For those of you unaware, Adobe is moving towards a cloud-based platform for it’s Adobe Creative Suite package that will eventually phase out physical shrink-wrapped software. I found it pretty amazing that the company recently reported revenue that beat analysts expectations for Q2 2013, and the new subscription model is clearly gaining traction with 700k [...]
It has been a huge week for 3D printing. Amazon is now pushing 3D printing a little bit further into the mainstream. The company has launched a dedicated section to the technology where shoppers can find 3D printers, printer filament, books, software, and accessories all in one place. This move is likely a massive boost [...]
We already knew that Boeing was printing airplane parts with 3D Printing techniques. Recently, The Wall Street Journal reviewed how US manufacturers Ford, GE and Mattel are also embracing 3D Printing technology to cut costs and improve production and development times. Companies continue to enjoy the benefits of 3D printing, a decades-old technology that has [...]
A major drawback for me concerning Facebook advertising was the inability to track conversions through Facebook’s advertising platform. I never could understand why Facebook didn’t do this a long time ago. Finally, someone at Facebook HQ figured out that Google Adwords is probably crazy successful because businesses can actually measure ROI. What a concept. Personally, [...]
DC Entertainment unveiled two new digital innovations to take its comics to the next level of interactivity. DC Entertainment President Diane Nelson and Co-Publisher Jim Lee unveiled “DC2″ and “DC2 Multiverse” at the opening of Time Warner’s “The Future of Storytelling” exhibition at the Time Warner Medialab in New York. DC2 is a new initiative [...]
Obviously, 3D Printing is causing quite the commotion these days. Not that it’s unwarranted since it could certainly disrupt how we view manufacturing and stir a modern-day industrial revolution. That’s what I think anyways. And that’s exactly what MakerBot thinks too as they “are out to change the world, to fuel the next industrial revolution.” [...]
In rare instances, companies find ways to actually make good use of QR Codes. By installing QR Code stickers in two easily accessible places, the car company is making it easier for emergency responders to read each car’s schematics which helps them determine the best method of rescue. As of this year, all Mercedes vehicles [...]
You liked it, share it, exchange it on Facebook, but what do you do with those moments once published? Do you remember what you were doing on summer 2009 or who were your friends at the time? What if it was possible to print Facebook to keep, archive and share his live ? All this [...]
The Rochester-based printing and imaging company, Eastman Kodak Co. works its way through 2013 and presumably the waning months of its Chapter 11 bankruptcy, its U.S. operations have, at least by one metric, become consistently profitable. This week the company’s shares ended at a measly 14 cents per share. Kodak filed its April operating report [...]
A few months ago, our print company purchased DTG (direct-to-garment) equipment which is basically a shirt printer that looks like a wide format machine. The main advantage of DTG over screen printing is the ability to print small orders of full color garments easily and fast. First, I decided to not identify the company we [...]
A while back, I had written about a really interesting, and beautifully created, blogging platform, Jux. I had always wondered if yet another blogging platform could really sustain in a world where WordPress, Blogger and Tumblr dominate. Now we know the answer. Here is the letter from Jux: Your work has brought meaning to us, [...]
Hewlett-Packard Co., one of the biggest commercial print companies globally and a major rival of Xerox Corp. and failing Eastman Kodak Co. — saw its print business struggle in its most recent quarter. HP announced its latest quarterly earnings after the market’s close Wednesday. For the quarter ending April 30, H-P’s $6.1 billion printing business [...]
I’m no Google Adwords marketing genius in any sense of the imagination, but I do have about 10 years experience using the advertising platform and half that time was spent promoting my online print company. That being said, I don’t run particularly sophisticated ads but do utilize some very basic practices that keep my ROI [...]
The researchers at Australia’s Victorian Organic Solar Cell Consortium (VICOSC) — a collaboration between the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), the University of Melbourne, Monash University and industry partners — have developed a way to print photovoltaic cells the size of an A3 sheet of paper. According to CSIRO materials scientist Dr Scott [...]
PRINT 13 together with co-located CPP EXPO, coming September 8-12 to Chicago’s McCormick Place, will offer graphic communications professionals an exciting view of future technologies and new business-building opportunities in step with the show’s “Innovate, Integrate, and Communicate” theme. Among the hottest new and emerging print technologies they will discover will be RFID, Printed Electronics, [...]
Scientists have made huge progress in embedding micro-sized radio chips in paper, a technology which will revolutionize smart paper and smart money. A team in North Dakota, led by Val Marinov, is utilizing RFID-equipped smart paper to possibly be used for added security for legal documents, currency, tickets, and packaging in attempts to reduce fraud [...]
Staples, the world’s largest office products company and second largest e-commerce company, today became the first major U.S. retailer to announce the availability of 3D printers. The Cube® 3D Printer from 3D Systems, a leading global provider of 3D content-to-print solutions, is immediately available on Staples.com for $1299.99 and will be available in a limited [...]
If you are not caught up in the comics or television series, you may NOT want to read this yet. This article is a spoiler of mega proportions so you’ve been warned. Andrea and Dale are lovers This isn’t one of the more interesting differences between the comic and TV world of this zombie series, [...]
