designed to maintain competition. As... Read More
Industry notes for the week of July 26 News 

Industry notes for the week of July 26

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New apps and updates Luminar 4 introduces the first automatic Sky Replacement technology Pixelmator Pro 1.4 Hummingbird update adds Apple Photos extension Google launches Gallery Go, an offline photo organizing tool Archival digital memory service Forever now supports PDF documents across the entire platform of products and services. Fotomerchant HV v1.33 has been released, with updates to digital galleries Rumours and reports from around the Internet Five reasons... Read More
Google launches Gallery Go, an offline photo organizing tool New Products News 

Google launches Gallery Go, an offline photo organizing tool

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Google launched, Google for Nigeria, a photo gallery app called Gallery Go, designed to work offline, that uses machine learning to automatically organize. The company said Gallery Go is designed for “first-time smartphone” owners to easily find, edit, and manage photos without high-speed internet or cloud backup. According to the company, Gallery Go automatically organizes photos by the people and... Read More
Blast from the Past: Visit the Photo/Image News Network archives Feature Market research Marketing News 

Blast from the Past: Visit the Photo/Image News Network archives

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Through the generosity of Chris Lydle, the archives of the former Photo/Imaging News Network (P/INN) website is now archived on the Dead Pixels Society. Click here to relive the heyday of the early digital photography era, when HP was interested in photo specialty dealers, when digital cameras ruled and when cell phones were mostly used for phone calls. (Some links... Read More
Sony unveils premium compact camera RX100 VII New Products News Press releases 

Sony unveils premium compact camera RX100 VII

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Newest Addition to RX Series Delivers Alpha 9 Level Speed and AF Performance with Real-time Tracking and Real-time Eye AF Newly developed 1.0-type stacked 20.1 MP Exmor RS™ CMOS image sensor with DRAM chip and latest generation BIONZ X™ image processor Alpha 9 level speed performance with up to 60 AF/AE calculations per second and 20fps blackout-free shooting with AF/AE... Read More
Photo EVO expands personalization production with Compress UV printer News 

Photo EVO expands personalization production with Compress UV printer

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Grand Rapids, MI-based imaging lab Photo EVO has expanded its imaging business with the installation of a Compress iUV 1200s LED printer; the first in the region. Photo EVO president Toren Prawdzik says the versatile printer will be used to support photo printing on a variety of substrates, including direct printing on golf balls, tumblers, plexiglass, leather, wood and more.... Read More
New partnership pre-integrates Mediaclip Hub into Cloudprinter.com API News Press releases 

New partnership pre-integrates Mediaclip Hub into Cloudprinter.com API

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Montreal, Quebec — Mediaclip Inc., the leading developer of white-label product personalization software solutions, and Cloudprinter.com, the leading Global Print Cloud & API for Web2Print providers, e-commerce solutions and publishers around the world, are proud to announce a new partnership. The two organizations join forces with the common goal of enabling webstores to easily offer online product customization to consumers with the added... Read More
LSC, Quad terminate $1.4 billion merger agreement News 

LSC, Quad terminate $1.4 billion merger agreement

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LSC Communications, Inc. and Quad/Graphics, Inc. announced they have mutually agreed to terminate the merger agreement where Quad would acquire LSC in an all-stock transaction valued at approximately $1.4 billion. The all-stock transaction was announced Oct.31, 2018, and was approved by company shareholders Feb. 22, 2019. In June, the U.S. Department of Justice sued to block the acquisition, and this... Read More
EFI completes acquisition by an Siris Capital Group, LLC affiliate Acquisitions News Press releases 

EFI completes acquisition by an Siris Capital Group, LLC affiliate

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FREMONT, California — July 23, 2019: Electronics For Imaging, Inc. announced the completion of its previously announced acquisition by an affiliate of Siris for approximately $1.7 billion. In connection with the closing of the transaction, the company, which will continue to operate as Electronics For Imaging (EFI), will be wholly owned by an affiliate of Siris, and EFI’s common shares... Read More
Luminar 4 introduces the first automatic Sky Replacement technology New Products News Press releases Updates 

Luminar 4 introduces the first automatic Sky Replacement technology

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Utilizing the proprietary technology based on machine learning, Luminar 4 will be the first photo editor to have a fully automated Sky Replacement tool to save the artists hours of editing.   BELLEVUE, WA – July 23, 2019 — Today, Skylum announces the upcoming release of Luminar 4, set to ship this fall. Skylum continues to push innovations forward through... Read More
Pixelmator Pro 1.4 Hummingbird update adds Apple Photos extension News Updates 

Pixelmator Pro 1.4 Hummingbird update adds Apple Photos extension

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July 23, 2019 in Image Editing (E) – Vilnius, Lithuania – The Pixelmator Team today released Pixelmator Pro 1.4 Hummingbird, a major update to the award-winning Mac image editor designed to make powerful professional tools accessible to everyday users. The update introduces an incredible new Photos extension, bringing the entire Pixelmator Pro app to Photos, includes an all-new Zoom tool, an... Read More
Prohibition agency continues marketing campaign for CEWE UK News 

Prohibition agency continues marketing campaign for CEWE UK

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According to Prolific North, U.K. agency Prohibition has won the competition to handle the UK PR marketing for Germany-based photo printing giant CEWE: The Leeds agency’s consumer retail division will handle the account, which includes the creation and development of the brand’s first-ever national television ad. “We first worked with Prohibition on our 2018 Christmas project, and were seriously impressed... Read More
Amazon scores another record Prime Day, bigger than Black Friday and Cyber Monday combined News Opinion 

Amazon scores another record Prime Day, bigger than Black Friday and Cyber Monday combined

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Amazon reports 2019 was a big success, with Prime Members purchasing more than 75 million items, from devices to groceries and more, throughout the July 15-16 event. Sales surpassed the previous Black Friday and Cyber Monday combined, the company said. “We want to thank Prime members all around the world,” said Jeff Bezos, Amazon founder and CEO. “Members purchased millions of Alexa-enabled devices, received... Read More
Viral FaceApp may infect your privacy, according to experts News Opinion 

Viral FaceApp may infect your privacy, according to experts

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FaceApp, an Android and iOS app that changes users faces, is facing criticism because the app is allegedly harvesting vast amounts of sensitive user information, without their knowledge. According to John Koetsier at Forbes: “While according to FaceApp’s terms of service people still own their own “user content” (read: face), the company owns a never-ending and irrevocable royalty-free license to do anything... Read More