Kodak places scanners with Heritage Makers
Eastman Kodak Co., Rochester, N.Y., announced it is placing its Kodak s1220 photo scanning system with customers of Utah-based Heritage Makers, which provides customized project in-home consulting services to consumers. Heritage Makers home workshops feature independent sales consultants who show clients how to tell the stories of their lives with fun, meaningful products that use [...]
Learn how to attach a camera to your dog and more from The Photojojo Book
Fans of the Photojojo newsletter will be happy to discover The Photojojo Book is now available through online and brick-and-mortar booksellers everywhere.
Written in the same vein as the newsletter, The Photojojo Book will teach readers how to do things like bake photo cupcakes, construct a photo mural, make a photo chandelier, make temporary photo tattoos, [...]
N.Y. judge dismisses online retailers’ tax objections
Shop.org SmartBrief reports a judge in New York upheld a law requiring online retailers to collect state taxes from consumers, whether or not they have a physical presence in New York, despite strong objections from online businesses. The ruling contradicts a U.S. Supreme Court decision from 1992. Other states are expected to follow New York’s [...]
Thomas PR president wins PRSourcecode
Thomas Public Relations Inc., Melville, N.Y., a public relations agency for consumer electronics, computer, digital imaging, social networking and the Internet, announced president Karen Thomas, has won the PRSourceCode “Top Tech Communicators” Award for 2009 for “Outstanding, Individual Contributions to the Field of Information Technology Public Relations.”
Redrock Micro updates video DSLR rigs and 20 other accessories
Redrock Micro, the leading provider of cinema accessories for digital filmmakers, today announced a wide range of new accessories to enhance video DSLRs. Collectively these new accessories significantly reduce weight and increase the options available to exactly match customers’ desired features and configuration.
Redrock’s second-generation carbon fiber rods deliver state-of-the-art precision and strength, and are [...]
Getty Images announces partnership with Daylife
Getty Images Inc., New York, N.Y., announced a strategic investment in content services company Daylife. Additionally, Getty Images and Daylife signed a commercial agreement to create new “SmartMedia” products that will allow customers to more easily and effectively incorporate imagery on their websites.
Through this partnership, Getty Images SmartMedia products powered by Daylife will offer digital [...]
Canon U.S.A. enters mobile image capture market
Canon USA Inc., Lake Success, N.Y., announced the imageFORMULA P-150 personal scanner, which the company says liberates document capture by taking it beyond the walls of the office to the convenience of any user location, with its small size and easy use.
“The new imageFORMULA P-150 personal scanner is an easy-to-use, mobile scanning device that can [...]
Retailer grows produce for food bank in building’s roof-top garden
Roy Saper, owner of Saper Galleries in East Lansing, Mich., not only helps people choose beautiful art and have their treasures custom framed – he also is helping the needy by putting a rooftop garden on the 1,500-square-foot flat roof of the building he has occupied for 23 of the gallery’s 31 years in business.
Saper will [...]
Kodak acts to strengthen financial position
Eastman Kodak Co., Rochester, N.Y., expects to raise up to $700 million through a series of financing transactions, including a commitment from Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. L.P. (KKR) managed investment vehicles to purchase [...]
Low-cost Pentax SLR provides HD video
Pentax Imaging Company of Golden, Colo. announced an entry-level digital SLR that offers such formerly high-end features as a live view LCD and HD video.
The $650 K-x camera comes with a with 18-55mm lens, and its sensor-shift shake reduction stabilizes image and video capture with up to 4 stops improvement, Pentax claims. The SLR has a [...]
