PhotoBucket, Ontela to merge
Photo sharing site Photobucket.com Inc., Denver, Colo., and wireless imaging firm Ontela Inc., Seattle, Wash., announced plans to merge into a combined company called Photobucket Corp. Terms weren’t disclosed. According to a press release, combination brings together Photobucket’s more than 22 million monthly unique U.S. users with Ontela’s software that is currently in use on [...]
Pentax UK launches online store
Pentax UK launched a new online store designed to complement Pentax’s existing retail strategy by providing customers with access to a wider range of cameras and accessories than currently available in the United Kingdom. “Our retail partners provide us with fantastic exposure to the general market and keep pricing competitive for consumers with the more [...]
Agfa film, cameras and batteries are back, through Ferrania
The iconic Agfa logo is back in the U.S.A., on film, cameras and batteries, thanks to a distribution arrangement between Lupus Imaging & Media, Langenfeld, Germany, worldwide license partner of AgfaPhoto Holding GmbH, and Ferrania USA, Inc., Weatherford, Ok. The latter becomes the exclusive North American distributor of AgfaPhoto branded films, OTUCs, film cameras and [...]
Tukaiz opens personalized product store
Tukaiz, Franklin Park, Ill., a provider of marketing communications services, opened an online store to sell image-personalized merchandise. The company uses a special technology brought to the U.S. from Germany by Tukaiz to create never-before-available image-personalized calendars, invitations, and cards, the company says. For businesses, Tukaiz has the capability to put a company logo on [...]
PMA announces Powerful Marketing Tips for Framers webinar
No single marketing effort works all the time for every business, so rotate several marketing tactics and vary your approach. Take advantage of the thousands of opportunities available for communicating your value to customers. But don’t be arbitrary about your selection of a variety of marketing ploys. Plan carefully. Get feedback from customers and adapt [...]
MySantaPictures provides photo proof of Santa’s visit
I Believe Photos LLC, Cincinnati, Ohio, has come up with a novel way for parents to provide proof of Santa Claus visits. For $9.99, parents can follow a three-step process to generate a composite picture of jolly old elf’s visit: Upload a picture of their decorated living room to the MySantaPictures.com site, choose from over [...]
Washington Report: Inflation and IRS
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has announced that effective Jan. 1, 2010, the limitation for defined contribution plan contributions remains unchanged for 2010 at $49,000. The limitation on the annual benefit under a defined benefit plan remains unchanged at $195,000. The limitation regarding simple retirement account contributions remains unchanged at $11,500. The value of each [...]
Fotolia reaches image milestone
This month marks a milestone for microstock company Fotolia LLC, with more than 8 million images available for download. Fotolia provides instant access to an image library of royalty‐free photos, vectors and videos starting at $1. On average, Fotolia adds 10,000 new images per day. Founded in New York, N.Y., in 2004, Fotolia has websites [...]
Museo Fine Art supports Eli Reichman Photography with workshop for cancer patients
Museo Fine Art from InteliCoat Technologies, South Hadley, Mass., is supporting Eli Reichman Photography through the donation of its Museo brand digital fine art and photo papers for a photography workshop for teenagers stricken with cancer. Commissioned by the Midwest Chapter of the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, the project consisted of a three-session workshop covering [...]
Book details photography through the microscope
Practical Digital Photomicrography (Rocky Nook, US$69.95) is an introduction to digital photography through the microscope, in which readers will learn about the three camera types used in photomicrography (point-and-shoot consumer cameras, digital SLR cameras, and professional photomicrography instruments) and the advantages and disadvantages of each. A thorough presentation is made of the methods of attaching [...]
