Apple rolling out mobile student IDs in Canada and United States News 

Apple rolling out mobile student IDs in Canada and United States

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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

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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
Cimpress reports mixed fourth quarter Earnings reports 

Cimpress reports mixed fourth quarter

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Cimpress plc, parent company of Vistaprint,  reported mixed fourth-quarter fiscal 2021 results, with an adjusted loss of 45 cents per share, which was improved from last years’ loss of $1.62 cents per share. In fiscal 2021, the company’s adjusted loss was $2.99 per share against adjusted earnings of $3.00 in fiscal 2020. Fiscal fourth-quarter revenues were a better-than-expected $641 million... Read More
Precision Proco Group purchases Photobox production facility in West London Acquisitions News 

Precision Proco Group purchases Photobox production facility in West London

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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

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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
IDC: Global smartphone market grew 13.2% in the second quarter Market research 

IDC: Global smartphone market grew 13.2% in the second quarter

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Overall smartphone shipment volumes grew 13.2% year over year in the second quarter, slightly beating IDC’s forecast of 12.5% growth. According to preliminary data from the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker, smartphone vendors shipped a total of 313.2 million devices during the quarter, which further proves this market is headed back toward sustained growth. Every region contributed... Read More
Fotomerchant, 36Pix announce partnership Events News 

Fotomerchant, 36Pix announce partnership

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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
Kodak Moments expands in-store printing options for kiosk app New Products Updates 

Kodak Moments expands in-store printing options for kiosk app

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Kodak Moments announced a new version of its Kodak Moments Kiosk software, Version 11.0, which provides consumers with more instant products to choose from and new in-store self-service printing. Products are available for same-day pickup at most retailers that offer Kodak Moments. Same day and new photo offerings now include: Wall Tiles are available as 8×8 single images within a... Read More
Sony debuts ZV-E10 interchangeable lens vlogging cam New Products 

Sony debuts ZV-E10 interchangeable lens vlogging cam

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Sony Electronics Inc. announced the first Alpha series interchangeable lens vlog camera, the new ZV-E10, designed from the ground up for vlogging and bloggers. The ZV-E10 features a 24.2-megapixel APS-C Exmor CMOS sensor and BIONZ X image processing engine. Additionally, the ZV-E10 includes the vlogging-specific features favored in the popular ZV-1 digital camera including “Background Defocus” that can smoothly switch... Read More
Xerox reports second-quarter revenue up 22.4 percent Earnings reports 

Xerox reports second-quarter revenue up 22.4 percent

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Xerox Corp. reported second-quarter revenue was up 22.4 percent to $1.79 billion and GAAP earnings per share (EPS) of $0.46, up from $0.15 year-over-year, and adjusted EPS of $0.47, up $0.32 year-over-year. “We saw growing demand for our products and services in the second quarter. Increased equipment sales and print volumes in many regions are consistent with a continuing, gradual... Read More
Shutterstock acquires three AI platforms News 

Shutterstock acquires three AI platforms

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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
Insurious names Erin Manning as brand ambassador People on the Move 

Insurious names Erin Manning as brand ambassador

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Boca Raton-based Insurious, a digital insurance agency, appointed photographer and educator Erin Manning as the company’s first brand evangelist.Her production company, Erin Manning Media, specializes in “conception to completion” full-service production, creating inspiring educational content. “We are extremely excited to have Erin Manning on board as our first Evangelist,” says Matt Sweetwood, CEO. “Her talent, creativity, and business insight will... Read More
Waldo Photos partners with Gradelink News 

Waldo Photos partners with Gradelink

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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
Retail shopping and marketing trends in a post-COVID world, with Michael Osborne, Wunderkind Marketing Podcasts 

Retail shopping and marketing trends in a post-COVID world, with Michael Osborne, Wunderkind

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Gary Pageau of the Dead Pixels Society talks with Michael Osborne, president of Wunderkind about retail and marketing trends, how COVID-19 affected retail,  and why Precision Camera is his favorite camera store. Listen here. Osborne is the President of Wunderkind. With more than 30 years of experience in marketing technology, he is an established industry leader trusted by major brands such as Bloomingdale’s, Hilton, and Santander Bank. His... Read More