Active Media Products ships eco-friendly Koala USB flash drive
Active Media Products LLC, manufacturer of SSDs and USB drives, began shipping an eco-friendly silicone rubber Koala drive that is both waterproof and shock resistant, in capacities from 2GB to 16GB. The drives are 100 percent free of PVC, lead and mercury. The Windows 7 compatible Koala drive is the fourth animal drive in the [...]
ITC rules against Samsung on LCD patent infringement
Reuters reports Sharp Corp., won a ruling by the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC)to stop rival Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. from importing some liquid crystal displays because of patent infringement.
The ITC ruled on Monday that Samsung infringed Sharp patents and should no longer sell infringing devices in the United States. LCDs are used for television screens [...]
Learn to defeat office politics and workplace conflict in today’s AIE Imaging Executive podcast
Office politics and workplace conflicts are big drains on morale and productivity. Dr. Sylvia Lafair, author of the new book, “Don’t Bring it Work: Breaking the Family Patterns that Limit Success,” explains how to turn destructive patterns into positive ones on today’s episode of the AIE Imaging Executive podcast.
eMarketer predicts paid mobile content to increase
The long debate over how to monetize digital content has gained new life in the economic downturn due to the slumping ad market, says eMarketer. The question of paid models versus ad support is particularly urgent in the fast-emerging mobile space.
eMarketer predicts that by 2013, nearly 50 percent of mobile phone users will access the [...]
Kodak partners with National Geographic and Miller’s to offer décor prints
Eastman Kodak Co., Rochester, N.Y., through a partnership with the National Geographic Society and Miller’s Professional Imaging, Pittsburg, Kan., is offering consumers the exclusive opportunity to purchase décor prints of rarely seen images from the newly published book, “National Geographic Image Collection.”
This new book showcases the work of 204 celebrated photographers, with images culled from [...]
6Sight alert: ImageSpan, Digimarc partner to deliver image-asset solution
At today’s 6Sight Future of Imaging Conference in Monterey, Calif., two leading imaging asset-tracking firms announced a partnership to create a solution to manage, to monitor and to monetize image assets. ImageSpan Inc., Sausalito, Calif., and Digimarc Corp., Beaverton, Ore., announced ImageSpan’s LicenseStream automated licensing, publishing and royalty processing platform will be combined with Digimarc [...]
Sprint to cut up to 2,500 jobs
Bloomberg reports Sprint Nextel Corp., Overland Park, Kan., the third- largest U.S. mobile-phone carrier, will cut as much as 6 percent of its workforce in response to lost subscribers.
Sprint will eliminate up to 2,500 jobs, saving at least $350 million annually. The company-wide measure extends to contractors, and many of the cuts will be completed [...]
Group looks for worldwide photo opportunities next March
On March 7, 2010 at 3 p.m. New Zealand time, the members of Snapshot of Earth will be picking up their cameras and taking a photo of whatever they are doing. Camera clubs are invited to participate in this photographic project. Snapshot of Earth has members from New Zealand, Australia, England and the United States.
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Fuji Xerox strengthens printer channel sales team in Australia and New Zealand
Fuji Xerox, Sydney, Australia, has strengthened its management team with newly created appointments and promotions within its Australia and New Zealand printer channel sales team.
Appointed to the new roles are Ken Kozak, SMB acquisitions and consumables manager and Peter Chambers, national distribution manager. Greg Vlahos has been promoted to the role of channel sales [...]
Joint venture minilab service operation expands
Photo Tech Enterprises Inc., Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, and Knights Imaging Inc., San Francisco, Calif., are opening a new location in San Francisco, under the banner Minilab Factory USA-Canada. This new joint venture will supply parts and service to the owners and operators of Agfa d-lab, MSC, Kodak SRP 30, Kodak RP 30, and Minilab [...]
