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Procrastination Nation: Holiday Shoppers Rushing to Meet Deadline News Press releases 

Procrastination Nation: Holiday Shoppers Rushing to Meet Deadline

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126 million consumers plan to shop on Super Saturday WASHINGTON, December 20, 2017 – Just over half of U.S. adults surveyed expect to finish their holiday gift shopping by today, but others will still be buying gifts on Christmas Eve — and some will miss the deadline altogether. That’s according to the annual survey released today by the National Retail... Read More
Update: Arrest made in Calgary’s The Camera Store $35,000 robbery News 

Update: Arrest made in Calgary’s The Camera Store $35,000 robbery

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Update: The Calgary Sun reports tips from the public were instrumental in the arrest of two suspects in the Saturday-morning break-in of The Camera Store.  The stolen Hasselblad X1D and lenses were recovered already. Original article: The Camera Store, located in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, suffered an early Saturday-morning burglary resulting in $35,000 in stolen hardgoods, according to the CBC. Stolen... Read More
Photographer looks to resurrect vintage Phogenix film processors News Opinion 

Photographer looks to resurrect vintage Phogenix film processors

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When a friend of photographer Ben Carufel showed him 30 old-school inkjet digital labs unearthed in a San Diego, Calif., salvage yard, he wasn’t sure what he was seeing. After doing a little Googling, he discovered the colorful purple units were film processors from the early 2000s-era Phogenix joint venture between Eastman Kodak Co. and HP. (The entire salvage story... Read More
A closer look at the Mixbook acquisition of WedPics Feature News Opinion 

A closer look at the Mixbook acquisition of WedPics

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Last week, Mixbook announced the acquisition of Raleigh, N.C.-based WedPics for an unspecified amount. WedPics had carved out a considerable niche in the wedding market, and Mixbook CEO Andrew Laffoon says the combination will be a good fit. A large segment of Mixbook users are brides, he says, and the addition of WedPics is a natural for that vertical. The... Read More
Adobe releases the last version of updatable Lightroom News 

Adobe releases the last version of updatable Lightroom

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Adobe has finally put a dagger in the heart of user-owned desktop apps with the release of the last standalone, updateable version of Adobe Lightroom. “The goal of this release is to provide perpetual customers additional camera raw support, lens profile support and address bugs that were introduced in previous releases of Lightroom,” the company said in a blog post.... Read More
Photobook Canada adds canvas prints News 

Photobook Canada adds canvas prints

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Photobook Canada Introduces Best Canvas Prints Canada Has Ever Seen Photobook Canada, the online custom photo album making platform, has launched premium canvas prints service for its users. December 18, 2017 /MarketersMedia/ — Photobook Canada is ready to make an addition to your home decor. The best online custom photo album creator brings its users a wide range of elegant... Read More
Mixbook acquires WedPics, Leading Photo Sharing App for Weddings News Press releases 

Mixbook acquires WedPics, Leading Photo Sharing App for Weddings

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Acquisition Reinforces Mixbook’s Leadership in Custom Photo Goods Creation While Elevating its Bridal And Wedding Photo Sharing Expertise REDWOOD CITY, Calif., Dec. 13, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — Mixbook, an award-winning online design tool for creating beautiful printed photo goods, today announced that it has acquired WedPics, a leading photo sharing platform focused on weddings. This acquisition will combine Mixbook’s leading photo... Read More
Gear rental company Lumoid sells off assets, according to founder News 

Gear rental company Lumoid sells off assets, according to founder

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Photography gear rental company Lumoid has ceased operations, according to Facebook post by founder Aarthi Ramamurthy. The news came despite a notice on the Lumoid website saying the business has “paused,” not ceased. The post states: “I just joined Facebook to work on Payments… 4.5 years ago, I bought the Lumoid domain name and applied to YC with a crazy idea.... Read More
Taopix names China distributor News 

Taopix names China distributor

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U.K. photo personalization software company Taopix named Shanghai-based Boostech as its VAR in China. Founded in 2015, Boostech specialises in personalised and variable data software solutions for commercial printers, including working with Kodak inkjet printers, showcased at China Print in Beijing in May 2017. According to the announcement, Boostech Technical Director, Leo Zhu, says “We met with Taopix at the exhibition and our... Read More
HDRsoft Provides First Updates to Photomatix for Linux HDR Photography Application News 

HDRsoft Provides First Updates to Photomatix for Linux HDR Photography Application

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Version 1.1 Adds a New Rendering Style Option and More BRIGHTON, UNITED KINGDOM (PRWEB) DECEMBER 05, 2017 – HDRsoft, makers of Photomatix software that popularized High Dynamic Range (HDR) photo editing and has been used by hundreds of thousands of people has updated its Photomatix for Linux application. Though it’s only the first update since launching the application, version 1.1... Read More
FASTSIGNS International, Inc. Secures up to $20 Million in Franchisee Financing through ApplePie Capital to Continue Rapid Growth Nationwide News Press releases 

FASTSIGNS International, Inc. Secures up to $20 Million in Franchisee Financing through ApplePie Capital to Continue Rapid Growth Nationwide

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Sign, Graphics and Visual Communications Franchisor Expects to Open 45 New Centers in 2018 CARROLLTON, Texas, Dec. 8, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — FASTSIGNS International, Inc., franchisor of FASTSIGNS®, the leading sign, graphics and visual communications franchise, announced today it has partnered with ApplePie Capital to offer new and existing franchisees access to up to $20-million in debt capital to drive expansion across the... Read More
Harman Technology appoints new USA distributor for Ilford & Kentmere ranges News 

Harman Technology appoints new USA distributor for Ilford & Kentmere ranges

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HARMAN technology Ltd, the manufacturer of ILFORD photographic film, darkroom paper and chemicals, is delighted to announce the appointment of Roberts Distributors, LP as the new distributor of its products for the United States of America. The appointment marks the expansion of Roberts, a leading photographic retail and e-commerce company based in Indianapolis, into the photo distribution market with ILFORD... Read More
Costco gets into business printing News Opinion 

Costco gets into business printing

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Costco has added business printing to its online Photo Center. The company notified customers of the addition of business cards, banners, postcards and more to its product offerings. According to a notice in December, 2017, issue of The Costco Connections magazine, the services are provided by RPI. The announcement continues the trend of the on-going convergence between photographic and digital printing markets.... Read More
Lytro bails on hosted pictures service News 

Lytro bails on hosted pictures service

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Beleaguered computational camera company Lytro has quietly shut down its hosted picture service for its light-field consumer cameras. In a blog post, the company noted: “More than two years ago, Lytro began focusing on Light Field video solutions for the cinema and virtual reality industries and discontinued the manufacturing and distribution of Lytro cameras for photography. As a part of... Read More