USPS announces infrastructure enhancements News 

USPS announces infrastructure enhancements

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As part of its 10-year plan to achieve financial sustainability while maintaining service, the USPS announced network infrastructure investments ahead of the 2021 holiday season. These initiatives and investments include: An accelerated investment and procurement of 138 package processing sorters that will be operational ahead of the 2021 peak holiday season, with plans to purchase additional processing machines over the... Read More
Eugene Smith Memorial Fund announces Judges for 2021 Grants in Humanistic Photography News 

Eugene Smith Memorial Fund announces Judges for 2021 Grants in Humanistic Photography

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The W. Eugene Smith Memorial Fund announced the judges for its 2021 annual grants including the Eugene Smith Grant, Howard Chapnick Grant, and Eugene Smith Student Grant. Nicole Frugé, Director of Visuals for the San Francisco Chronicle, Lisa Volpe, Associate Curator at the Museum of Fine Arts Houston, Michael Hamtil, Assistant Director of Multimedia at the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Darcy... Read More
Enhanced version of Printbox Pro editor now available Updates 

Enhanced version of Printbox Pro editor now available

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Enterprise photo product software company Printbox has updated its Printbox Pro Editor to include global settings, where photographers can set up rules, including bleeds, font type and size, spacing between pictures, and frame width, for a whole project at once. Additionally, the new version has even more efficient photo management, drag-and-drop functionality for entire spreadsheets, and project verification and sharing.... Read More
Industry Notes for the week of April 24 News People on the Move SDKs and APIs 

Industry Notes for the week of April 24

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Pixster Photo Booths launches Chicago office Photo booth rental company Pixster Photo Booths announced the opening of their fifth location in Chicago, Ill. Founded in San Diego in 2012, Pixster has locations in Orange County, Los Angeles, Phoenix, and Austin. People on the Move Canon U.S.A announces executive appointments Canon U.S.A., Inc. announced executive appointments and promotions, effective April 1, 2021: Brian... Read More
Polaroid announces compact instant camera, Polaroid Go New Products 

Polaroid announces compact instant camera, Polaroid Go

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Polaroid launched e a new, compact instant camera today, the Polaroid Go. The $99.99 Polaroid Go measures 2.4 by 3.3 by 4.1 inches (HWD) and charges via USB. The camera resembles last year’s Polaroid Now, including an optical viewfinder, but it is smaller and uses a Go-format square-image film. The camera includes a selfie mirror and supports double exposures. Read More
The Dead Pixels Society podcast: Lessons learned from a life in the photo business, with Fred Lerner, MailPix Marketing Podcasts 

The Dead Pixels Society podcast: Lessons learned from a life in the photo business, with Fred Lerner, MailPix

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Gary Pageau of the Dead Pixels Society talks with Fred Lerner, CEO and founder, MailPix, about the photo/imaging business. A meeting in a summer camp darkroom started Lerner on a decades-long career with leading photo industry companies like Berkey Photo and Eastman Kodak Co., as well as his own photofinishing labs, Lerner Photo and Lerner Processing Labs. He was also active in the Australian photofinishing industry at the dawn of one-hour processing. Later, ... Read More
Canon U.S.A announces executive appointments People on the Move 

Canon U.S.A announces executive appointments

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Canon U.S.A., Inc. announced executive appointments and promotions, effective April 1, 2021: Brian Mahar was promoted to vice president, the Imaging Technologies and Communications Group Shinya Fukuda was promoted to vice president and general manager, Corporate Planning Yukinari Kaneta was promoted to vice president and general manager, Corporate IT Isao Kobayashi was promoted to vice president and general manager, the... Read More
Fujifilm introduces INSTAX Mini Link for Nintendo Switch smartphone printer New Products 

Fujifilm introduces INSTAX Mini Link for Nintendo Switch smartphone printer

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Fujifilm Corp., in collaboration with Nintendo Co., Ltd., introduced the $99.95 INSTAX Mini Link for Nintendo Switch Smartphone Printer. As part of this collaboration, Nintendo Switch owners can create fun custom prints of their game The new Mini Link Special Edition and related app are expected to be released to authorized dealers April 30, 2021, in conjunction with the launch... Read More
Fujifilm announces firmware updates, camera control kits News 

Fujifilm announces firmware updates, camera control kits

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Fujifilm Corp. will release the latest firmware update for the 102-megapixel flagship FUJIFILM GFX100 in June 2021. Among the updates: The new firmware updates the camera’s autofocus algorithm to the latest version to boost AF speed and Face/Eye-detection performance, enhancing AF accuracy even in portrait photography that involves subject movements. The new firmware enables coordinated control of the camera’s in-body... Read More
Canon announces desktop printers for home and office New Products 

Canon announces desktop printers for home and office

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Canon U.S.A., Inc. announced two MAXIFY GX MegaTank Series printers: the Canon MAXIFY GX7020 and Canon MAXIFY GX6020 printers. The MAXIFY series of MegaTank printers have a high-volume continuous ink supply system which may significantly reduce ink costs for color printing, producing approximately 14,000 color prints and approximately 6,000 black ink prints before needing to be refilled. The four-colored ink... Read More
Tamron launches two lenses for Sony E-mount News 

Tamron launches two lenses for Sony E-mount

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Tamron USA launched two Sony E-mount full-frame lenses: 150-500mm F/5-6.7 Di III VC VXD (Model A057), an ultra-telephoto zoom lens for Sony E-mount full-frame mirrorless cameras, and the 11-20mm F/2.8 Di III-A RXD (Model B060), a fast-aperture ultra-wide-angle zoom lens. The 150-500mm F5-6.7, available on June 10, for $1,399, is Tamron’s first ultra-telephoto zoom lens for full-frame mirrorless cameras that... Read More
NRF: Mother’s Day spending to total $28.1 billion Marketing 

NRF: Mother’s Day spending to total $28.1 billion

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Mother’s Day spending is expected to total a record $28.1 billion this year, up by $1.4 billion from 2020, according to the annual survey released by the National Retail Federation (NRF). Approximately 83 percent of U.S. adults are expected to celebrate the annual holiday. “There is a lot of consumer optimism around Mother’s Day this year as more people are... Read More
PPA announces subsidies for photography exhibitors Events News 

PPA announces subsidies for photography exhibitors

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Professional Photographers of America (PPA) announced the creation of an Investment Performance Rebate which will significantly reduce the cost for exhibitors at Imaging USA, the association’s premier event, to be held Jan. 16-18, 2022. According to the plan, PPA will subsidize 43% of exhibitors’ typical trade show booth space costs for the upcoming conference in National Harbor, Washington D.C. An... Read More
Xerox releases first-quarter results Earnings reports 

Xerox releases first-quarter results

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Xerox Holdings Corp. reported first-quarter revenues of $1.71 billion of revenue, down 8.1 percent year-over-year or 10.4 percent in constant currency. GAAP earnings per share (EPS) were $0.18, up $0.21 year-over-year, and adjusted EPS of $0.22, up by $0.01 year-over-year. “In the first quarter, in an environment where many offices remained closed, we grew equipment sales and IT Services revenue year-over-year.... Read More