Sony Names Hirai Head of Consumer Products, and Possible Successor to CEO S
Tokyo, Japan—Sony Corp. announced it is promoting Kazuo Hirai, 50, to head its consumer products unit, the company’s biggest division, and he will...
Olympus Firmware Released
Olympus has announced the release of firmware for its E-PL2 and E-5 cameras. The updates, both called Version 1.1, were released Thursday. The downloads...
Worldwide Digital Camera Seen Growing to 142 Million Units
According to InfoTrends' worldwide digital camera forecast, the global market will reach 142 million units by 2015. Innovation is seen as the driver of...
Tech Trends: Camcorders vs. Cameras
While camcorders drove nearly one-in-every five dollars spent on a dedicated image capture device, detachable-lens and long-zoom cameras were the revenue drivers in...
Cologne Forum Drew 230
photokina’s Business Forum Imaging Cologne drew 230 participants when it took place last week, the organizers announced. The event took place March 1 and...
6Sight Summit Coming at CTIA
6Sight will host a Mobile Imaging Summit at the International CTIA Wireless event in Orlando later this month. The event will take place from...
Strategy Sessions: There’s Something About a Smile
With holiday retail sales firmly behind us, and spring just around the corner, it’s that time of year when we all start to take...
Crawford Joins IPI as Consultant
Independent Photo Imagers (IPI) said this week that it has brought in Tom Crawford as a consultant or business development and communications. Crawford, a...
I3A President to Speak in Europe
International Imaging Industry Association (I3A) President Lisa Walker will give a presentation Image Sensors Europe 2011 event in London later this month. At the...
WPPI Announces Record Attendance, 2012 Show Dates
Wedding & Portrait Photographers International (WPPI) will hold the 2012 version of its Convention and Trade Show Feb. 16-23. The announcement comes as WPPI...
