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DxOMark splits Canon to Invest

from DxO Labs 400bn Yen by 2020

xOMark Image Labs DxO Labs will continue to anon Inc. Is planning the deal for Toshiba Medical
has announced that develop its photo editing to invest a maximum of Systems Corp. which Canon
Dit has split from DxO software, DxO PhotoLab, as well C400 billion yen by 2020 purchased for 600 billion yen.
Labs and is now a privately- as the DxO One smartphone for merger and acquisition The company ex-
owned independent company, camera attachment, as (M&A), focusing on medical and pects 330 billion yen cash
which will continue to per reports. While the security businesses, and targets flow for fiscal 2017 ended on
pursue the development and announcement was made to earn 1,500 billion yen in the December 31, 2017 and has
commercialisation of image recently, the proceedings were new businesses alone by 2020, 640 billion yen in cash and cash
quality solutions and services. finalised in September. said Fujio Mitarai, Chairman equivalent.
and CEO of Canon.
The company plans to open a
The company aims to achieve
new research and development
Digital Camera 5,000 billion yen sales by 2020 facility in Silicon Valley in
as a whole. Canon has spent
the US in 2018 by restructuring
Market Declining approximately 400 billion yen the existing software
developing base to integrate
during the past 9 years on
Further: CIPA acquisitions without counting into the new R&D centre.
Kodak Shares Up on

he Japanese Camera cameras, the total number
and Imaging Products is approximately 20 percent Blockchain News
TAssociation (CIPA) lower than the same month
has released its report for in 2016 and 17, with just over
November 2017. According one million units shipped. hares in Eastman Kodak digital coins or the blockchain
to the report, the downward Company jumped as technology that under-pins
trend in the digital camera The market for digital Smuch as 77% on the them. Kodak is teaming up
market continues, with cameras with built-in lenses second week of January after with London-based Wenn
only 2,166,788 DSC units has been on a downward the former camera and photo Media Group to carry out the
shipped in November 2017, spiral for quite some time. film giant said it would launch initial coin offering. It is part of
approximately 17 percent With 1,163,523 units shipped, the Kodakcoin, “a photo-centric a blockchain-based initiative
lower than the previous year. this segment is facing crypto-currency to empower to help photographers control
tough competition from photographers and agencies their image rights. Kodak also
In case of interchangeable lens smartphones. to take greater control in details plans to install rows
image rights management.” of Bitcoin mining rigs at its
The move comes after the headquarters in Rochester,
recent frentzy surrounding
New York.
Sharp to Mass
Produce OLED Panels Kodak Introduces Mini

for Smartphones Shot Instant Camera

harp Corporation will this summer. Mass production odak has unveiled that allows to view the
start mass production of is to start in the April-June an instant camera, image. You can pre-process
Ssmall size OLED panels to 2018 quarter at full swing. KMini Shot, which photos or transfer to other
be used in its smartphones this Currently, Samsung Electronics enables you to print small devices using the integrated
spring. Sharp has already made is the sole supplier of OELD images the size of a credit Bluetooth module. Kodak
sample shipments from its panels and have production card. The device features Mini Shot will be sold in 3 Smart Photography
Sakai plant to be mounted on capacity equivalent to over 400 a 10-megapixel sensor colours Black, White, and February 2018
its smartphone that is to debut million smartphones. and a 1.7-inch display Yellow for US $100.

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