Welcome to Printing Industry News Digest (PIND) issue 106, 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.
The newest version of OS X for Mac is out this week. Code-named Mountain Lion, this latest update provides tighter integration with the mobile iOS operating system, notably with apps such as Notes and Reminders, both of which interface with iCloud. Another big feature amongst the 200 additions is Dictation
which provides support for speach-to-text in any software that requires
keyboard input. For $20 / £14 Mountain Lion is very well worth the
upgrade.
Manroland’s sheetfed operation in the UK has parted company with its MD and sales manager this week. We understand that its premises will soon be sold too, as the building is the only asset of value of the now defunct Manroland GB business.
Printed or plain cigarette packaging
is a big question it would seem. Answers in UK have been put back to
August 10th in order for further debate and input. Issues regarding job
losses in print and packaging and a strong argument with regard to counterfeit products are countering the obvious focus on deaths by the Department of Health.
Plans are in place at Newsweek for the eventual transition to a digital only publication. The 79-year-old publication cites a key driving force as being production costs of a weekly magazine.
Religious too are seeing the invasion of the e-book. A new colour e-reader
incorporates, it would seem, “special religious features”. The Android
based tablet will cost you some $150 in Family Christian stores. An app
is also available for both Android and iOS.
The book business, meanwhile, is celebrating the way that digital print has saved the industry. Frank Romano, as part of his Frankly Speaking tour, offers this summary of the wonders of digital production for publishers. From another angle, e-books just seem to be getting ever cheaper: is that a good thing? What about the author?
In the world of newspapers, doom and gloom appears to be everywhere. However, the UK-based Daily Mail & General Trust has reported a 3% revenue increase
in its third quarter interim results. This reversed a 4% drop in
revenue in the previous quarter according to our good friends at
PrintWeek.
Regular readers might have noted that last week we mentioned quarterly earnings reports for both Microsoft ($18.6 billion) and Google ($12.2 billion) in PIND105. This week we can compare these numbers with Apple ($35 billion) in its Q3 announcement.
Our favourite 7-inch tablet, the Google Nexus 7, has received more plaudits this week, and also a new distribution point, with Carphone Warehouse now stocking the machine.
Not too sure whether you really need a contract with it: £20 per month
and a free device? (the 16Gb Nexus is only £199). Our own review of the
product still glows: small enough to be portable, large enough to be
readable; very handy and easy to pick up in the evening for couch
surfing purposes too!
Commentators are convinced that Apple must deliver a product in this format. More news to come, we are quite sure.
Almost finally, UK readers rejoice. Our 4G network is now on its way! Just hang on until next year . . .
Finally, 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 update on print, publishing, packaging news and associated technology!
PIND106
Missed Issue 105, including Google Nexus 7 launch? Then simply click here!
Issue 104: Kodak bosses bonuses
Issue 103: Printed electronics latest
Issue 102: British banking
Updated daily, get Tech News as it relates to print and publishing.
Got friends that might like GenesisNews? Tweet them now: click here!
The newest version of OS X for Mac is out this week. Code-named Mountain Lion, this latest update provides tighter integration with the mobile iOS operating system, notably with apps such as Notes and Reminders, both of which interface with iCloud. Another big feature amongst the 200 additions is Dictation
which provides support for speach-to-text in any software that requires
keyboard input. For $20 / £14 Mountain Lion is very well worth the
upgrade.Manroland’s sheetfed operation in the UK has parted company with its MD and sales manager this week. We understand that its premises will soon be sold too, as the building is the only asset of value of the now defunct Manroland GB business.
Printed or plain cigarette packaging
is a big question it would seem. Answers in UK have been put back to
August 10th in order for further debate and input. Issues regarding job
losses in print and packaging and a strong argument with regard to counterfeit products are countering the obvious focus on deaths by the Department of Health.Plans are in place at Newsweek for the eventual transition to a digital only publication. The 79-year-old publication cites a key driving force as being production costs of a weekly magazine.
Religious too are seeing the invasion of the e-book. A new colour e-reader
incorporates, it would seem, “special religious features”. The Android
based tablet will cost you some $150 in Family Christian stores. An app
is also available for both Android and iOS.The book business, meanwhile, is celebrating the way that digital print has saved the industry. Frank Romano, as part of his Frankly Speaking tour, offers this summary of the wonders of digital production for publishers. From another angle, e-books just seem to be getting ever cheaper: is that a good thing? What about the author?
In the world of newspapers, doom and gloom appears to be everywhere. However, the UK-based Daily Mail & General Trust has reported a 3% revenue increase
in its third quarter interim results. This reversed a 4% drop in
revenue in the previous quarter according to our good friends at
PrintWeek.Regular readers might have noted that last week we mentioned quarterly earnings reports for both Microsoft ($18.6 billion) and Google ($12.2 billion) in PIND105. This week we can compare these numbers with Apple ($35 billion) in its Q3 announcement.
Our favourite 7-inch tablet, the Google Nexus 7, has received more plaudits this week, and also a new distribution point, with Carphone Warehouse now stocking the machine.
Not too sure whether you really need a contract with it: £20 per month
and a free device? (the 16Gb Nexus is only £199). Our own review of the
product still glows: small enough to be portable, large enough to be
readable; very handy and easy to pick up in the evening for couch
surfing purposes too!Commentators are convinced that Apple must deliver a product in this format. More news to come, we are quite sure.
Almost finally, UK readers rejoice. Our 4G network is now on its way! Just hang on until next year . . .
Finally, 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 update on print, publishing, packaging news and associated technology!
PIND106
Missed Issue 105, including Google Nexus 7 launch? Then simply click here!
Issue 104: Kodak bosses bonuses
Issue 103: Printed electronics latest
Issue 102: British banking
Updated daily, get Tech News as it relates to print and publishing.
Got friends that might like GenesisNews? Tweet them now: click here!
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