21 March 2011
ObviousIdea! with New Ideas!
ObviousIdea! is a new Internet business created in 2011 by one of the founders of VSO-Software SARL, to develop and promote personal computer software, web services and mobile applications.
Investments in start-ups and new companies
Recruitment drive
Information for Journalists
Logos and image material: http://www.obviousidea.com/press_material/
Contact
+33 (0)9 72 12 29 92
contact (at) obviousidea.com
http://www.facebook.com/obviousidea
http://twitter.com/obviousidea
Agency contact:
Catalina Martínez, Head of International Communication
London, UK
Email: pr (at) iitm.info
Tel. UK: 020 76177469
Communiqués de presse photo, logiciels, Internet et tecnologie
Pressemeddelelsesnetværk om software, internet, telekommunikation, digitalt fotografi og e-commerce
Pressmeddelande om mjukvara, internet, telekommunikation, digital fotografering och e-handel
Labels: compression and web communities, Fabrice Meuwissen, Facebook, GPS, ObviousIdea, photo sharing, photography, social networks, software, VSO-Software
14 March 2011
A product innovation for increased colour intensity in photobooks
FotoInsight launches its hi-gloss photobooks today. The new glossy finish is a product innovation producing more intense colours and crisp pictures. High gloss photobooks are treated with a protective varnish.
The individual design and order process follows the same familiar steps as already known from FotoInsight’s Designer software. The high gloss finish is available in the glossy photobook formats Panorama and XL. The extra cost for the hi-gloss finish on the 26 page A4 Panorama photo book is £6.20.
The Environmentally Friendly Choice
Bespoke photobooks are as durable as coffee table photo books from book shops. All materials used are subject to extensive testing and are guaranteed by their manufacturers to last 100 years. The glossy finish not only looks better, it also protects the photobook pages’ surface.
FotoInsight’s Managing Director Klaas Brumann comments on the new high gloss photobooks: “In addition to printed photo books and photo albums on photographic paper all produced at market leading print resolution of 300 dpi, FotoInsight offers now the hi-gloss finish on the most popular photo book formats. Ideal for anyone in search of a glossy, coffee table style photobook. Among hundreds of sizes and formats with different finishes and page numbers ranging form 26 to 154 pages per book there is a photo book format for every budget and occasion.”
Labels: CEWE photobooks, create, design, gloss photo book, glossy photobook, hi-gloss photo books, print, software
09 December 2010
New Photo Calendar Models Arriving
Cambridge. 9/DEC/2010. - FotoInsight is launching a new website in ecember to improve the online in-browser design experience for photo calendars. In the new website, Fotoinsight’s customers will be able to create individual photo calendars without having to download additional software. With this development come also new photo calendars on photo paper.
Calendars on photographic paperPhotographic paper has come a long way over the past two hundred years. Quality photographic paper offers sharp details, brilliant, true colours and proven longevity.
The new range of calendars on photographic paper is comprehensive, ranging from a desktop calendar with CD case size display for £9.99 to the practical A4 wall calendar and a new 30×30cm (12"×12") square format to the known A3 photo calendar. The photo calendars in A3 are now available not just in portrait format, but as an A3 landscape photo calendar. For those who want their pictures to be big, there’s the new A2 photo calendar size 40.6×60.9cm (16"×24").
Large photo calendar A2 landscape So far FotoInsight’s photo calendar range has covered everything from desktop calendars, practical kitchen calendars, and compact A4 format to A3 wall calendars. Now FotoInsight goes one larger with the A2 wall appointment calendar. This new calendar is 59.4×42cm (23½"×16½") large and offers more space for pictures and notes. FotoInsight’s Managing Director says about the A2 landscape photo calendar: “With this large photo calendar everyone has the opportunity to make individual calendars which will exceed professionally mass produced calendars from a bookshop in quality, brilliance and durability.”
A new gift idea: Name calendars
Name calendars are a great gift idea for any opportunity like as a Christmas present, on birthdays or as a name-day gift idea. His or her name will come in a different picture every month.
The integrated name feature creates personalised name calendars within minutes. Simply add a name - a picture for each month with the name drawn in will be automatically personalised. Modern computer technology will seamlessly integrate the name into each of the twelve months’ pictures creating a unique, personalised calendar gift.
Dedicated to a name!
Thanks to the different materials and many sizes, shapes, formats and calendar templates available there should be a calendar suitable for each space or occasion. Photo calendars are a great gift idea all year around, as the user can set the starting month freely. Therefore calendars can run along the academic year or from Mother’s Day to Mother’s Day.
Labels: own photographs, Photo calendar, photo paper, photocalendars, photographic calendars, picture calendar, printed, printing, software
20 September 2010
FotoInsight announces new "Designer v.4.6" Photo Book Software at Photokina.
Cologne, 21/09/2010. - To provide space where the favourite photographs can shine, photo book services like FotoInsight are constantly improving their software and their range. The latest FotoInsight Designer software upgrade incorporates many suggestions from a SirValuse Usability study and features apart from an enhanced navigation many new tools.
Labels: album, books, business, CEWE, photo book, photobook, photobooks, photokina, printed, printing, small print run, software
01 December 2009
The Online Photo Printer FotoInsight Expands to Scandinavia
To ensure a timely delivery of photo gifts for Christmas, Fotoinsight expands its reach across Europe.
Århus, Göteborg and Cambridge. 1 December 2009. – FotoInsight has been offering photo processing and a range of gift items to consumers and businesses in Europe through its website since November 2003. Now the company announced the start of its Danish and Swedish services FotoInsight Nordic. Over the its first six years the business has expanded, selling photographic paper prints in the UK and 30 European countries in seven languages. The Cambridge company started a German operation in June 2005, Italian in October 2005 and Spanish in February 2006 and French in April 2007, apart from its original English language services. Each of the international web-services is covered by a web- and customer service team with native speakers. Quality and a speedy delivery all over Europe are achieved by the use of six strategically located production sites, to ensure that all photo gift orders placed before the 14th of December will be delivered in the UK and Ireland in time for Christmas.
FotoInsight Ltd Managing Director Klaas Brumann said: "Denmark and Sweden have a highly developed market for digital photography with particularly demanding consumers. Over the years FotoInsight has gained a many loyal customers in Scandinavia through our English language services. Our experience shows, that FotoInsight's quality and the advanced CEWE PHOTO BOOK concept have a lot of potential. We will approach the market with new product ideas and believe that our continuously high quality will appeal to Danish and Swedish users." FotoInsight develops photos using patented lab- and print-technology. Together with its international website http://fotoinsight.com FotoInsight serves customers in all Western and most Central European countries and has become one of the leading photo services in Europe.
FotoInsight Limited
Klaas Brumann, Lic Eco, MBA. MD.
9 Moore Close, Cambridge, CB4 1ZP
Skype fotoinside
Email: pr (at) fotoinsight.co.uk
Tel. 08700 114911
Fax 08715 601675
IITM is an agency specialised on news about products and services with a high IP content. We be delighted to arrange interviews, samples and to answer your questions.
International IT Marketing Ltd.
Catalina Martinez, Head of International Communication
London, UK
Labels: calendars, photo books, photo gifts, Photo Print Service, photobook, photographic, software
19 August 2009
FotoInsight's New Photo Paper Book Makes Book Bulge Disappear
Today FotoInsight launches a new version of FotoInsight Designer with new lines of photo albums on photographic paper, new features like fading frames and festive templates and the addition of Linux and Mac OS versions.
Cambridge, 20 August 2009. - Europe's most popular photo book software is now also available for Linux and Mac OS. Against an ever growing number of photo book services, FotoInsight is increasing its technological lead with the introduction of version 4.5 of FotoInsight Designer. The application is available as a free download on the photo service's website and it can create a 130 page photo book lay-out in under three minutes. The new release of the order software adds photo albums processed on thick, lustre finish photographic paper pages. The new photo paper album styles ranging from 26 to 82 pages (in steps of eight pages) are only available in the FotoInsight Designer software.
In FotoInsight's new Photo Paper Album each page lies flat
FotoInsight states that the book bulge in the new photo paper albums disappear, as the pages lay flat when the book is opened 180 degrees wide. A new binding process is being used for the album pages, which are thicker than pages in CEWE Photobooks. This allows the pages in an open photo paper album to lay flat, rather than bowing or arching up towards the spine. Flat pages make it easier to view images which spread across a double page. FotoInsight's Managing Director Klaas Brumann states: "The new printed photo album's thicker pages provide a premium feel over traditional coffee table style photo books. We expect the new photographic paper books to be popular with professional users and for wedding photo books!"
New Photo Albums on photographic paper:
- Photo Book Square (21 x 21 cm) from € 29.95 / £ 24.99.
- Photo Book Large landscape, (28 x 21 cm).
- Photo Book XL (30 x 30 cm)
Mac OS and Linux, too
Compatible with Windows XP, Linux and Mac operating system 10.5 Leopard and above, version 4.5 of the FotoInsight Designer software is now available to download from the FotoInsight website. The software upgrade sees greater functionality for editing, sorting and arranging photos, as well as for creating personalised photo gifts that preserve photographic memories.
Image layering and blend-in image masks
According to FotoInsight: "layering images in any order or position has been one of the outstanding features of its Designer software for photo books. With the new software upgrade a range of different shapes or blend-in image masks can be used as image frames. There are also plenty of new frames and clipart to decorate photo gifts for Christmas, school, wedding and other themes.
Back to school promotion.
FotoInsight offers photo gift products to equip children in the new school year with notepads, animal key chains, messenger bags, aluminium water bottles and other product with own photographs. The firm is backing up it's back to school promotion with a three for the price of two offer on spiral bound photo notepads. The voucher code is BACK2SCHOOL (valid until 31 August 2009).
Information about FotoInsight
FotoInsight Ltd was founded in Cambridge in 2003 and runs an easy to use digital photo processing service for Windows, Mac OS and Linux users, offering an extensive array of award-winning photographic print and photo gifts as well as the photo books, photo poster, photo calendars and photo canvas print. Prints ordered through FotoInsight are developed at five state of the art photo labs in three countries. The online photo service has grown year on year faster than the photo processing industry and has expanded its services in five European languages in 32 countries.
Contact
FotoInsight Ltd.
Catalina Martinez, Head of International Communication
Cambridge, CB4 1ZP, UK
Skype fotoinside
Tel. +44 (0)8700 114911
Fax +44 (0)8715 601675
Email: pr (at) fotoinsight.com
Labels: Apple, CEWE, develop, Linux, Mac OS, paper, photo album, photo book, photo books, photobook, photographic, print, software
24 June 2009
lexican 3: The Software for Knowledge Workers
Easy to use authoring tool to collect, store, organise and publish information.
Washington. June 24th, 2009. - vetafab Software is releasing a new version of it's Windows application lexiCan. According to the developer, the upgrade improves productivity and collaboration. Individuals and teams use lexiCan to manage information and knowledge for projects, in business management, research and idea gathering. The developer is also introducing a new read only client lexiCan Reader, which allows users to publish content such as guides, manuals, references, support data bases, knowledge bases within a network with one click, making publishing as easy as editing. The software remains simple, no special training is required.
Similar to a personal Wikipedia, lexiCan allows users to build articles using texts, pictures, tables, links to websites and files. Using the title as a reference, articles can be accessed in seconds even in voluminous collections, overcoming the daily burden of clicking through folder hierarchies as done in Windows Explorer. Unlike Wikipedia, lexiCan purely works as a desktop application based on Microsoft .NET framework, enabling user convenience, such as setting links per drag and drop or dropping emails from Outlook into a description. lexiCan features full text search that includes embedded files. The developer points at several other intuitive retrieval features, like an automated view on pictures, embedded files and tags. Articles can have multiple tags which lexiCan displays as a list or clout. The article tree can be structured in the application's Outline section.
Günther Eufinger, Managing Director of vetafab Software GmbH, says about lexiCan: "Scientists organise research projects and research material; students structure material collections, essays and gather excerpts; project managers compile manuals and glossaries; journalists, authors and other creative minds implement lexiCan for their concepts and idea gathering; consultants use it to accumulate information and to document projects. We are so confident that people will use lexiCan extensively, that we are giving away free versions for up to 30 articles per project, with no time limit, no advertising and all functions included." lexiCan 3.0 collects knowledge in individual articles, linking topics and embeds them in a navigation hierarchy, structuring the different knowledge fields. Mr Eufinger adds: "The free application is the opportunity to end data chaos, and to quickly and easily create a professional knowledge network."
Central Library
lexiCan is a tool designed to link and organise data files (text, image, etc) in topics and knowledge areas. The developer's of lexiCan point out, that the application's information organisation and retrieval ability saves the user time and money, at home as well as in business.
Vetafab Software GmbH launches lexiCan 3 in English
The latest lexiCan upgrade improves collaboration among lexiCan users. The application now allows to share knowledge fields on demand and reintegrate subjects. The inclusion of additional data formats make importing, exporting and adding or sharing knowledge content more flexible. "As lexiCan's user base in business is growing", states Günther Eufinger, "we worked on making teamwork effortless." The screen view can now be zoomed freely, to improve the viewing experience when used in presentations with a projector. The new read only client "lexiCan Reader" allows knowledge distribution across a company network, e.g. instructions, course material, faqs, manuals.
Availability and system requirements
lexiCan is available for Windows 98, ME, 2000, XP and Vista. The standard edition for up to 30 articles per project is available as a free download from www.lexican.net and can be used with no time limit (no personal data required, no advertising). The lexiCan Pro Edition license can be acquired online for US$ 49.90.
About lexiCan
lexiCan is an innovative knowledge management software developed by vetafab Software GmbH of Darmstadt, Germany. The application is a tool for collecting large amounts of information about particular issues for projects in the form of knowledge networks, to structure the information, set knowledge links, bookmarks and evaluate articles to make a body of knowledge more usable and useful. The first version of lexiCan was launched in Germany in 2006 and is expanding globally. Thousands of people use lexiCan in different ways and for different reasons - for project documentation, writing manuals or for internal knowledge management in companies and other purposes.
Company contact:
vetafab Software GmbH
Günther Eufinger
Kiesstraße 65
D-64283 Darmstadt
Tel. +49 6151 3921576-0
Fax +49 6151 3921576-9
Email: eufinger (at) lexican.de
www.lexican.net
Press contact:
IITM.info is a specialist agency and will be delighted to arrange samples, software for cover mounting or interviews (for example with vetafab co-founder Günther Eufinger). IITM will happily provide image material and background information.
International IT Marketing Limited
Catalina Martínez, Head of International Communication.
Washington, D.C.
Email: pr (at) IITM.info
Tel. +1 202 4703242
News and press releases on software, internet and telecommunications, research institutes and universities:
English : http://IITM.info
French: http://fr.IITM.info
Spanish: http://es.IITM.info
Labels: access, corporate, creating manuals, free, help files, knowledge database, knowledge distribution, management, network, obtain, organise, personal Wikipedia, software, wiki software
16 March 2009
FotoInsight launches "FotoInsight Designer v.4.5" now also for Mac OS and Linux.
Photo sharing from Flickr, Facebook, Picasa and geotagging site "locr" come to personal printed photo albums. Today FotoInsight launches a new version of FotoInsight Designer with new photo book formats and new features like fading frames and festive templates.
Cambridge, 17 March 2009. - Against an ever increasing number of photo book services, FotoInsight is increasing its technological lead with the introduction of version 4.5 of FotoInsight Designer, which is now also available for Linux and Mac. The ease at which photos can freely be inserted into the book or into templates now also extends to clipart, maps, text and images from photo sharing sites like Flickr as well as the geotagging site "locr" and Wikipedia GeoNames. The photo sharing sites become an online interface for photo book building with family and friends, as users can now complement their printed photo albums with additional pictures (e.g. the Eiffel Tower form a different angle) from photo sharing sites, straight from within the FotoInsight Designer software.
Geotagging and Photosharing
In addition, with just a mouse click pictures used in a photo calendar or photo book project in FotoInsight Designer 4.5 can be uploaded to the geotagging photo community "locr". The other way around, aerial shots and maps from the geotagging community will come handy for comprehensive information of the locality in a personal travel book. "locr GmbH's" Managing Director Malte Schloen states: “The collaboration between the FotoInsight Photo Book service and locr as a geotagging and information sharing site combines two innovative leaders to the benefit of users. Geotagging communities like 'locr' free internet users from Ordnance Survey's outdated geographic information monopoly.” FotoInsight's Managing Director Klaas Brumann adds: “We are so excited that our software tool for photo book design now integrates a gateway into shared photos and geographic information and online photo sharing, that we are already working on extending the range of photo sharing sites to also include Facebook and Picasa in the following release later this year.”
Travel Diaries
For geotagged images the new software can load corresponding local information straight from "locr" or Wikipedia into the photo book. Creating area maps takes just a click. FotoInsight's Head of Communication Catalina Martínez states: “It has never been easier to write comprehensive travel diaries or even your own travel guide.” Using geotagging applications for photos or tagging the location information manually opens a new world of opportunity to relate images with locality information.
Image Layering and Blend-in Image Masks
According to Andrew White, Internet Sales Manager at FotoInsight print partner CEWE Color Ltd.: " layering images in any order or position has been one of the outstanding features of its Designer software for photo books". With the new software upgrade a range of different shapes or blend-in image masks can be used as image frames. There are also plenty of new frames and clipart to decorate photo gifts for Mothering Sunday, Easter, Father's Day etc.
New Panorama Format
After extending its range with the Photo Book XXL with editable hardcover in portrait format (H36 x 28 cm) and in faux leather with traditional screw bind in panoramic format (H30 x W42 cm) last year, FotoInsight now adds an A4 panorama size (H28 x W21 cm). FotoInsight's print resolution of 360 dpi produces crisp panorama images spreading across double pages up to 84 cm wide.
Mac OS and Linux, too
Compatible with Windows XP, Linux and Mac operating system 10.5 Leopard and above, version 4.5 of the FotoInsight Designer software is now available to download from the FotoInsight website. The software upgrade sees greater functionality for editing, sorting and arranging photos, as well as for creating personalised photo gifts that preserve photographic memories.
In Time for the Easter holidays
The Easter holiday photographs are a great opportunity to try the new FotoInsight Designer features, printing photographic memories. Therefore FotoInsight offers 10% off all photo canvas print (voucher CNV1) and a square photo book (21 x 21 cm) for £10 (saving £4.99; voucher code PBSS1C, expires 30 April 2009).
For journalists:
For questions or if you would like to test the FotoInsight photobook software "Designer" as a journalist please contact us at tel. +44 (0)8700 114911 or email pr (at) fotoinsight.co.uk. FotoInsight also offer vouchers and software for reader offers. FotoInsight Photo Book Service: http://fotoinsight.co.uk/book
Information about FotoInsight
FotoInsight Ltd was founded in 2003 in Cambridge and runs an easy to use digital photo processing service, offering an extensive array of award-winning photographic print and photo gifts as well as the photo books, photo poster, photographic calendars and photos on canvas printing. Customers benefit from patented development processes and the experience of Europe’s largest independent photo lab with an installed capacity of 18 million prints per day. Photos ordered through http://fotoinsight.co.uk are developed in one of 19 strategically located, state of the art photo labs, employing 3000 staff, with an output of over 3 billion prints per year.
Information about locr
locr is a revolutionary geotagging photo community. According to the slogan "Geotag, Print & Share - Show your World in Photos"- locr offers users the possibility of visualizing photos with the aid of street maps, satellite images and location information. locr has specialized in travel-, geophotography and geophoto-software solutions for digital cameras and mobile phones. With a GPS-Mobile Phone, a digital camera with integrated GPS or a GPS-accessory device photos can be geotagged and uploaded to locr. Within the community people from all over the world share, rate and comment the most beautiful photos. With the "locr Geophoto Book" the first travel photo book that includes auto-created street maps, locr will extend its product range with print products in spring 2009. locr was founded in September 2006 in Brunswick, Germany.
Contact
FotoInsight Ltd.
Catalina Martínez, Head of International Communication
9 Moore Close
Cambridge
CB4 1ZP, UK
Skype fotoinside
Tel. +44 (0)8700 114911
Fax +44 (0)8715 601675
Email: pr (at) fotoinsight.co.uk
http://fotoinsight.co.uk/
locr GmbH
Malte Schloen
Technologiepark
Rebenring 33
38106 Braunschweig
Tel. +49 531-482 693 34
Fax. +49 531-482 693 21
Email: m.schloen (at) locr.com
Labels: Digital photography, Facebook, Flickr, Geotagging, locr, photo sharing, photobook, photographic album, printed, printing, software
13 February 2009
Multi-touch comes to photo services
Internet specialist ECCE TERRAM exhibits ground breaking innovative software solutions at PMA in Las Vegas – Booth # Q176-4
San Francisco, CA and Oldenburg, Germany. February 13, 2009. - ECCE TERRAM – the innovator and provider of solutions for the digital photo market – will be showcasing its expanded software solution for photo laboratories in the area of ordering programs at the PMA 2009; Along with the 2.0 version of the “iPhone Photo Order Client,” the first Offline Client solution for PC with multi-touch capability is being presented among other things. The company thus again raises the claim of presenting technically sophisticated and innovative solutions.
In many laboratories, online photo orders in which digital images are printed on traditional photographic paper exceeded the volume of analogue photos in 2008. Digital image processing continues to be a vigorously growing industry. Numbers from the 2008 Holiday Season retail trade in many places show that the economic crisis ihas n no way dampened the pleasure provided by digital images. Consumers’ desire for unique moments or very personal photo gifts remains strong. Very few software developers have the experience and knowledge to create a complete solution – from consumer to production, for wholesale laboratories and photo services in the online and in-store market. ECCE TERRAM’s experience uniquely serves these end to end requirements.
The Internet specialist ECCE TERRAM is presenting the new versions of its components at the PMA, the the US photo imaging association's international exhibition in Las Vegas on March 3-5, 2009.
Consistently further developing what is tried and tested: iPhone2home 2.0
In February 2008 at PMA 2008, ECCE TERRAM present the first software solution to allow photo products to be ordered from the iPhone. Version 2.0, available in March, 2009, will expand user guidance in several ways. In particular, the order transmission efficiency was optimized through the introduction of the “TRONProxy.” With a protocol optimized to mobile radio, the orders for postcards or mini-photo books (10x15 cm) are conveyed to the “Photo2lab middleware.” Likewise, the iPhone 3G is now supported with its firmware version 2.2. The iPhone2home 2.0 Client is supported by all official iPhone versions and is provided by ECCE TERRAM to photo labs to broaden their range of order method options.
“Get in touch with your customers”
With Version 4.6, ECCE TERRAM will present the latest version of its offline client., which includes support for new photo book products, for collages, photo gifts and other merchandise. Among other features, support for “multi-touch PCs” is also being introduced.
Multi touch has recently gained importance, as Microsoft Windows 7 introduces support for multi-touch; and many new PC systems, laptops and netbooks with multi-touch screens have been launched at the consumer electronics show in Las Vegas. Photo2lab solution's lead in innovation thus once again proves to be confirmed, because since autumn 2008 there has been work on multi-touch support, e.g., for the creation of photo books. The first version is now also being presented at the PMA conference and show on March 3-5, 2009.
More intuitive interface = greater success
The advantage of multi-touch lies in a simpler and more intuitive interface for the end user, leading to a higher rate of succesfully completed orders for photo labs. With iPhone and the Offline Clients, ECCE TERRAM offers the first applications under the logo of “Get in touch with your customer” which will be supplemented in 2009 by a kiosk system with multi-touch capability.
For questions regarding the products presented at the PMA, please visit us at Booth #Q176-4 or contact at 1-408 807-0917.
About Photolab
The Photo2Lab Software Suite offers a complete solution, from ordering to processing in wholesale laboratories. Software applications for Windows, Mac and Linux, Web applications, applications for CD processing or the iPhone are part of what is included. The modern protocol for the connection – TRON – is freely available and is supported by various third-party manufacturers. Among other things, they provide solutions for set-top boxes or kiosk terminals. Along with straight processing of orders, aspects such as payments, promotions and possibilities of adaptation for affiliates and partners are also taken into consideration within the framework of a white brand solution. Products ranging from the image print to genuine photo books can be handled and it thus offers a unique flexibility and openness with the aim of reducing costs and reaching new target groups for the customers of the solution.
In 2008, orders with over 180 million digital photos, 120,000 photo books and 200,000 photo calendars were processed via Photo2lab installations.
About ECCE TERRAM
ECCE TERRAM was founded in 1996 by Frank Simon. It is specialized in solutions in the area of e-commerce for the photo industry, laboratory control, e-payment and content management. ECCE TERRAM is exhibiting at the PMA 2009 in booth Q176-4 in Las Vegas, Nevada, from the 3rd through the 5th of March 2009.
Contact:
ECCE TERRAM GmbH | ECCE TERRAM Inc |
Press Contact:
IITM is a specialist agency and will be delighted to arrange interviews. IITM will be pleased to provide an image, NFR versions for review and background information.
International IT Marketing Limited
Catalina Martínez
Email: pr (at) IITM.info
Tel. +1 202-470-3242
International IT Marketing is the multi lingual international communications agency for (examples):
FotoInsight UK –Digital photo printing, canvas and poster printing, photobooks, photo gifts
Italia -Stampa foto digitali online,album fotografici, foto regali, calendario, libri fotografici
FotoInsight France - Tirage de cadeaux photo, calendrier, poster, livre photos
The National Geographic Guide to Digital Photography by greenstreet software
printing-1 design photo books, photo album print, Mac photobook software
printing-1 Fotobücher designen, Fotoalbum druck, Mac Fotobuch software
Professor Teaches Vista™ Ultimate with greenstreet software
Labels: Applications, components, ECCE TERRAM, iPhone, Middleware, Photo service, photo2lab, PMA, SOAP, software, Transfer Ordering Network Protocol, WSDL
19 November 2008
FotoInsight launches new "FotoInsight Designer v.4" photo book software.
FotoInsight Ltd.
Cambridge, CB4 1ZP, UK
Skype fotoinside
Tel. +44 208 1449369
Email: pr (at) fotoinsight.co.uk
Labels: Christmas, coffee table style photo book album, create photo book, design, own digital images, personlised gifts, photo book, photobooks, software
21 May 2008
Political Stock Market launched for the elections in New Zealand
The "Wisdom of Crowds" is considered to outperform expert knowledge in areas like topicality as well as width, depth and references of knowledge. A principle of prediction markets, as of any electronic exchange, is that those who buy cheap and sell at a higher price benefit.
Practical evidence suggests that prediction markets are at least as accurate in forecasting events as other instruments used by polling institutes on similar demographic groups. This concept, part of a field of study called collective intelligence, is the ideal tool for market and event forecasts. The closer a participant's forecast matches the real event, the more the value of the virtual account rises. This stimulates forward strategies and therefore using quality information and experience in these virtual investments is paramount. The Political Stock Markets also rewards closely matching expectations when dealing with rate fluctuation and diligence.
Electronic Stock Markets (ESM)
The prediction market is based on the "Electronic Stock Market Technology" (ESM) developed by ECCE TERRAM. It is based on theses by Friedrich von Hayek, who in 1974 was awarded the Nobel Prize in Economics. From Professor von Hayek's findings it derives that more accurate prediction of future events can be made if people trade shares about them with the opportunity to obtain a profit. Frank Simon, Managing Director of ECCE TERRAM: "ESMs in the form of prediction markets provide surprisingly accurate results for opinion research and serve as a prognostics instrument to generate forecasts". The user's interest in trading shares and the chance for personal gain as well as the opportunity to create accurate forecasts bind the user into the online service and increase traffic to the website. The technology starts from a base different to traditional opinion research. Interviews, polls and e-votes use questions like "how would you vote?" The Electronic Stock Markets ask "what do you expect the outcome to be?" Traders therefore buy and sell based on their expectation of the outcome. These reflect in the prices at which shares trade. The system can then, based on the share price, calculate forecasts.
ECCE TERRAM has used prediction markets already in the run up to the German federal elections of 1998 with great success, achieving the second best forecast after Allensbach, one of Germany's leading public opinion poll institutes. In recent years ECCE TERRAM has organised more than two dozen prediction markets on a great variety of events. ECCE TERRAM Ltd, located in Paraparaumu, has started since May 2008 to offer Electronic Stock Markets to the New Zealand and Australian Market based on the 12-year-experience with this tool.- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
ECCE TERRAM Ltd
Frank Simon
PO Box 337
Paraparaumu 5234
New Zealand
phone: 0064 27 500 12 10
IITM is a specialist agency and will be delighted to arrange interviews. IITM will be pleased to provide an image, NFR versions for review and background information.
Labels: collaborative prognostic instruments, collective intelligence, communities, ECCE TERRAM, Forecasting, polls, prediction markets, software, strategy bourse, surveys, Web 2, Wisdom of Crowds
16 November 2006
Learn Microsoft® Windows Vista™ Ultimate NOW!
Cambridge, UK. 16 November 2006. – With all of the new features there is going to be a steep learning curve - understanding and harnessing the full potential of Windows Vista may prove frustrating and time consuming to many.
Whether you are using Windows Vista in the home or in the workplace, to fully understand and exploit everything this exciting new Operating System has to offer - quickly and effectively – The Professor Teaches Windows Vista Ultimate Training Pack is the clear first choice.
This comprehensive Windows Vista tutorial is available now - two months before Microsoft ships Vista!
It covers every aspect of the powerful Windows Vista Ultimate Edition – delivering a complete training solution for all Windows Vista users – and is perfect for those who would like to evaluate the product before upgrading.
This cutting-edge interactive training package uses coaching methods and provides fast and effective training based on Microsoft’s own design specifications. It includes extensive hands-on exercises, quizzes and tests on every major subject. An enjoyable, award-winning formula designed to teach the skills and confidence to become a knowledgeable user of Windows Vista.
“Vista is set to rewrite the way we run our home and work place forever. With the immense publicity that has surrounded the Vista launch - plus the fact that Microsoft is the chosen Operating System for over 90% of PC’s Worldwide – Professor Teaches Vista Ultimate will prove an invaluable and very successful package.” – commented Jeff Fenton, CEO, Greenstreet Software Ltd. “Further Vista training products will follow soon to cover more of the Vista variants”.
Professor Teaches Windows Vista Ultimate will ship 23 November with an SRP of £29.99. It will be available from leading retail outlets on December 1st and it can be pre-ordered now on Amazon, www.electric-software.co.uk and other on-line retailers.
For further information on Professor Teaches Windows Ultimate, to request a review copy or for information on prize competitions and subscription incentives please contact:
greenstreet software Limited
Liane Pilkington
Unit 2 Edison Road
Somersham Rd Industrial Estate
St. Ives, Huntingdon Cambs.
GB-PE27 3LF United Kingdom
Tel. + 44 (0)1480 358826
Fax +44 (0)1480 467458
Email kbrumann (at) greenstreetsoftware.com
Professor Teaches from Individual Software
The Professor Teaches range of training software is the Worlds #1 best selling range of desktop training software (source NPD Group/NPD Techworld 2006), providing award-winning training packages for all leading Microsoft, Adobe and Macromedia Operating Systems, Utilities and Productivity Applications.
Greenstreet
Greenstreet are a world leading developerand software publisher focusing on the sale of top quality, innovative products developed both in-house and by outside parties worldwide. Winner of major Industry awards and accolades for innovation and value, greenstreet creates innovative, feature packed products at affordable prices - for Home Entertainment, SME Business & Office Markets and a well-established test department ensures that only the very best games and utility software gets the greenstreet stamp of approval.
Labels: greenstreet, Professor Teaches, software
14 November 2006
"Professor Teaches VISTA" ahead of Microsoft's January 30th release date
Learn Microsoft® Windows Vista™ Ultimate NOW!
30 January 2007 promises to be a new dawn in computing as Microsoft finally delivers the long anticipated Windows Vista Operating system. This promises to be the most powerful yet – delivering major improvements in areas of personal productivity, networking, digital entertainment and security - with an all-new 3D interface.
With all of the new features there is going to be a steep learning curve - understanding and harnessing the full potential of Windows Vista may prove frustrating and time consuming to many.
Whether you are using Windows Vista in the home or in the workplace, to fully understand and exploit everything this exciting new Operating System has to offer - quickly and effectively – The Professor Teaches Windows Vista Ultimate Training Pack is the clear first choice.
This comprehensive Windows Vista tutorial is available now - two months before Microsoft ships Vista!
It covers every aspect of the powerful Windows Vista Ultimate Edition – delivering a complete training solution for all Windows Vista users – and is perfect for those who would like to evaluate the product before upgrading.
This cutting-edge interactive training package uses coaching methods and provides fast and effective training based on Microsoft’s own design specifications. It includes extensive hands-on exercises, quizzes and tests on every major subject. An enjoyable, award-winning formula designed to teach the skills and confidence to become a knowledgeable user of Windows Vista.
“Vista is set to rewrite the way we run our home and work place forever. With the immense publicity that has surrounded the Vista launch - plus the fact that Microsoft is the chosen Operating System for over 90% of PC’s Worldwide – Professor Teaches Vista Ultimate will prove an invaluable and very successful package.” – commented Jeff Fenton, CEO, Greenstreet Software Ltd. “Further Vista training products will follow soon to cover more of the Vista variants”.
Professor Teaches Windows Vista Ultimate will ship 23 November with an SRP of £29.99. It will be available from leading retail outlets on December 1st and it can be pre-ordered now on Amazon, www.electric-software.co.uk and other on-line retailers.
For further information on Professor Teaches Windows Ultimate, to request a review copy or for information on prize competitions and subscription incentives please contact:
Liane Pilkington
Tel. + 44 (0)1480 358826
Email: lpilkington (at) greenstreetsoftware.com
Professor Teaches from Individual Software
The Professor Teaches range of training software is the Worlds #1 best selling range of desktop training software (source NPD Group/NPD Techworld 2006), providing award-winning training packages for all leading Microsoft, Adobe and Macromedia Operating Systems, Utilities and Productivity Applications.
Greenstreet
Greenstreet are a world leading developer & software publisher focusing on the sale of top quality, innovative products developed both in-house and by outside parties worldwide. Winner of major Industry awards and accolades for innovation & value, greenstreet creates innovative, feature packed products at affordable prices - for Home Entertainment, SME Business & Office Markets and a well-established test department ensures that only the very best games and utility software gets the greenstreet stamp of approval.
Press Contact
IITM is a specialist agency and will be delighted to arrange interviews, images, NFR versions for review and discuss opportunities for software reviews, cover mounts, incentives, OEM versions.
International IT Marketing Limited
Catalina Martinez
Email: pr (at) IITM.info
Tel. +44 20 3286 7469
Labels: greenstreet, software
26 October 2006
FotoInsight with new Photo Calendar for this Season
Cambridge, Germany. 26 October 2006. – In time for the holiday gift shopping season, FotoInsight of Cambridge launches an innovative way to tailor a photo calendar from the growing number of personal digital photographs. Presenting someone with a personalized, beautifully laid out calendar with own photographs is arguably one of the greatest gift ideas.
Digital camera users can edit their own photo calendar online at http://fotoinsight.co.uk/photo-calendars.html where it will get professionally printed. Available as a wall or desktop calendar, most models cost just £9.99 and don’t require any software to be downloaded. Each calendar runs for twelve months with space for an additional picture on the cover sheet. Customers making wall or desktop calendars can define which month they wish the calendar to start, great for example as a gift for a birthday in November or a wedding anniversary in May.
With the FotoInsight photo calendar print service it only takes minutes to create a complete, personalized, high quality photo calendar using the summer holiday pics or to create a review of the past year. Interested users might want to create an art calendar edited with their own digital pictures. Images can be uploaded through a Windows or Mac internet browser one at a time or all thirteen images as a ZIP or RAR compressed folder in one go. The layout tool allows zooming and adjusting images before getting the calendar printed.
FotoInsight’s calendar choices comprise:
Decorative Calendar: Image W14 x H10.5cm (measures 21x25,5cm) £9.99
Desk Top Time Planner: Image W14 x H10.5cm (measures 29.7x13cm) £9.99
Photo Calendar: Image W20 x H15cm (measures 29.7x42cm) £14.99
Desktop Calendar (on photo paper) Image W8 x H9 cm (measures 12.5x14.5cm) £9.99
Postage & packaging for the UK and most European countries is £2.99
FotoInsight expects photo calendars to become a popular way to preserve memories from a special vacation. These printed memories are ideal to decorate a wall year around with a fresh image every month. “We have done a number of trials to optimize the finish and appearance of the paper. The response to the final results has been phenomenal” comments FotoInsight Ltd Managing Director Klaas Brümann. He adds: “FotoInsight specializes in photographic gift ideas. The new Photo Calendar is set to resolve many people’s headaches over presents for friends and family.”
Convenience and flexibility
FotoInsight offers a PC and Mac compatible, independent online photo service, fully flexible to be used with images from any digital camera. According to FotoInsight’s management the online service offers an extensive array of award-winning photo printing and photo gift ideas and CEWE photo books, photo posters, photographic calendars, photos canvas printing, for the consumer, business, photography, and graphic arts markets. From Cambridge, Mr Brumann comments: “Photographic memories must never fade. Our technology is smarter, providing long lasting prints with superior quality.”
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Contact information
FotoInsight Ltd.
Klaas Brumann, MD
Cambridge, CB4 1ZP, UK
Skype fotoinside
Tel. +44 8700 114911
pr (@) fotoinsight.com
Labels: decorative calendar, editor, gift ideas, Photo calendar, photo canvas printing, photographic calendars, software
25 April 2006
FotoInsight is Preparing FIFA Photo Book for Germany
Cambridge, UK. 26 April 2006. – This summer will see millions of people worldwide re-arrange their daily routines and work life to squeeze in as much footie as possible! In time for the football world cup Cambridge based FotoInsight is going to launch through its German service an innovative range of CEWE photo books with a FIFA license displaying up to 312 images through its online photo print service. From Cambridge Managing Director Klaas Brumann comments: “Pictures of matches, holidays and parties are fading away in shoeboxes and increasingly on hard drives of aging computers. FotoInsight’s mission is to prevent photographic memories from fading. A printed album, like the upcoming FIFA photobooks, helps to preserve all the memories of a great world cup in order, crisp colours and accessible.
The simplest method of getting a photo album with digital images is printing it. Since late 2005 FotoInsight offers digital camera users a personal photo book from their digital photographs. The personal photo book can be laid with FotoInsight's photo book software in the comfort of the own home.
Volume of photos taken more than tripled
While consumers took an average of 150 photos per year when using analogue cameras, digital camera users are releasing the shutter more than three times as often as the conventional amateur photographer, taking about 470 photos on average. According to FotoInsight, most digital photographers view and select their photos on a home computer. All those digital photos languishing on hard drives could finally see the light of day with the time-saving innovation. The digital photo service FotoInsight states to deliver to 21 European countries within one week of ordering online. Getting luxurious, hardbound, coffee-table style photo books is easy and set to become the latest must-have innovation in photo albums. Once the user has arrived at FotoInsight’s website and has clicked on the photo book icon displayed along side attractive photo calendars, a window appears in the familiar file tree style with text and animated illustrations explaining the upload. The user selects pictures selected through drag and drop directly from the computer. The order of the pictures can be changed after the upload through a range of interactive photo book editing tools. The cost of £19.99 / €27.99 per printed photo book (plus p&p) also includes the option to use online storage for photo sharing in FotoInsight’s online photo album facility one month free.
FotoInsight– Official FIFA World Cup 2006™ photo book for Germany
The Football World Cup will be taking place in Germany as of 7 June 2006. Many friends of the action around the ball will be attending live events to support their national team, join others to watch footie in pubs or at private parties and digital cameras as well as mobile phones will to help to preserve the joy. FotoInsight has assured official, FIFA licensed content to give its customers the chance to stores snapshots in a professional World Cup photo book. Dr. Michael Fries, in charge of the “My CeWe FIFA WM Photo book” at FotoInsight’s production partner comments: “Consumers can not only use their personal snapshots to design their own photo book, football fans will also find professional photos and editorial contributions from more than 100 different theme sections once the site goes live”. Teams, match reports, sketches, the history of the World Cup, information on the venues, etc will be laid out on double pages with emotional photos and detailed reports in a Word Cup design. The World Cup photo book is available in five different versions, starting at €9.95. FotoInsight’s Managing Director Klaas Brumann states “As a company in Cambridge hi-tech cluster we are particularly proud to combine our internet skills with the FIFA content to provide a winning product for the world cup host country” with FotoInsight head of communication, Catalina Martinez adding: “German football fans get the FIFA Photo book, but we are going to score the goals!”
Extension of the product range – hardcover and softcover
The photo book can also be ordered either with a hard cover or with a soft cover, including personal themes for the cover. The photo book is produced with a digital printing process and comes superbly bound. "In 2006, we expect that photo books will account for 35% of FotoInsight’s revenue" states FotoInsight Ltd Managing Director Klaas Brumann and continues: “Photographic memories must never fade. Our technology is smarter, providing long lasting photo book printing in superior quality.”
Contact information
FotoInsight Ltd.
9 Moore Close, Cambridge, CB4 1ZP, UK
Skype fotoinside
Email: pr (at) fotoinsight.uk
Tel. +44 8700 114911
Labels: digital photo processing online, FIFA, Football, Germany, image editing, new product, photo print, photographic paper, photography, software, word cup
24 March 2006
FotoInsight's New Digital Photo Software
CeBIT, Hannover. 23 March 2006. – FotoInsight.co.uk announces the release of its new photo software package called Home Photo Service. According to FotoInsight the application resolves eight common problems of digital photography. During the first three months FotoInsight is distributing free copies off its website: http://fotoinsight.co.uk/designer-software.html
Digital photography’s popularity has already overtaken analogue colour photography. While photographic prints on inkjet printers still lack behind in quality and price the digital format has taken consumers and business users by storm because of the ease and speed at which images can be stored and transferred across networks including the internet. Once the hard disk is filling up with hi-res images FotoInsight’s Home Photo Service software helps to:
1.- escape lack of hard disk space and high storage costs.
2.- back-up photo collections onto CD-R.
3.- edit, turn, flip, crop digital images, remove red eyes and more.
4.- convert image file to jpeg or other formats.
5.- print on real photographic paper at the same prices as with traditional (analogue) photo printing (from 9p per print).
6.- organise image collections and albums and to find images back.
7.- create slide shows of important events or holiday pictures.
8.- be creative: Print photo calendars, frames, greeting cards.
FotoInsight.co.uk’s new “Home Photo Service Software” resolves all of this and makes ordering prints online really easy. If the internet connection is interrupted during transmission the application will automatically try to communicate with the server to start where the upload was interrupted, without user intervention or the risk of loosing of data etc.
Edit, crop, rotate, zoom etc
It currently is free. FotoInsight is introducing the application with no time limit as a free download. But the free download introduction will last three months only, by then FotoInsight hopes the application will have received many commendations and plans to start charging for the software as for any other image editing application. Free copies (Windows PC or Mac) can be downloaded from:
http://fotoinsight.ie/designer-software.html.
FotoInsight’s Managing Director Klaas Brumann comments from Cambridge: “Photographic memories must never fade. FotoInsight is proud to provide the software that will help to preserve memories in vivid colours.”
Contact information
FotoInsight Ltd.
Klaas Brumann, Managing Director
Cambridge, CB4 1ZP, UK
Skype FotoInsight
Tel. +44 8700 114911
Press Contact:
IITM is a specialist agency and will be delighted to arrange interviews, images, NFR versions for review and discuss opportunities for software reviews, cover mounts, incentives, OEM versions.
Catalina Martinez
London
Email: pr (at) IITM.info
Tel. UK +44 20 32861751
Labels: Digital photography, greetings cards, image editing, photo printing, software
