From the monthly archives: March 2011
Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., the global leader in Android mobile devices, announced two new additions to its family of GALAXY Tabs, the GALAXY Tab 10.1 and GALAXY Tab 8.9, the world’s thinnest mobile tablets, measuring just 8.6 millimeters. Will Samsung make a dent in the tablet market by offering more sizes? To me, its just [...]
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When the long-anticipated BlackBerry tablet hits the U.S. and Canada April 19, Research in Motion (RIM) has a surprise up its sleeve: The Blackberry Playbook supports Android apps. The company announced today that in addition to its new native SDK, the BlackBerry PlayBook will support apps written for Android 2.3 and BlackBerry Java. RIM also [...]
Canon Inc. and Océ N.V. announced the introduction of the first solution developed jointly by Canon and Océ—a new series of production-use multifunction presses incorporating an Océ printer controller. Canon first announced plans to acquire Océ in November 2009, welcoming Océ into the Canon Group in March 2010. Since that time, Canon and Océ have [...]
When I first heard that they were making a Captain America movie, I was skeptical. Then they casted Chris Evans, and I was pretty sure it was a paradox move since he had already played The Human Torch in Marvel’s 2005 rendition of Fantastic Four. To make matters worse, Entertainment Weekly showed off the new [...]
Kodak announced a $100,000 donation to the International Red Cross relief efforts helping survivors of the earthquake and tsunami in Japan. The donation will be made directly to the International Red Cross from Kodak’s Japan offices in Tokyo. “The challenges facing the people of Japan are beyond description,” said Augie Melendez, Kodak’s Chief Diversity & [...]
DALLAS & BONN, Germany–(BUSINESS WIRE)–AT&T Inc. (NYSE: T) and Deutsche Telekom AG (FWB: DTE) today announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement under which AT&T will acquire T-Mobile USA from Deutsche Telekom in a cash-and-stock transaction currently valued at approximately $39 billion. The agreement has been approved by the Boards of Directors of [...]
Wonder Woman will be back on TV! Adrianne Palicki, who starred in Friday Night Lights and Legion, will play the uncaped crusader. Take a look at those shiny new blue pants? And blue boots instead of red ones? Compared to Lynda Carter’s get-up, this spandex suit de-emphasizes the patriotism and seems to play up the [...]
As of March 18, Wednesday, 15:00 pm (Japan Time): The following is a damage and operations status update of Ricoh manufacturing locations in Tohoku, Kanto and Shizuoka Prefecture. Plant/Company Name Location Status as of March 18 Plan after March 22 Ricoh Optical Industries Co., Ltd.(optical products, projectors, etc.) Hanamaki, Iwate Operations Suspended Undecided (Recovery time [...]
Black Swan director Darren Aronofsky will no longer be leading the Wolverine sequel for Twentieth Century Fox. In a statement issued by the studio, Aronofsky said, “It became clear that the production of The Wolverine would keep me out of the country for almost a year. I was not comfortable being away from my family [...]
Newspapers are a dying breed, but newspaper companies still have time to plan for the future if they act now. As of the end of 2010, more people get their news from the Internet than from newspapers, and more ad dollars went to online outlets than to newspapers. In surveys conducted by the Pew Project [...]
With its 42″ width and 600 feet per minute speed, the HP T400 Color Inkjet Web press prints up to 5,200 full-color, letter-size pages per minute. HP unveiled the press at O’Neil Data Systems, a Los Angeles-based data-driven marketing communication firm that now is running all four systems in the HP inkjet web press portfolio—the [...]
Better Homes and Gardens is the one magazine that helps you turn your home into a comfy, inviting haven. Every issue is packed with bedrooms that wrap you in warmth … kitchens that start your day with sunshine … gardens that greet you with gladness … porches that put you at peace … and recipes [...]
With all the hype of Charlie Sheen’s recent crazy rantings making us all wondering is he’s mentally ill or a marketing genius. I frankly think the man if off his rockers and needs help. All this Sheen talk convinced me to check out the types of print products were out there benefiting from the most [...]
On March 11, a major earthquake struck off the northeast coast of Japan’s main island of Honshu, causing massive damage and loss of life in the area. Canon extended their heartfelt condolences to all those affected by this disaster and their thoughts go out to those suffering in its aftermath. In addition, Canon hopes that [...]
Wow, I was excited about the release of the next generation Ipad, but I had no idea how huge this would be. Despite some minor technical improvements, the Ipad is still 66% faster and 33% thinner than the original. Thats pretty amazing. Is it that fancy new magnetic cover that has us all revved up? [...]
It was inevitable – UPS posted “2011 Rate Change Information” on their website. We had noticed customer paying a little more in shipping on our online print site, so we wanted to see if UPS really had increased prices. Any increase in shipping is negative for online printing companies, even large ones. Of course, they [...]
Want to get more value out of being online during the work day? Forget the celebrity gossip sites and spend Tuesday, March 15 with Xerox Corporation and XMPie, A Xerox Company, at Direct Marketing @ Your Desk, a virtual trade show featuring the latest in marketing tools and know-how. As sponsors of Direct Marketing Day [...]
HP announced that the energy-reduction goals made by the company in 2009 have been met or exceeded more than nine months ahead of schedule. HP also unveiled energy savings research and analysis showing that if all makes and models of printers, notebook and desktop PCs, displays and servers shipped in 2005 were recycled and replaced [...]
