Animoto launches QuickStart workflow for pro photographers
Animoto Productions, New York, N.Y., today launched QuickStart, a new tool for companies serving professional photographers. With QuickStart companies can seamlessly send photo and video assets directly to Animoto, allowing their clients to initiate Animoto projects directly from their own Web site. The company says launch partners include White House Custom Colour, SmugMug and TimeExposure’s [...]
Picnik acquired by Google
Online photo editing site, Picnik, Seattle, Wash., announced it was acquired by Google Inc., Mountain View, Calif. Terms weren’t disclosed. According to a post on the Google Photos blog: “We’re not announcing any significant changes to Picnik today, though we’ll be working hard on integration and new features. As well, we’d like to continue supporting [...]
Shutterfly announces top trends in names and birth announcements
Shutterfly Inc., Redwood City, Calif., introduced more than 100 new birth announcements designed to greet the decade’s newest arrivals with style and sophistication, the company claims. Shutterfly also revealed the most popular baby names among Shutterfly’s stationery shoppers. To compliment the new styles, Shutterfly expanded its collection of personalized invitations and greeting cards with a [...]
Shutterfly Foundation announces 2010 grant cycle
Shutterfly Inc., Redwood City, Calif., announced the Shutterfly Foundation is now accepting grant applications. The foundation is comprised of Shutterfly employees with a mission to help non-profit organizations supporting families and children in need in the San Francisco Bay Area, Mecklenburg County, N.C., and Maricopa County, Arizona, where Shutterfly has operations. The deadline for grant [...]
LifePics launches OPEN Program to drive orders to retailers
LifePics, Boulder, Colo., launched its new OPEN (Open Photo Ecommerce Network) program, which gives app developers and affiliate partners the ability to drive new users, images, and orders into the LifePics Retail Network, and pays OPEN program partners a revenue share percentage for every order the partner generates. The program is designed to drive more [...]
PFD helps pros and consumers get framed
PFD, Phoenix, Ariz., has launched www.photoframed.com, an online framing “shop” for photographers and consumers.
The website offers two versions of FDI – the Framing Design Interface – for do-it-yourself or template-assisted design in the matting and framing of digital images. Users are able to visualize their images as part of complete frame packages incorporating a wide [...]
Cardstore.com introduces line of Valentine’s Day kids’ cards
Photo card retailer Cardstore.com, Berkeley, Calif., introduced modern takes on classic kids Valentine’s Day cards. The designs are all new for 2010, including works from renowned artists like Persnickety Pear. Each Valentine card has a cute cartoon on the back and room on the front to upload a photo when you personalize your cards online. [...]
Online marketers attract consumers with video content
eMarketer reports companies across many categories are racing to take advantage of the proliferation of online video content and consumers’ increasing engagement with that content.
“Digital video content, whether delivered through a computer, mobile phone, handheld device or TV monitor, has the potential to ignite two-way conversations between consumers and brands,” said eMarketer’s Tobi Elkin.
Consumers appear [...]
Ovi Maps passes one million downloads in first week
In just one week since its Jan. 21, 2010 launch, the new version of Ovi Maps with free walk and drive navigation from Nokia was downloaded more than 1.4 million times.
“We’re averaging one download every second, 24 hours a day,” said Anssi Vanjoki, executive vice president, Nokia. “When we announced free walk and drive [...]
Shutterfly expands Valentine’s Day card design selection
Shutterfly Inc., Redwood City, Calif., has launched more than 25 new Valentine’s Day card designs, including new 4-by-5 stationery cards, with both photo and non-photo designs. The company describes the designs as “fashion-forward.”
“While 140 characters may suffice for everyday conversations, the sentiments expressed on Valentine’s Day deserve the extra thought and emphasis that only a [...]
