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Xerox, Vortran Medical partner to mass-produce disposable ventilators News 

Xerox, Vortran Medical partner to mass-produce disposable ventilators

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Xerox Holdings Corp. and Vortran Medical Technology teamed up to speed and scale production of Vortran’s GO2Vent ventilator and related Airway Pressure Monitor (APM-Plus) for hospitals and emergency response units fighting the battle against COVID-19. Assuming a stable supply of essential parts, the companies will be rapidly scaling up production from approximately 40,000 ventilators in April to between 150,000 and 200,000... Read More
Peak Design to donate 100% of profits from its 4-day Travel Tripod launch New Products Promotions 

Peak Design to donate 100% of profits from its 4-day Travel Tripod launch

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Peak Design, the worldwide leader in crowdfunding and everyday carry solutions, has announced it will donate 100% of profits from all Travel Tripods sold during the product’s April 7 launch through April 10, 2020. Profits will include both sales of tripods through PeakDesign.com and through retailers worldwide. Funds generated by the launch will be donated to the CDC Foundation to... Read More
Jostens introduces free “Virtual Commencement” programs Marketing News 

Jostens introduces free “Virtual Commencement” programs

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Jostens has introduced free online “Virtual Commencement Centers” to help all high schools and colleges celebrate Class of 2020 graduates and preserve their schools’ graduation traditions despite the COVID-19 crisis. Jostens Virtual Commencement Centers have been designed for the high school and college markets, and deliver exclusive digital tools to help school leaders plan and execute a graduation ceremony on-line,... Read More
APTech releases online disaster recovery toolkit  News 

APTech releases online disaster recovery toolkit 

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The Association for PRINT Technologies (APTech) released its free online Disaster Recovery Toolkit to help businesses manage the COVID-19 disruption. The toolkit provides tips and best practices along with a downloadable disaster recovery plan that can be adapted for businesses that want to develop a plan for future-forward planning. The four-part series is designed to assist businesses impacted directly and... Read More
Vivid-Pix announces free online education Events Promotions 

Vivid-Pix announces free online education

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  Vivid-Pix announced the Vivid-Pix “Round Tuit!” (Get Around to It!) Online Education Program, helping people during quarantine with classes priced for free or $1.99 to organize family photos and learn about their family history with the help of the world’s most respected historians, genealogists, and educators. The series is hosted by Daniel Earl and will be broadcast live each... Read More
Sony establishes $100 million COVID-19 Global Relief Fund News 

Sony establishes $100 million COVID-19 Global Relief Fund

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Sony Corp. announced the establishment of the “Sony Global Relief Fund for COVID-19,” a $100 million fund to support those around the world affected by the COVID-19 virus. Sony will provide support in three areas: assistance for those individuals engaged in frontline medical and first responder efforts to fight the virus, support for children and educators who must now work... Read More
Tamron USA preparing educational, inspirational content for stay-at-home photographer Events News Promotions 

Tamron USA preparing educational, inspirational content for stay-at-home photographer

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Tamron USA will launch a wealth of video content over the next four weeks to help photo enthusiasts continue to hone their craft even while staying at home during the Coronavirus pandemic. Tamron is working with local retailers to present online seminars as well as a slew of new educational and inspirational content from the at-home studios of the Tamron... Read More
More industry notes from worldwide pandemic News Opinion 

More industry notes from worldwide pandemic

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As the global COVID-19 pandemic spreads, the impact on the photo/imaging industry has been unprecedented. Mass layoffs of retail staffs are commonplace, seasonal workers and photographers are dismissed and store hours have been limited or eliminated entirely. Still, the photo industry is resilient and we’ve been hearing promising stories from around the world. Certainly, this once-in-a-lifetime economic disaster is going... Read More
DNP IAM product inventory remains stable during COVID-19 pandemic New Products 

DNP IAM product inventory remains stable during COVID-19 pandemic

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DNP Imagingcomm America Corp. announced its inventory levels for media and printers remain high, despite the ongoing situation concerning COVID-19. The organization does not anticipate any shortages and promises to take reasonable steps to avoid shortages to help limit the damage to its customers, employees, and stakeholders’ businesses. DNP IAM will continue to monitor and analyze product inventory levels daily... Read More
Skip Cohen University launches f64 Lunch Bunch interactive webinar series Events News 

Skip Cohen University launches f64 Lunch Bunch interactive webinar series

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Skip Cohen University (SCU), a leading resource for photography education, business, and marketing, launched a new “f64 Lunch Bunch” webinar series to provide an outlet for photographers currently facing professional and business challenges, according to an announcement. f64 Lunch Bunch connects likeminded individuals and professionals remotely to chat about what they need to thrive, not just survive, as a professional... Read More
Video home tour requests soar nearly 500% in one week News 

Video home tour requests soar nearly 500% in one week

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Redfin, the technology-powered real-estate brokerage, saw a 494% increase in requests for agent-led video home tours last week. As of yesterday, 18.9% of tour requests from Redfin.com were video-chat tour requests, up from 0.2% at the beginning of March, a 94-fold increase. Other measures Redfin has taken to prepare for the coronavirus include: Three-dimensional scans of nearly every Redfin listing,... Read More
Jostens makes exclusive content available during COVID-19 outbreak News 

Jostens makes exclusive content available during COVID-19 outbreak

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Jostens announced it will be providing all students, parents, and educators more communication and distance learning activities due to COVID-19 through the public release of exclusive digital content and curriculum previously shared with customers only. Jostens is making its exclusive content available to the public for the next 30 days, pending further COVID-19 developments impacting schools. For students and parents,... Read More
Editorial: The photo/imaging industry responds to COVID-19 News Opinion 

Editorial: The photo/imaging industry responds to COVID-19

GaryPageau
The 24-hour, non-stop coverage of the COVID-19 pandemic is inescapable. While we here at the Dead Pixels Society try to be apolitical and to focus on business-related issues and topics, it’s clear the pandemic is going to have wide-ranging effects and ramifications for the global industry. The mass cancelations and postponements of important photo and printing industry events, like photokina... Read More
Meero provides free large file transfers to make working from home easier News Promotions 

Meero provides free large file transfers to make working from home easier

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Meero is increasing the storage capacity and validity duration of files shared via MeeroDrop, with up to 10 Gigabytes and three months of validity, features typically only available in the advanced version of the website, in response to the COVID-19 worldwide pandemic. “We’re all affected by what’s been happening. At Meero, we’re encouraging our teams to work from home in... Read More
NRF: COVID-19 impact on imports expected to be larger and last longer than previously expected   News 

NRF: COVID-19 impact on imports expected to be larger and last longer than previously expected  

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The coronavirus outbreak is expected to have a longer and larger impact on imports at major U.S. retail container ports than previously believed as factory shutdowns and travel restrictions in China continue to affect production, according to the Global Port Tracker report released today by the National Retail Federation and Hackett Associates. “There are still a lot of unknowns to... Read More