Welcome to Printing Industry News Digest (PIND) issue 90, providing a summary of major news items from the printing, publishing, packaging, digital, and communications technology sectors. PIND incorporates brief summaries and links to the week's key news stories so that you can look up that all important detail, digging deeper behind the headline. Do also take a look at our automated Twitter-based GenesisNews #Print Daily publication; why not take out a free subscription for a daily digital delivery!
Plenty of shows hitting the streets this week, with Packaging Innovations 2012 drawing big crowds at the NEC, as it usually does to be fair! Package Print Worldwide sums up the event for us. With continued growth forecast for the sector, product performance is key.
With publishing in focus, it was good to see printers squaring up to the challenges, as Pensord launched its multi-channel content delivery platform for the magazine and periodical market. The company is providing solutions for both mobile and tablet distribution, in addition to its traditional print production.
On a similar thread, PrintWeek offers a Print Buyers Perspective from Matthew Parker detailing three ways to help keep printed magazines on the agenda in today’s multi-channel world.
Latest on Manroland Sheetfed and Tony Langley in the form of an interview from Global Print Monitor.
With Drupa announcments coming thick and fast this week, the stand-out one for us was Komori taking a leaf from the Heidelberg book and partnering up with a digital provider. The deal with Konica Minolta will certainly get column inches, but the question of whether it provides good business will have to wait to be answered.
The Guardian is busy promoting its news product offerings with its biggest brand campaign in 26 years. TV, cinema, outdoor, press and digital activity will focus on the papers “open journalism” across both traditional and digital media.
Surprising Announcement of the Week: The award has to go to Print Monthly magazine and its posting making us all aware that Northprint 2013 is looking in good shape for Harrogate once again. In spite of considerable discussions about changing the location, and even if the show should carry on following two less than vibrant appearances. Well, the good news is that all is shaping up well for next year. See you there!
Budget tablet news is focused on a Storage Options product that will provide a 9.7 inch slate at just £189.99 ($303) when it becomes available in the UK in April. Sounds very competitive, but no direct access to Android Market could be a big negative.
Need to compare? Well Android Authority offers us its view of the Android tablets of 2012 that it is most excited about. This includes an Asus 7 inch device at just $249 (£156) with a Tegra 3 Quad processor, front and rear camera, USB, mini USB, SD, and micro SCHC connectivity, running Android 4.0 (ICS) out of the box. Whilst we usually have our reserves about 7 inchers, this has a spec to be useful!
A fascinating view of the tablet market tells us that to date 12 million Android tablets have been sold – that’s from all OEM’s, ever. Compare this number to iPad sales in the last quarter of 15 million and you begin to see the questions forming. See what answers Google offers.
All of this before Windows 8 even enters the stage! The Guardian debates the Microsoft strategy for Windows 8 and tablets. We then also get an intro to the Consumer Preview of the product.
Finally, do keep checking back to see what will be featured in our next edition, PIND 91. For an RSS feed of PIND, copy this link into your feed reader; and click here for the GenesisNews #Print Daily – you can even take out a free subscription for this daily news update on print, publishing, packaging and associated technology!
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Missed Issue 89, including Print is Dead! discussion? Then simply click here!
Issue 88: The Sun on Sunday to launch
Issue 87: More info on Manroland Sheetfed
Issue 86: Manroland Sheetfed sale
Get Your Print News Every Day!
Follow @GenesisNews on Twitter for regular updates.
Plenty of shows hitting the streets this week, with Packaging Innovations 2012 drawing big crowds at the NEC, as it usually does to be fair! Package Print Worldwide sums up the event for us. With continued growth forecast for the sector, product performance is key.With publishing in focus, it was good to see printers squaring up to the challenges, as Pensord launched its multi-channel content delivery platform for the magazine and periodical market. The company is providing solutions for both mobile and tablet distribution, in addition to its traditional print production.
On a similar thread, PrintWeek offers a Print Buyers Perspective from Matthew Parker detailing three ways to help keep printed magazines on the agenda in today’s multi-channel world.Latest on Manroland Sheetfed and Tony Langley in the form of an interview from Global Print Monitor.
With Drupa announcments coming thick and fast this week, the stand-out one for us was Komori taking a leaf from the Heidelberg book and partnering up with a digital provider. The deal with Konica Minolta will certainly get column inches, but the question of whether it provides good business will have to wait to be answered.
The Guardian is busy promoting its news product offerings with its biggest brand campaign in 26 years. TV, cinema, outdoor, press and digital activity will focus on the papers “open journalism” across both traditional and digital media.Surprising Announcement of the Week: The award has to go to Print Monthly magazine and its posting making us all aware that Northprint 2013 is looking in good shape for Harrogate once again. In spite of considerable discussions about changing the location, and even if the show should carry on following two less than vibrant appearances. Well, the good news is that all is shaping up well for next year. See you there!
Budget tablet news is focused on a Storage Options product that will provide a 9.7 inch slate at just £189.99 ($303) when it becomes available in the UK in April. Sounds very competitive, but no direct access to Android Market could be a big negative.Need to compare? Well Android Authority offers us its view of the Android tablets of 2012 that it is most excited about. This includes an Asus 7 inch device at just $249 (£156) with a Tegra 3 Quad processor, front and rear camera, USB, mini USB, SD, and micro SCHC connectivity, running Android 4.0 (ICS) out of the box. Whilst we usually have our reserves about 7 inchers, this has a spec to be useful!
A fascinating view of the tablet market tells us that to date 12 million Android tablets have been sold – that’s from all OEM’s, ever. Compare this number to iPad sales in the last quarter of 15 million and you begin to see the questions forming. See what answers Google offers.All of this before Windows 8 even enters the stage! The Guardian debates the Microsoft strategy for Windows 8 and tablets. We then also get an intro to the Consumer Preview of the product.
Finally, do keep checking back to see what will be featured in our next edition, PIND 91. For an RSS feed of PIND, copy this link into your feed reader; and click here for the GenesisNews #Print Daily – you can even take out a free subscription for this daily news update on print, publishing, packaging and associated technology!
PIND090
Missed Issue 89, including Print is Dead! discussion? Then simply click here!
Issue 88: The Sun on Sunday to launch
Issue 87: More info on Manroland Sheetfed
Issue 86: Manroland Sheetfed sale
Get Your Print News Every Day!
Follow @GenesisNews on Twitter for regular updates.
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