Five ways to protect printed photos Feature News 

Five ways to protect printed photos

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Digital and mobile photography may have taken the world by storm, but print photographs will never lose their appeal. Some still choose to have their electronic images physically reproduced. Besides being tactile, a physical photo can leave longer-lasting memories and a stronger sense of nostalgia—whether tucked somewhere in the attic or displayed prominently on your living room wall. There’s just... Read More
IDC: Smartphone shipments decline for the fourth consecutive quarter Market research 

IDC: Smartphone shipments decline for the fourth consecutive quarter

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Worldwide smartphone shipments declined 8.7% year over year in the second quarter of 2022 (2Q22), according to preliminary data from the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker. This marks the fourth consecutive quarter of decline for the smartphone market as shipments fell to 286.0 million units in the quarter, about 3.5% lower than forecast. “What started out as... Read More
September is Save Your Photos Month Events 

September is Save Your Photos Month

GaryPageau
September is Save Your Photos Month, sponsored by The Photo Managers, returning this year with free classes and useful tips for organizing and enjoying family memories. Now in its 8th year, Save Your Photos Month is a worldwide event to help families organize, preserve, share and celebrate their photo & video memories. This year the theme is “Do You Know?”... Read More
Highlights of the upcoming Visual1st conference Events Podcasts 

Highlights of the upcoming Visual1st conference

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Gary Pageau of the Dead Pixels Society talks with Hans Hartman, chair of the Visual1st conference, about the next in-person edition of the Visual1st conference. The highly-regarded Visual1st conference returns to the Golden Gate Club at the Presidio, San Francisco, Calif., Oct. 4-5, 2022. The event features four panels, product demos and fireside chats on topics like adding video to... Read More
MailPix commemorates 10 years of innovation and acquisitions News 

MailPix commemorates 10 years of innovation and acquisitions

GaryPageau
MailPix, the photo-printing, canvas, and gifting site, commemorates 10 years this month. Since July 2012, the company has expanded its offerings by adding award-winning mobile apps, acquiring brands, and providing high-quality photo products at affordable prices. “Preserving photo memories is the core of the MailPix mission,” says Fred H. Lerner, CEO and co-founder, MailPix. “As technology changes, we have adapted... Read More
Amazon pulling plug on Drive to focus on photos, videos News 

Amazon pulling plug on Drive to focus on photos, videos

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Amazon notified customers it is dropping support for Amazon Drive for file backups but going to “fully focus” efforts on photo and video storage. The service will end Dec. 31, 2023. Also, on October 31, 2022, the Amazon Drive app will be removed from the iOS and Android app stores. On January 31, 2023, Amazon will no longer support uploading files on the... Read More
Fujifilm cameras featured at Getaway Outposts by Walmart News 

Fujifilm cameras featured at Getaway Outposts by Walmart

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Walmart and Getaway, a health and wellness hospitality company, announced a new partnership designating Walmart as Getaway’s first official retail partner and will introduce offerings for guests starting this fall such as The General Store by Walmart, opening at select Getaway Outposts. Getaway offers guests disconnected stays in nature located less than a two-hour drive from major cities across the... Read More
Shutterfly launches “Shutterfly Collective” featuring digital Icons, Spoonflower artists Marketing News 

Shutterfly launches “Shutterfly Collective” featuring digital Icons, Spoonflower artists

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Shutterfly launched its first limited-edition capsule collection, The Shutterfly Collective, to celebrate the addition of 4,000 new artist-sourced designs available in home decor and gift items on the Shutterfly platform. The inaugural Collective is designed and inspired by “digital icons” paired with four Spoonflower Independent Artists, who “helped bring each of their personalities and four product categories to life, and demonstrates... Read More
Picsart opens SDK SDKs and APIs 

Picsart opens SDK

GaryPageau
Picsart, the digital creation platform and a top 20 most downloaded app worldwide, is adding to its Picsart for Developers API offering with the launch of an Editor SDK (Software Development Kit). With this expansion, enterprise and business partners can integrate individual editing features via Picsart’s APIs or choose to embed the full end-to-end photo editing experience into their workflow with the... Read More
Shutterstock reports second-quarter 2022 financial results Earnings reports News 

Shutterstock reports second-quarter 2022 financial results

GaryPageau
Shutterstock, Inc. announced second-quarter revenue for the ended June 30, 2022, increased 9% to $206.9 million (on a constant currency basis, revenue increased 13%). Income from operations dropped 24% to $25.4 million and net income decreased 34% to $19.4 million.  “With the acquisitions of Pond5 and Splash News and the release of our Creative Flow suite of workflow applications and... Read More
Berlin Photo Week 2022 to feature three days of more than 40 workshops Events News 

Berlin Photo Week 2022 to feature three days of more than 40 workshops

GaryPageau
Berlin Photo Week, Sept. 2-4, 2022, is offering a uniquely wide range of photo workshops and photo walks. From beginners to professionals, from the basics to masterclasses, together with leading international stars of the photography scene the German capital will over three days be a creative meeting place of photo enthusiasts. “In putting together this programme we wanted to steer... Read More
Google Photos adds printing in Canada, 28 European countries New Products 

Google Photos adds printing in Canada, 28 European countries

GaryPageau
Google Photos announced the addition of photo printing services in Canada and in 28 European countries, direct from the Google Photos app. The European countries are Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden and the United Kingdom. In Canada,... Read More
Getty Images expects to begin trading as public stock July 25 Investments 

Getty Images expects to begin trading as public stock July 25

GaryPageau
Getty Images, a prominent global visual content creator and marketplace, and CC Neuberger Principal Holdings, a publicly traded special purpose acquisition company, today announced the completion of their previously announced business combination. Upon completion of the business combination, the combined company has been renamed Getty Images Holdings, Inc. Beginning on July 25, 2022, the company’s common stock and warrants are... Read More
Snap announces second quarter net loss widens Earnings reports 

Snap announces second quarter net loss widens

GaryPageau
Snap Inc. today announced financial results for the quarter ended June 30, 2022. The company reported revenue increased 13% year-over-year to $1.111 billion and operating cash flow was $(124) million and free cash flow was $(147) million. The net loss was $422 million, compared to $152 million in the prior year. “While the continued growth of our community increases the long-term... Read More