Apple iPhoto 8.1 update offers extra-large photo books
Apple Inc., Cupertino, Calif., updated its iPhoto ‘09 desktop photo management application to version 8.1, introducing a new 13-by-10-inch hardcover book, which the company said is 40 percent bigger than the traditional book. A 20-page book costs $49.99, with additional pages costing $1.49 each (maximum 100 pages). Also included in this update are new travel [...]
Kodak launches contest to name video camera
Eastman Kodak Co., Rochester, N.Y., is asking consumers to name its next video camera. Chief Kodak Blogger Jenny Cisney has posted this message: “We are asking people on Twitter and on this blog to tell us… what do you think the next Kodak pocket video camera should be called? What would you call a video [...]
Canon PowerShot line adds touchscreen model, a voice-controlled printer
Canon U.S.A. Inc., Lake Success, N.Y., announced six new PowerShot cameras, among them its first ultracompact ELPH model with a touchscreen. The PowerShot SD980 IS has a 3-inch touchscreen and a “cutting-edge interface for easy navigating through images and menus,” Canon says. It has a 12-megapixel sensor, and can also capture 720p HD video [...]
A.C. Moore reports second quarter 2009 results
A.C. Moore Arts & Crafts Inc., Berlin, N.J., announced second quarter sales were $104.4 million, compared to sales of $126.4 million during the second quarter of fiscal 2008. Sales were impacted by operating six fewer stores than during the comparable period in 2008 and by a decrease in comparable store sales of 13.8 percent. Net [...]
ScanMyPhotos.com partnering with Mixbook
ScanMyPhotos.com, Irvine, Calif., announced a partnership with Mixbook for creating photo books. Tens of millions of photos scanned by ScanMyPhotos.coms photo scanning service can now be turned instantly into bookstore-quality photo books using Mixbooks photo book software. With this partnership, ScanMyPhotos.com customers will be able to use their digitized photos in beautiful photo books created [...]
Genius launches new, low-price multimedia tablets
Genius, a brand division of KYE Systems Corp., Miami, Fla., announced two new additions to the company’s line of digital tablets, the G-Pen M609X and G-Pen M712X, for graphic designers and artists. The new tablets are a follow up to the G-Pen M609 and M712 and come with extra features at a lower price.
The G-Pen [...]
Epson announces new all-in-ones featuring high quality photo printing
Epson America Inc., Long Beach, Calif., announces its new line of Artisan all-in-ones — the Artisan 710 and Artisan 810 — designed for everything from creative projects to afterhours work from home. Both units offer scanning and copying, and deliver photos that are preferred by consumers 3-to-1 over other, similarly priced all-in-ones, according to independent [...]
Survey shows American consumers planning ahead for holiday season
Nearly six in 10 Americans (58 percent) are more concerned about how they are going to pay for their holiday shopping this year than they were last year, according to a survey conducted earlier this month by Kelton Research, Los Angeles, Calif.
As Americans are seeking to save more and charge less, more than half of [...]
