Mixbook adds AI-tools, photo organization to app Updates 

Mixbook adds AI-tools, photo organization to app

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Mixbook has updated its Mixbook Studio suite of creative storytelling tools to improve photo organization and AI-powered storytelling. The latest Mixbook app and updates are currently available on the Apple App Store and at www.mixbook.com. The caption generator will be available before the holidays. The company says the new upgrades focus on improving three key areas of story creation: Initial photo organization and suggested... Read More
Urbanimmersive adds video to 3D digital twins for real estate News 

Urbanimmersive adds video to 3D digital twins for real estate

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Urbanimmersive Inc., a provider of 3D digital twin solutions for the real-estate marketing industry, launched 3D Digital Twins 360-Video Fusion (3D VF), a new technology bridging the gap between the immersive experience of 3D digital twins and 360-degree videos. Urbanimmersive says its 3D Digital Twins 360-video Fusion automatically integrates 3D navigation into 360-degree videos, enabling viewers to explore 360-degree videos just... Read More
Sensaria names Mike Freed as CEO, creates advisory council of experienced execs News People on the Move 

Sensaria names Mike Freed as CEO, creates advisory council of experienced execs

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Sensaria announced Mike Freed, the former COO of Mirion Technologies, is the new CEO of Sensaria. Freed joins the company after a successful run as Chief Operating Officer for Mirion Technologies, a global provider of radiation measurement devices and services for the nuclear power, homeland security, military, industrial, and medical end markets. Freed led Mirion through multiple acquisitions, operational improvements,... Read More
NRF: Retail sales grew in September, but core year-over-year gains are slowing Market research 

NRF: Retail sales grew in September, but core year-over-year gains are slowing

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Retail sales continued to grow in September even as consumers faced continuing economic pressures, said the National Retail Federation (NRF). “September retail sales show that consumers have retained the ability and willingness to spend despite accumulating economic headwinds from higher interest rates and slowing growth,” said Matthew Shay, President and CEO, NRF. “As we gear up for the holiday season,... Read More
Kodak Moments updates retail software with 60 features News Updates 

Kodak Moments updates retail software with 60 features

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Kodak Moments released a new version of its photo printing software, Kodak Moments Retail Software version 23.2, delivering 60 new features and upgrades designed to keep retailers on the leading edge of innovation, while making it easier for store clerks to manage and fulfill print orders. The new software is compatible with a wide range of photo printing solutions including... Read More
Ad-driven free-print service Frintz announces 14 partners Marketing News 

Ad-driven free-print service Frintz announces 14 partners

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Advertising-driven free print service Frintz announces 14 strategic partnerships, including Phoenix Brands, Conquer Ninja Gyms, Pantheon, Sky Zone, California Music Hall of Fame, KeyBank, First Priority of America, Canon, Fuji, SUNY, Special Olympics, David’s Refuge, Print Releaf, and K&M. Frintz, which offers a unique blend of photography and innovative advertising, delivers free prints from consumer’s phones to their home mailboxes... Read More
Vanguard debuts Vanguard VK3220T-HS ultra-high production UV-LED flatbed New Products News 

Vanguard debuts Vanguard VK3220T-HS ultra-high production UV-LED flatbed

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Vanguard Digital Printing Systems, a Durst Group company, announces the Vanguard VK3220T-HS ultra-high production UV-LED flatbed. The Vanguard printer offers a larger bed size, up to three rows of industrial printheads for maximum productivity, an electromagnetic carriage drive system for speed and precise drop placement delivering exceptionally high print quality, as well as field-upgradeability.  Other features: New compact, user-friendly 3.2... Read More
Adobe previews AI-powered object-aware editing New Products 

Adobe previews AI-powered object-aware editing

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At Adobe Max, Adobe Inc. unveiled Project Stardust, a new object-aware editing engine using generative AI to edit images, and its latest early-stage innovations, highlighting exciting new uses of generative AI and 3D technologies across multiple creative domains, including photo, video, audio, 3D, design and fashion applications. The 11 inventions are featured in Adobe’s annual “Sneaks” showcase, where Adobe engineers... Read More
Deloitte: Holiday retail sales expected to increase between 3.5% to 4.6% News 

Deloitte: Holiday retail sales expected to increase between 3.5% to 4.6%

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Holiday retail sales are likely to increase between 3.5% and 4.6% in 2023, according to Deloitte’s annual holiday retail forecast. Overall, Deloitte’s retail and consumer products practice projects holiday sales will total $1.54 to $1.56 trillion during the November to January timeframe. In 2022, holiday sales grew by 7.6% in the same period. Deloitte also forecasts e-commerce sales will grow... Read More
Tamron launches 150-500mm F/5-6.7 Di III VC VXD (Model A057) for Nikon Z mount system New Products 

Tamron launches 150-500mm F/5-6.7 Di III VC VXD (Model A057) for Nikon Z mount system

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Tamron announces the launch of the 150-500mm F/5-6.7 Di III VC VXD (Model A057), a Nikon Z mount system compatible ultra-telephoto zoom lens for full-frame mirrorless cameras available on Oct. 31, 2023, at $1,199 USD / $1,599 CAD. The 150-500mm F5-6.7 lens has a focal length of 500mm on the telephoto end, yet it provides remarkably compact size and extremely... Read More
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