Photos from prints to screens — in the new issue of The 6Sight Report
Posted by Paul Worthington on July 14, 2010 · Leave a Comment
The latest issue of The 6Sight Report, the voice of the 6Sight Future of Imaging Conference, is now available online. The report is $39. This issue focuses on Prints in the Time of Social Networking. • Fixing Future Problems with Picture Printing: From Prints to Pages to Screens Kodak’s Ed Monahan discusses the challenges facing the photofinishing industry. [...]
Filed under 6Sight Conference, Business, Photo Specialty, Pro Photography, Social Imaging · Tagged with HP, Kodak, Photo Publishing, Social networks, The 6Sight Report
TweetToGo brings TweetPhoto to Verizon Wireless 3G multimedia phones
Posted by Gary Pageau on July 8, 2010 · Leave a Comment
Pelago, a social networking company based in San Diego, Calif., announced TweetToGo, a photo and location Twitter app for Verizon 3G Multimedia handsets, has partnered with TweetPhoto to incorporate photo sharing support. Beyond the basic Tweet/Reply/DM/Follow features, TweetToGo has dozens of convenience and power-user capabilities, such as saved searches, Trends, refresh, @Mentions, Switch user, Email [...]
Filed under Industry Notes, Mobile imaging, Social Imaging · Tagged with TweetPhoto, TweetToGo, Verizon
Simple-to-make Facebook ads may be on the way
Posted by Jennifer Kruger on June 21, 2010 · Leave a Comment
According to BizReport, there is much speculation that a “Suggest An Ad” feature will soon be available on Facebook, enabling advertisers to create a Facebook ad, complete with text and images, with just a few clicks. The feature works by pointing to a URL from which the elements for the ad are automatically collected and [...]
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TweetUp’s beta search results showcases world’s best tweeters
Posted by Jennifer Kruger on May 25, 2010 · Leave a Comment
TweetUp Inc., Pasadena, Calif., announced the beta version of its new search engine, designed to showcase the world’s best tweeters and enable them to grow a highly targeted following, is going live. TweetUp is a patent-pending platform that combines the popularity, relevance and influence of tweets and tweeters with a bid-based marketplace. Major partners, including [...]
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Shutterfly photo books “friend” Facebook
Posted by Gary Pageau on May 17, 2010 · Leave a Comment
Shutterfly Inc., Redwood City, Calif., is announces the integration of its Simple Path photo-book creation experience with Facebook, which allows Facebook users to access their photos and their friends’ photos to create premium quality photo books in minutes. “Today we are bringing Shutterfly’s industry-leading photo books to the four hundred million members of Facebook who [...]
Filed under Online imaging, Photo Publishing, Social Imaging · Tagged with Facebook, Shutterfly
Google adds social media sharing
Posted by Gary Pageau on April 30, 2010 · Leave a Comment
Google engineers updated the Picasa blog with additional sharing tools. According to a post by Ping Chen, software engineer, the Picasa Web Album service has added share buttons for Google Buzz, Blogger and Twitter. “We also know that sometimes you don’t want to share quite so publicly, but actually just want to share a link [...]
Filed under Online imaging, Social Imaging · Tagged with Google, Picasa, Twitter
Memeo releases Memeo Share for easier sharing
Posted by Gary Pageau on April 21, 2010 · Leave a Comment
Memeo Inc., Aliso Viejo, Calif., announced the latest version of its Memeo Share 3.0 media sharing application. Memeo Share removes the hassles commonly associated with sharing digital content by allowing users to share photo and high-definition video content with their friends and family or across their social networks right from their desktop, the company says. [...]
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New PMA webinar: Social Media @Kodak: Lessons Learned, Some the Hard Way!
Posted by Heather Kelso on April 8, 2010 · Leave a Comment
PMA is offering a new webinar, “Social Media @Kodak: Lessons Learned, Some the Hard Way!,” featuring Jennifer Cisney, chief blogger and social media manager, and Tom J. Hoehn, director, Interactive Marketing and Convergence Media, Eastman Kodak Co., Rochester, N.Y. Kodak has been engaged in social media for more than 3 years. Jenny and Tom will [...]
Filed under Business, Events, PMA News, Social Imaging · Tagged with Eastman Kodak, PMA webinar
Facebook acquires Divvyshot
Posted by Gary Pageau on April 6, 2010 · Leave a Comment
Divvyshot, a San Francisco, Calif.-based photo start-up focusing on photo sharing, announced on its website its acquisition by Facebook, and that it will wind down operations. Divvyshot is an event-focused photo sharing service, allowing multiple users to share photos easily between events. “We’ve reached an agreement with Facebook for them to acquire many of the [...]
Filed under Social Imaging · Tagged with Divvyshot, Facebook
Vistaprint turns tweets into dollars
Posted by Jennifer Kruger on April 1, 2010 · Leave a Comment
Boston Business Journal featured an article this week on how Vistaprint, Lexington, Mass., is tweeting its way to increased sales — one of the few companies executing a Twitter strategy actually translating into business. Vistaprint, which sells marketing tools to small businesses ranging from business cards to Web sites and e-mail marketing, started tweeting last [...]
Filed under Marketing, Social Imaging, Trends · Tagged with Twitter, VistaPrint
