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Amazon, GoPro file joint lawsuit against counterfeiters News 

Amazon, GoPro file joint lawsuit against counterfeiters

  Amazon.com, Inc. and GoPro, Inc. unsealed a jointly filed lawsuit against seven individuals and two entities for counterfeiting GoPro’s popular camera accessories, including the floating hand grip, “The Handler,” and the “3-Way” grip, extension arm, and tripod mount, according to a press release. The defendants attempted to offer the infringing products in Amazon’s store, violating Amazon’s policies, infringing on... Read More
Imaging Brands relaunches FRIO brand for off-camera lighting gear News 

Imaging Brands relaunches FRIO brand for off-camera lighting gear

Imaging Brands announced it has relaunched the previously acquired FRIO brand, which now features a variety of off-camera lighting solutions for photographers in dynamic shoot environments like weddings, events, real estate interiors, tight locations, and more. Imaging Brands also has Tether Tools and Smart Shooter products in its portfolio. With an initial focus on mounting gear for Speedlight or other... Read More
Mimeo Photos surpasses one-millionths download of macOS app News 

Mimeo Photos surpasses one-millionths download of macOS app

Mimeo Photos announced it has surpassed one million downloads in the Mac App Store. Founded in 2017, Mimeo Photos was a first-to-market Mac extension offering complete integration within Apple Photos for creating and ordering photobooks, calendars, and cards. Mimeo Photos, now available for iOS, iPadOS, Android and the web, now offers prints, canvas, metal, and acrylic wall decor for customers... Read More
PhotographyTalk to conduct 2021 $100 canvas print shootout Events News 

PhotographyTalk to conduct 2021 $100 canvas print shootout

Global photography community PhotographyTalk announced it will soon commence with its third annual $100 canvas print shootout. PhotographyTalk’s 2019 canvas print shootout compared three companies and in 2020, it expanded to seven. In 2021, the shootout includes 11 competitors. “The purpose of the $100 canvas print shootout is twofold,” explains Alex Schult, Founder and CEO of PhotographyTalk. “First, there are a lot of companies... Read More
PlanetArt parent Claranova boosts revenue by 21% for the year News 

PlanetArt parent Claranova boosts revenue by 21% for the year

Claranova ended the fiscal year with €472 million in revenue, once again illustrating its growth potential with a 21% increase in revenue. Excluding the currency effect, revenue, which is generated primarily in US dollars and British pounds, reached €496 million, without impacting operating margins. The group’s growth has in consequence been sustained, as the health crisis continued to bolster activity... Read More
Apple rolling out mobile student IDs in Canada and United States News 

Apple rolling out mobile student IDs in Canada and United States

Apple Inc. has started rolling out mobile student IDs on iPhone and Apple Watch. For the first time, mobile student IDs can be added to the Wallet app in Canada, starting with the University of New Brunswick and Sheridan College this year. In the United States, new schools to adopt mobile student IDs include Auburn University, Northern Arizona University, University... Read More
Moonpig Group reports double revenue in initial earnings report as public company Earnings reports News 

Moonpig Group reports double revenue in initial earnings report as public company

U.K. online greeting card brand Moonpig Group reported strong results in its first earnings report as a publicly-traded company. (The company went public in the last year.) Group revenue doubled to £368.2 million, compared to £173.1 million the prior year, for the year ending April 30, 2021. The company said revenue growth was driven by strong customer acquisition and higher... Read More
Precision Proco Group purchases Photobox production facility in West London Acquisitions News 

Precision Proco Group purchases Photobox production facility in West London

PRECISION Proco Group has purchased the West London production facility of Photobox, according to a company statement. The company completed the deal on the Willen Field Road facility on Aug. 1, 2021, and as part of the transaction, the affiliated Photobox employees will transfer to Precision Proco Group. Terms weren’t disclosed. The deal only involves the purchase of the UK... Read More
Pixelmator releases Pixelmator Pro 2.1 Coral with AI driven cropping News 

Pixelmator releases Pixelmator Pro 2.1 Coral with AI driven cropping

Pixelmator Team released Pixelmator Pro 2.1 Coral, which adds notable new features, including the ability to improve the composition of photos with machine learning, a Quick Fill feature, improved painting tools, and more. Powered by Core ML, the ML Crop feature lets users automatically crop photos with a single click. With ML Crop turned on, hovering over different aspects ratio presets... Read More
Fotomerchant, 36Pix announce partnership Events News 

Fotomerchant, 36Pix announce partnership

Volume photography workflow provider Fotomerchant announced an exclusive partnership with 36Pix, the background removal pioneer. The partnership will integrate of newly developed and exclusive range of 36Pix’s premium backgrounds into the Fotomerchant platform, available exclusively to Fotomerchant customers. In the announcement, both teams declared they will see the continued development and release of new backgrounds and new features as part... Read More
Shutterstock acquires three AI platforms News 

Shutterstock acquires three AI platforms

Shutterstock, Inc. announced the launch of Shutterstock.AI, a new subsidiary that has acquired three AI platforms, Pattern89, Datasine, and Shotzr, for about $35 million. With these three acquisitions, “Shutterstock.AI will continue to rapidly develop its own predictive performance capabilities to help creatives and customers accomplish their goals by making more data-informed content decisions,” the company said. In the near term,... Read More
Waldo Photos partners with Gradelink News 

Waldo Photos partners with Gradelink

Waldo Photos, the Austin, Texas-based photo platform announced a partnership with Gradelink, a leading student information system (SIS) platform. Gradelink is used by more than 2,000 private school administrators throughout the United States, and allows for centralized communication of all necessary scholastic information, such as admission, tuition, and grades. The partnership with Waldo will now bring AI-powered photo management, yearbook... Read More