Photobook.ai announces v4.0 with multi-market, subscriptions and gift support News Updates 

Photobook.ai announces v4.0 with multi-market, subscriptions and gift support

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Photobook.ai has released  Version 4.0 of the white-label AI photo-printing platform. The Photobook.ai app is now offered as a white-label app to more than a dozen global brand and has consistently been maintaining very high customer satisfaction, with an NPS score of 54% and a photobook completion rate that is twice the industry average.  In addition to support for calendars... Read More
Freepik acquires troubled stock image company EyeEm Acquisitions News 

Freepik acquires troubled stock image company EyeEm

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Freepik announces its acquisition of EyeEm, the Berlin-based stock photography company. This acquisition is Freepik’s latest international growth effort, following the expansion of its U.S. leadership team earlier this year and the acquisitions of Videvo (UK), Iconfinder (Denmark), and Original Mockups (Colombia). Through this acquisition, Freepik gains access to EyeEm’s unique catalog of 160 million photographs, built by its contributor community. These photographs will add to... Read More
The Infotainment Shift: A Roadmap for Small Businesses News Podcasts 

The Infotainment Shift: A Roadmap for Small Businesses

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Gary Pageau of the Dead Pixels Society talks with David Van Beekum, the brain behind Tweva, a social TV network designed for small businesses. Imagine your local bulletin board transforming into a digital haven where businesses and influencers collaborate to showcase hyper-local content. That’s what Tweva brings to the table. Van Beekum navigates us through this concept, highlighting how it breaks down traditional advertising barriers and connects... Read More
Layflat.com wins Gold Seal at 43rd Grafima News Partnerships 

Layflat.com wins Gold Seal at 43rd Grafima

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Layflat.com AG, the world leader in photobook production equipment, was awarded the Golden Seal for the Layflat LF 1000 All-In Max at the 43rd International Graphic, Paper and Creative Industry Fair (Grafima), by an expert jury, in the Machines, Devices and Software category for the Graphics Industry group. The Layflat LF 1000 All-In Max is a high-speed, fully automated photobook... Read More
GoPro’s opens ultimate Point of View (POV) awards challenge Events News 

GoPro’s opens ultimate Point of View (POV) awards challenge

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GoPro announced submissions are open for the GoPro Awards Ultimate POV Challenge. The new awards challenge gives customers the chance to earn a share of a $50,000 cash award and an opportunity to be featured on GoPro’s social channels by submitting a most unique, most immersive first-person photos and videos. GoPro will reward select content with cash payouts through the... Read More
Mixbook, PetSmart team up for holiday products News 

Mixbook, PetSmart team up for holiday products

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Mixbook and PetSmart announced the expansion of their partnership, introducing new additions to the PetSmart for Mixbook Collection of photobooks. The new additions include an array of holiday-themed, giftable photobooks, cards and calendars designed “to celebrate the unbreakable bonds between pet parents and their furry, scaley, feathered and finned friends,” the customer said in a press release. Members of PetSmart’s Treats loyalty... Read More
Canon announces varioPRINT iX1700  New Products 

Canon announces varioPRINT iX1700 

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Canon U.S.A., Inc.,  announced the new upcoming varioPRINT iX1700 B3+ size inkjet digital sheetfed press, for the commercial, in-plant, and direct mail print markets. Introduced as an expansion of Canon’s digital press portfolio, the varioPRINT iX1700 color inkjet production press combines the flexibility of sheetfed printing with production inkjet, the company claims. The varioPRINT iX1700 prints at a speed of... Read More
Nikon announces NIKKOR Z 600mm f/6.3 VR S New Products 

Nikon announces NIKKOR Z 600mm f/6.3 VR S

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Nikon Inc. announced another premium super-telephoto lens, the NIKKOR Z 600mm f/6.3 VR S. This latest S-Line prime lens is the newest addition to Nikon’s lineup of PF lenses. The new  NIKKOR Z 600mm f/6.3 VR S will be available in late October for a suggested retail price of $4799.95.  The lens is designed so its center of gravity is... Read More
Canon launches RF10-20MM F4 L IS STM lens New Products News 

Canon launches RF10-20MM F4 L IS STM lens

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Canon U.S.A., Inc. announced the RF10-20MM F4 L IS STM lens, a full-frame ultra-wide-angle L-series lens. ​​​​​​​The Canon RF10-20MM F4 L IS STM lens is expected to be available in November for an estimated retail price of $2,299.00.  This lens’ top features include: New Image Stabilization (IS) technology, to help minimize wide-angle “fluttering” at outer areas of frame Impressively compact... Read More
Google debuts Pixel 8 and Pixel 8 Pro smartphones New Products 

Google debuts Pixel 8 and Pixel 8 Pro smartphones

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Google debuted two  Pixel 8 and Pixel 8 Pro smartphones,  powered by Google Tensor G3, and packed with expanded photo features. Pixel 8 has a 6.2-inch Actua display, which is 42% brighter than Pixel 7’s display. Pixel 8 features satin metal finishes, a polished glass back and comes in Rose, Hazel and Obsidian. Pixel 8 Pro’s 6.7-inch Super Actua display and comes... Read More
Leica debuts SOFORT 2 New Products 

Leica debuts SOFORT 2

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Leica Camera AG introduced the Lecia SOFORT 2, a follow-up hybrid instant camera, now in three colors. The $389 SOFORT 2 user-friendly menu structure and button layout align with those of other digital Leica cameras. The new SOFORT 2 now has the option to permanently save digital images and choose the best shots before printing them. This includes all photos... Read More
Insights into the Art of Hiring and Sales with Peter Cotton News Podcasts 

Insights into the Art of Hiring and Sales with Peter Cotton

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Ever thought about the art of successful sales and recruiting? Join Gary Pageau of the Dead Pixels Society in this conversation with Peter Cotton, the brain behind Best Sales Talent in Massachusetts. We’ll explore Cotton’s incredible career progression, starting from selling greeting cards as a child to being a part of a Fortune 500 company. We cover the golden era... Read More
Urbanimmersive secures $700,000 private-placement financing Earnings reports 

Urbanimmersive secures $700,000 private-placement financing

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Financially troubled real-estate photography firm Urbanimmersive Inc. announced securing secured a non-brokered private placement of 10,510,500 units at a price of $0.07 per unit for gross proceeds of $735,735. Each unit consists of one common share of the company and one share purchase warrant entitling the holder to purchase an additional common share of the Company at a price of... Read More
NRF economist says U.S. economy still shows resilience Market research 

NRF economist says U.S. economy still shows resilience

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The U.S. economy is continuing to grow even as labor disputes across the country and uncertainty created by Congress add to the ongoing challenges of inflation and high interest rates, said Jack Kleinhenz, chief economist, National Retail Federation (NRF). ”As Gilda Radner used to say on ‘Saturday Night Live,’ ‘If it’s not one thing, it’s another,’ ” Kleinhenz said. “This is... Read More
Visual 1st to address how to refer to AI generated images Events 

Visual 1st to address how to refer to AI generated images

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Artificial intelligence’s ability to produce images that don’t originate in the real world but are indistinguishable from photographs is upending traditional attitudes and perceptions. The broad availability of this technology is enabling explosive growth of these photorealistic – but not real – images: Adobe recently announced its generative artificial intelligence product Firefly has been used to create more than a billion... Read More