Joby launches photo contest

The folks over at Joby have announced a new photo contest offering a selection of their Gorillapod tripods as prizes. Photographers have until year’s end (12/31/2009, 11:59pm Pacific time) to enter up to three images by email. Each image must be at least 1000 pixels on the longer side, and thumbnails can only be sent by email if a link to a larger version is included in the email. Images shouldn’t be heavily retouched, but light processing with Photoshop is allowed. There’s a limit of 10MB attachments per mail, and…
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Eye-Fi Users Can Now Automatically Send and Share Videos on Facebook

And Eye-Fi Users Can Set Automatic Newsfeed Updates to Keep Facebook Friends Up-to-Date on Photo and Video Uploads Eye-Fi Announces ‘The Eye-Fi Haunted Video Contest’ to Celebrate Halloween – Winners Get a Free Eye-Fi Card and Camera MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Oct. 28 /PRNewswire/ — Among consumers who share videos online with friends and family, nearly half do so on Facebook, according to the Consumer Electronics Association’s 2009 report Digital…
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Toshiba Corporation Launches Highly Sensitive CMOS Image Sensor With BSI

Applies world’s first 300mm wafer lines for BSI technology TOKYO, Japan., October 27, 2009 – Toshiba Corporation (TOKYO: 6502) today announced the launch of a new CMOS image sensor that will bring 14.6 million pixels to digital still cameras and to mobile phones supporting video imaging. The sensor, the latest addition to Toshibas Dynastron line-up, is also the companys first to integrate the enhanced sensitivity…
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Kodak Reminds America Its Time to Smile with New Integrated Marketing Campaign

Showcases Brands Commitment to Strengthening Relationships ROCHESTER, N.Y., Oct. 27 — Eastman Kodak Company (NYSE: EK) believes Its Time to Smile. This tagline for Kodaks new year-long, fully integrated marketing initiative is at the heart of the brands dedication to strengthening and deepening relationships through sharing images. The campaign began with social media activities supported by public relations…
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SanDisk loses patent infringement case

SanDisk Corp. has had a patent infringement case denied by the United States International Trade Commission, reports Bloomberg.com. The case, originally against almost 50 companies, requested the commission to ban US imports of infringing products. SanDisk claimed these to include flash memory controllers, flash drives, memory cards and media players, which it felt infringed on its US patents 6,426,893, 6,763,424, 5,719,808, 6,947,332 and 7,137,011. Of these, all but two patents were dropped from the investigation, leaving four…
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Tradeclips Launches To Solve Digital Content Headache For Businesses

YouTube for business service launched by founders of Newslink to store, manage, publish and syndicate digital media content FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE PRLog (Press Release) Oct 20, 2009 London, Tradeclips, the worlds first full-service video, audio, text and picture media sharing site for the communications industries, has been launched. Developed by the owners of Newslink, Tradeclips offers the media and digital…
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New Version of Panorama Express Makes Creating Virtual Tours Quick and Easy

New Release of Virtual Tour Software, Panorama Express 3.0, Empowers Users with Powerful New Features (MMD Newswire) October 28, 2009 – - Panorama Express 3.0 is designed to make it easy for anyone to create, manage and publish spectacular virtual tour packages. Users can simply open (or drag and drop) their photos (standard 2D or panoramic) and Panorama Express automatically creates a professional virtual tour complete with transition effects, attractive…
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Phase One launches Capture One 5

From its headquarters in Copenhagen, Denmark’s Phase One has today released the latest version of its Raw conversion / workflow application Capture One. Available in standard, DB and PRO versions, Phase One’s Capture One 5 adds a number of new features, some of which are limited to the PRO version only. These include the new focus mask tool, which helps accelerate the process of vetting and selecting images by highlighting image areas that are detected as having sharp focus. A green highlight is applied to in-focus areas in both the viewer and thumbnail…
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