AVerMedia introduces 5 MP document camera
Digital presentation technology provider AVerMedia Information Inc., Milpitas, Calif., released the new AVerVision 355AF portable interactive document camera. This mechanical arm display device touts a full 1080p High Definition output and 5 megapixel camera head for first in class clarity and image quality. The 355AF is also the first document camera to offer one touch [...]
Rite Aid reports sales decrease for September
Rite Aid Corp., Camp Hill, Pa., announced for the four weeks ended Sept. 26, 2009, same store sales decreased 0.3 percent over the prior-year period. Front-end same store sales decreased 2.3 percent while pharmacy same store sales increased 0.7 percent.
Total drugstore sales for the four-week period decreased 1.5 percent to $1.941 billion compared to $1.971 [...]
News Corp. appoints execs to its Digital Media Group
News Corp. Chief Digital Officer Jon Miller announced a series of executive appointments within the company’s Digital Media Group, the division responsible for driving digital strategy across the organization, and directing the company’s standalone digital media businesses, including Photobucket and MySpace.
News Corp. Digital Media’s (NDM) new executive team includes General Counsel and EVP of Business [...]
New photo canvas printing company to display client photos in Times Square
Startup online printing service CanvasPop.com, New York, N.Y., is launching its digital photo canvas-printing services with a promotion offering 100 customers the opportunity to have their photos displayed on the 7,400 square foot Reuters billboard in Times Square for 15 seconds. The 23-story sign is seen by more than 1.5 million people per day, [...]
X-Rite encourages users to get creative with ColorMunki contest
X-Rite Inc., Grand Rapids, Mich., launches a Show Us Your Munki contest, featuring its ColorMunki for color in digital imaging. The Show Us Your Munki contest, which runs now through March 31, 2010, asks people to make a funny video with ColorMunki as a prominent “character,” and submit it on the X-Rite YouTube channel. Every [...]
PNI’s a “fast grower”
PNI Digital Media, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, has been ranked among the Deloitte Technology Fast 50, a ranking of the 50 fastest growing technology companies in Canada, based on the percentage of revenue growth over five years. PNI’s increase in revenues of 2134 percent from 2004 to 2008 resulted in a 13th place ranking.
PNI offers personalized products [...]
Crayola teams with Olympus
There’s got to be a joke in here, somewhere – on the order of “don’t eat the pixels,” or “color within the LCD.” Crayola, Easton, Pa., is teaming up with Olympus Imaging America, Center Valley, Pa., for “Lights, Camera, Color.”
Lights, Camera, Color lets kids turn their digital photos into personalized coloring pages. A kid-friendly Web application was created [...]
In memoriam: David Teicher
Long-time photo industry member David Teicher, 81, died recently in Cleveland, Ohio. Teicher started his photo industry career working in camera stores in New York, N.Y. He then joined Raygram-Hornstein, later integrated into Interphoto, and worked his way through various sales management positions. He loved to talk about being one of the first [...]
New Age Electronics awarded commercial channel distribution rights for Panasonic 103-inch display
New Age Electronics, Carson, Calif., announced an expansion of its strategic distribution relationship with Panasonic Corp. of North America to distribute the Panasonic 103-inch Pro Plasma display within the commercial channel throughout the United States. New Age Electronics is a division of SYNNEX Corp.
Popular Manfrotto head updated
Italy’s Manfrotto has introduced the latest version of its popular photo/video head with the announcement of the 391RC2 with quick release plate. The new 391RC2 three-way aluminum head is designed for both still photography and video applications. It is equipped with a quick release plate system and Teflon pads to ensure smooth pan and tilt [...]
