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
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