CVS/pharmacy opens 7,000th store
CVS/pharmacy, Woonsocket, R.I., opened its 7,000th store in Little Canada, Minnesota, on Friday. Larry Merlo, president of CVS/pharmacy, marked the occasion at a ribbon-cutting ceremony along with Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development (DEED) Commissioner, Dan McElroy and Little Canada’s Mayor, Bill Blesener. As part of the grand opening of the 7,000th CVS/pharmacy, Merlo [...]
JCPenney tests mobile coupon scanning program
In a first-of-its-kind program for a U.S. retailer, J. C. Penney Co. Inc., Plano, Texas, is testing a cell-phone coupon program. Customers can download and carry coupons on their mobile phones that can be scanned directly from the phone’s display screen at the register. New imaging scanners capable of reading these 2D barcode coupons have [...]
Discover how 3-D will affect the imaging industry in today’s DIMAcast
In the new episode of the DIMAcast, Lenny Lipton, inventor of the current state-of-the-art 3D technologies being used by Disney, Pixar and other top Hollywood filmmakers, discusses how 3D technology will impact still imaging. Lipton will also tackle this topic at the upcoming 6Sight Future of Imaging Conference, to be held Nov. 10-11 in Monterey, [...]
Nokia acquires Dopplr
Nokia Corp., Espoo, Finland, has acquired Dopplr Oy, a privately-held mobile service provider for international travelers. Dopplr has a team of seven people with offices in London and Helsinki and brings to Nokia’s Services unit unique know-how in creating internet-based communities and showing their journeys, experiences and tastes collectively on the web, both companies said [...]
FedEx launches online custom printing service
Coming right on the heels of a similar announcement from rival UPS Stores, FedEx Office (formerly known as FedEx Kinko’s) launched a web-based Design & Printer Center, a self-service application for producing customized business cards, letterhead, promotional materials and other printed products, provided through an alliance with VistaPrint Ltd. InternetRetailer reports FedEx Office, the retail [...]
Sprint offers Samsung’s 5MP phone
The Instinct HD from Samsung Mobile will be Sprint’s first high-definition 5-megapixel camera and camcorder with a TV-out connection. The phone captures HD video but does not play HD content on its screen; it does have an HDTV-out jack, as well as an ambient light sensor and accelerometer. That resolution costs, however: the phone is [...]
Kodak closes motion picture film finishing division in Colorado
Colorado newspaper The Windsor Beacon is reporting Eastman Kodak Co. Rochester, N.Y., has closed the motion picture film finishing division in Windsor, Colo. According to the report, operations had been winding down since March. A total of 300 employees are affected by the closures, which are scheduled to be completed by the end of the [...]
Denny Manufacturing announces additional photo gifts
The Denny Manufacturing Co. Inc., Mobile, Ala., has added single-sided statues and t-shirts to their current photo gift line. The new statues are mounted to acrylic and then cut out removing the background from the photo. The single-sided statues were added to compliment the existing double mounted statues which totally encase the photo in acrylic. [...]
ACD launches software
ACD Systems International Inc., Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, officially launched ACDSee Pro 3 yesterday. This is the new version of its digital image management software that has been in beta testing since the Spring. The software retains the same fast and flexible features photographers rely upon and incorporates an enhanced user experience that delivers professional [...]
LifePics offering printing from Picasa Web Albums
LifePics Inc., Boulder, Colo., announced it is a print option on Picasa Web Albums, a photo sharing application from Google, giving consumers the ability to place digital photo orders from Picasa Web Albums to any retailer in the LifePics network. Currently, more than 20,000 retail photofinishing stores use the LifePics online solution. Many of the [...]
