Welcome to Printing Industry News Digest (PIND) issue 107, 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.
Olympic fever grips GB, and print plays its part with souvenir brochures aplenty and even gold medal stamps hitting a Post Office near you just one day after presentation of the metal. Update re Super Saturday: there's going to be a lot of stamps printed!
Under the “print’s not dead” banner, The Times claims a bumper Olympic issue on the first Saturday of the games with an extra 100,000 copies sold of the July 28 souvenir edition.
Right
that’s the token Olympic spot (x 2) dealt with. No further mention:
promise. A “digital overtaking print” story is always a good contentious
one to get things going: in newspaper world, Pearson’s FT Group advised us that online demand had exceeded that for printed copies for the first time. Digital subscriptions were up 31%
to break the 300,000 mark. The FT Group, with ownership of the
Financial Times and a 50% stake in The Economist, is expecting to
“accelerate the shift from print to digital”.
Meanwhile Penguin publishing, also part of Pearson, has undergone a significant reshaping in recent years to adjust to the digital world. Half-year sales growth of e-books to the tune of 128% suggest they are going in the right direction perhaps, though actual profits might tell a different story.
A downer on digital from The Daily? Murdoch’s tablet newspaper has laid-off close to a third
of its staff just 18 months after launch. Suggestions that pages will
only format vertically from now on could help save money. Sports pages
are the first to suffer. Future text will now be supplied by content
partners.
Not in the cloud yet? Mashable offers three reasons why your company still hasn’t moved to the cloud. Meanwhile, if you have, Archy offers a simple Google Drive manager for Mac.
On the subject of Mac, did you get your Mountain Lion all installed and running OK? Our friends at Lifehacker encourage the use of the software update’s own built-in text expansion solution.
In tablet talk Sony’s Microsoft Surface rival is leaked (the same Sony that announced chunky losses in Q1), whilst a similar leak provides info on dock and covers for Nexus 7 (not that struck on the dock! Doesn't appear to bring much to the party).
And whilst Microsoft Windows 8 and Surface get ever closer, the “Metro” branding is now going further away. In fact the branding that has referred to the boxy, tiled layout
will be changing name completely. German retailer Metro AG threatened
legal action for infringing on its “Metro” trademark. No news on a new
name. Any suggestions? PIND.editor@gmail.com
Following the Raspberry Pi story in tech world? The Ice Cream Sandwich version of Android can now work with it. Sounds like a great dessert at least!
You
don't think some of the UK's banks had been using Raspberry Pi for
their computer systems do you? Just a reminder: do keep those computer
systems up-to-date and properly backed-up won’t you. Remember that
who-ha with RBS and its tech glitch
from a few weeks ago? They have currently put aside £125 million to pay
compensation to customers affected by the breakdown. Ouch!
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!
PIND107
Missed Issue 106, including Mountain Lion OS launch? Then simply click here!
Issue 105, Google Nexus 7
Issue 104: Kodak bosses bonuses
Issue 103: Developments in printed electronics
August Special Offer (UK): Buy a Morgana DigiFold Pro for just £99 per week, AND get a FREE folder, laminator, or multi-function device!
Got friends that might like GenesisNews? Tweet them now: click here!
Olympic fever grips GB, and print plays its part with souvenir brochures aplenty and even gold medal stamps hitting a Post Office near you just one day after presentation of the metal. Update re Super Saturday: there's going to be a lot of stamps printed!Under the “print’s not dead” banner, The Times claims a bumper Olympic issue on the first Saturday of the games with an extra 100,000 copies sold of the July 28 souvenir edition.
Right
that’s the token Olympic spot (x 2) dealt with. No further mention:
promise. A “digital overtaking print” story is always a good contentious
one to get things going: in newspaper world, Pearson’s FT Group advised us that online demand had exceeded that for printed copies for the first time. Digital subscriptions were up 31%
to break the 300,000 mark. The FT Group, with ownership of the
Financial Times and a 50% stake in The Economist, is expecting to
“accelerate the shift from print to digital”.Meanwhile Penguin publishing, also part of Pearson, has undergone a significant reshaping in recent years to adjust to the digital world. Half-year sales growth of e-books to the tune of 128% suggest they are going in the right direction perhaps, though actual profits might tell a different story.
A downer on digital from The Daily? Murdoch’s tablet newspaper has laid-off close to a third
of its staff just 18 months after launch. Suggestions that pages will
only format vertically from now on could help save money. Sports pages
are the first to suffer. Future text will now be supplied by content
partners.Not in the cloud yet? Mashable offers three reasons why your company still hasn’t moved to the cloud. Meanwhile, if you have, Archy offers a simple Google Drive manager for Mac.
On the subject of Mac, did you get your Mountain Lion all installed and running OK? Our friends at Lifehacker encourage the use of the software update’s own built-in text expansion solution.In tablet talk Sony’s Microsoft Surface rival is leaked (the same Sony that announced chunky losses in Q1), whilst a similar leak provides info on dock and covers for Nexus 7 (not that struck on the dock! Doesn't appear to bring much to the party).
And whilst Microsoft Windows 8 and Surface get ever closer, the “Metro” branding is now going further away. In fact the branding that has referred to the boxy, tiled layout
will be changing name completely. German retailer Metro AG threatened
legal action for infringing on its “Metro” trademark. No news on a new
name. Any suggestions? PIND.editor@gmail.comFollowing the Raspberry Pi story in tech world? The Ice Cream Sandwich version of Android can now work with it. Sounds like a great dessert at least!
You
don't think some of the UK's banks had been using Raspberry Pi for
their computer systems do you? Just a reminder: do keep those computer
systems up-to-date and properly backed-up won’t you. Remember that
who-ha with RBS and its tech glitch
from a few weeks ago? They have currently put aside £125 million to pay
compensation to customers affected by the breakdown. Ouch!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!
PIND107
Missed Issue 106, including Mountain Lion OS launch? Then simply click here!
Issue 105, Google Nexus 7
Issue 104: Kodak bosses bonuses
Issue 103: Developments in printed electronics
August Special Offer (UK): Buy a Morgana DigiFold Pro for just £99 per week, AND get a FREE folder, laminator, or multi-function device!
Got friends that might like GenesisNews? Tweet them now: click here!
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