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2024
November 19 – USPS Releases FY 2024 Results, Reports Net Loss of $9.5B
November 6 – Nvidia Rides AI Wave to Pass Apple as World’s Largest Company
October 22 – US government considers a breakup of Google
October 8 – Federal judge orders Google to open its Android app store to competition
September 24 – This bank says ‘millions’ of people could be targeted by AI voice-cloning scams
September 10 – Will AI Revolutionize the Printing Industry?
August 27 – 2.7 billion records leaked in massive US data breach
August 13 – TikTok comes for messaging apps with the addition of group chats
July 30 – Global tech outage hits airlines, banks, health care and public transit
July 16 – 10 billion passwords have been leaked on a hacker site. Are you at risk?
July 2 – How does ChatGPT actually work?
June 18 – McDonald’s pulls AI ordering from drive-thrus — for now
June 4 – US sues to split up Ticketmaster and Live Nation in a groundbreaking monopoly lawsuit
May 21 – Cyberattack forces major US health care network to divert ambulances from hospitals
May 7 – Microsoft’s CEO Tells Staff to Make Cybersecurity Top Priority
April 23 – Meta adds its AI chatbot to the search bar across its apps
March 26 – Massive changes coming to Google Chrome threaten to reshape the modern internet
March 12 – Bitcoin is about to undergo another ‘halving’ event — here’s what that means
February 27 – AT&T Customers to Get Billing Credit After Wireless Outage
February 13 – AI Is Driving More Layoffs Than Companies Want to Admit
January 30 – The generative AI smartphone age is here
January 16 – 2024 is ‘All About the Data’ and Transformational Opportunities
January 2 – AI’s future is in the hands of the courts
2023
December 5 – Microsoft’s Seeing AI app for low-vision and blind users comes to Android
November 21 – U.S. Postal Service Reports $6.5B Fiscal Year 2023 Loss
November 7 – Elon Musk Debuts AI Bot to Challenge ChatGPT
October 24 – Microsoft Outlook will soon write emails for you
October 11 – U.S. Postal Service Seeks to Raise Stamp Prices for Third Time in a Year
September 26 – Amazon invests up to $4 billion in Anthropic AI
September 12 – How to Easily Add Mobile Technology to Print Projects
August 29 – Paper or Digital? U.S. Consumers Want the Right to Choose
August 15 – USPS Reports 1.7B Net Loss for Q3
August 1 – No, AI isn’t likely to destroy white-collar jobs
July 18 – Augmented Reality Transforms Press Repairs
July 5 – AI is already linked to layoffs in the industry that created it
June 21 – Europe is leading the race to regulate AI
June 6 – Consumers’ Preference for Print Media Shows Post-Pandemic Gains
May 23 – Amazon Plans to Add ChatGPT-Style Search to Its Online Store
May 9 – AI Is the Hot Topic on Earnings Calls This Quarter
April 25 – The Importance of a Good Communication Design
April 11 – Five Trends Your Customers Are Watching
March 28 – Big tech and the pursuit of AI dominance
March 14 – Lowe’s is testing 400-pound autonomous robots to patrol parking lots
February 28 – Increase Direct Mail Response with Behavioral Science
February 14 – Artificial intelligence’s dirty secret
January 31 – AI Chatbot Passes Elite Business School Exam
January 17 – ChatGPT and generative AI look like tech’s next boom.
January 4 – Seven Marketing Shifts for 2023
2022
December 6 – Is Display Advertising Dead?
November 22 – Twitter Advertising is Dead. Long Live Print!
November 8 – Toner Versus Inkjet- Is the Score Settled?
October 25 – The price of stamps is going up – again.
October 12 – USPS Submits Filing for January 2023 Price Increase
September 27 – The Possibility of a UPS Strike Looms Over 2023
August 16 – USPS seeks to hike stamp prices again
August 2 – ‘De-printing’ tech featured in BBC documentary
July 19 – Xplor International Founder, Keith Davidson, Passes Away at Age 85
July 5 – Printing Profits: Back to Pre-Pandemic Levels
June 21 – Microsoft retires Internet Explorer
June 7 – Checking Back in on the Paper Supply Shortage Impacting Printers
May 24 – USPS To Hike Stamp Prices in July
May 10 – USPS Reports Q2 2022 $1.7B Loss, Despite 15.9% Increase in Marketing Mail Revenue
April 12 – Paper Shortages: What’s Behind the Problem and What Can We Do?
March 29 – How Direct Mail Automation Is Driving the Printing Industry
March 15 – The US Dollar Could Go Digital
March 2 – Steve Wozniak’s new venture takes aim at space junk
February 15 – What the USPS overhaul bill means for you
February 1 – The IRS website will soon require facial recognition to log in
January 18 – Key Ways for Printers to Excel in 2022
January 4 – Supply Chain Disruptions, Labor Shortages Expected in 2022
2021
December 7 – 9 Proven Strategies Powering Wide-Format Sales
November 9 – Facebook is shutting down its facial recognition software
October 26 -Top 5 Trends in Wide-Format for 2021
October 12 – Print-Based Learning Remains Important in Today’s Classroom
September 28 – U.S. Paper Industry and Paper Recycling Remain Resilient During Pandemic
September 14 – Print Sales and Both Indicator Indexes Accelerate
August 31 – Inkjet Printers Market Forecasted to Reach a Value of Around US$ 53 Bn by 2027
August 17 – US Postal Service Proposes Hiking Shipping Rates During Holiday Season
August 3 – QR Codes Are Fueling the Growth of Augmented Reality
July 20 – Microsoft is bringing back Clippy
July 6 – A nanofiber membrane could help solve the drinking water crisis
June 8 – USPS to raise stamp price to 58 cents
May 25 – Microsoft is finally getting rid of its most-hated product
May 11 – IRS employees say ‘out of ink’ printers are delaying tax returns
April 27 – Wearable electronic skin could monitor your health
April 13 – Domino’s is launching a pizza delivery robot car
March 30 – USPS Releases 10-Year Strategic Plan
March 16 – Companies on alert after hack of cloud-based security camera
March 4 – Printing Outlook 2021 Quick Look – 2020 Revenues
February 16 – Maryland becomes first state to tax digital advertising
February 2 – Google threatens to shut down search in Australia
January 19 – The Question – Temporary or Permanent?
January 5 – Drone delivery one step closer to reality with new FAA rules
2020
December 8 – ‘Zoom Santas’ Are Cashing In
November 24 – Three Ideas for Prospecting Print Sales in 2021
November 11 – Print Industries Wage + Benefits 2020 Report Released
October 27 – Innovation in a Virtual Space
October 13 – The Eagles and a Local Printing Partner are Selling Fan Cutouts for Charity
September 29 – Suspected ransomware attack hits one of the largest hospital networks in the US
September 15 – Inkjet Printing Industry Remains Resilient During Pandemic
September 1 – Market Trends Drive Inkjet Adoption
August 18 – Do Masks make you Invisible to Facial Recognition?
August 4 – #XPLOR20 is Going Virtual
July 21 – How the Internet Got me into Snail Mail
July 7 – How Printers are Navigating the Coronavirus Pandemic
June 23 – CCM Seeing Little Impact Through COVID-19 Pandemic
June 9 – Restarting the Economy: What Printers Can Expect
May 26 – USPS Board Names New Postmaster General
May 12 – USPS Financial Losses Are Largest in a Decade
April 28 – Xerox to Manufacture Hospital-Grade Sanitizer in U.S. and Canada
April 14 – Can 3D Printed Face Masks Help the Limited Medical Supply?
March 31 – Evaluating the Total Cost of Inkjet Printing
March 17 – Drupa Postponed to April 2021
March 3 – Check Out These Augmented Reality Branded Cupcakes
February 18 – You can make your own rotary cellphone
February 4 – Inventor of the laser printer dies at 81
January 21 – Google CEO calls for ‘sensible regulation’ of AI
January 7 – Oral-B thinks AI toothbrush can clean your teeth better than you
2019
November 12 – 6 Reasons Why Print Marketing Is Thriving
October 29 – Print Buyers’ Revenues
October 1 – U.N. postal union clinches deal to keep U.S. in club
September 27 – 5 Messaging Tricks to Drive Direct Mail Response
September 3 – Never do these 2 things because ‘that’s 98% of me stealing your identity’
August 20 – Brain-controlled VR lightshows could lull you to sleep
August 6 – Why is TransPromo Hot Again?
July 23 – Elon Musk hopes to put a computer chip in your brain
July 9 – Printing Industry Profits – What Goes Up…
June 13 – Why rivals Microsoft and Oracle are teaming up to take on Amazon
May 28 – Researchers can now use AI and a photo to make fake videos of anyone
May 14 – Facebook is getting ready for a potential $3B-$5B fine from the FTC
April 16 – Amazon employs thousands of people to listen to your Alexa conversations
April 2 – Do Customers Trust Your Tech? A Look at Technology and Data Protection
March 19 – Printing Outlook 2019—Has the Industry Turned a Corner?
March 5 – There is no such thing as a Printing Industry
February 19 – Gen Z Marketing Madness – What Was Old is New Again!
February 5 – Top 25 Hottest Markets for Print Demand in 2019-2020
January 22 – Facebook’s ’10 Year Challenge’ is just a Harmless Meme, Right?
January 8 – AI Technology Can Identify Genetic Diseases by Looking at Your Face
2018
December 11 – Payless Opened a Fake Luxury Store to See How Much People Would Pay for $20 Shoes
November 27 – New Study Shows Students Learn More Effectively from Print Textbooks than Screens
November 13 – Amazon is offering 50 percent cheaper shipping than UPS for some sellers
October 30 – Segway was supposed to change the world. Two decades later, it just might.
October 16 – USPS Seeks Record Price Hike
October 2 – Uber Agrees to Pay $148 Million in Nationwide Settlement
September 19 – Canadian postal strike or lockout possible by September 26
September 5 – This Labor Day Thank Canada and the Print Industry For Your Day Off!
August 21 – How Facebook — yes, Facebook — might make MRIs faster
August 7 – West Virginia Introduces Mobile Voting for Midterm Elections
July 24: Company Prints a Car with 3D Printer
July 10 – Facebook is Bringing Augmented Reality Ads to the News Feed
June 26 – Amazon’s New Marriott Partnership Could Transform Your Hotel Stay
June 12 – A New Approach to Cybersecurity – Let the Hackers In
May 29 – Digital License Plates Tested in California
May 15 – Are Higher Postal Rates on the Horizon?
May 1 – The First New 3D Printer Technology in Years
April 25 – LSEV 3D-printed electric car set for mass production
April 3 – Zombies Rise on The Walking Dead Augmented Reality Wine Labels
March 20 – The Father of the World Wide Web is One Disappointed Dad
March 6 – The banana phone is back! There’s a new Nokia 8110
February 20 – Plans Drawn up for World’s Tallest Wooden Skyscraper
February 6 – SpaceX is about to launch the world’s most powerful rocket
January 23 – Amazon to Open Checkout-Free Store in Seattle
January 9 – Amazon’s Alexa May Give Voice to Targeted Marketing
2017
December 19 – Billionaires Battle over Supersonic Transportation
December 5 – Twelve-year-old Creates his Own 3D Printer
November 21 – 5 Apps to help you find the best Black Friday deals
October 24 – KFC Only Follows 11 People on Twitter. You’ll think it’s Genius when you find out Why!
October 10 – 2018 Print Forecast: Paper Prices & Postal Rates Will Rise
September 26 – Print’s Interactive Potential
September 12 – Print 17 News Special
August 29 – Creating an Omni-Channel Marketing Business Model
August 15 – Life After the Customer Purchase Journey
August 1 – What You Can Expect at Print 17
July 18 – Who Printed the First Declaration of Independence?
July 4 – 2017 Survey Says Print Buyers Need Time and Have Money
June 20 – The Bigger Your Data Gets the Smarter it Needs to Become
June 6 – Global Study: Most People Highly Value Paper and Print
May 23 – U.S. Postal Service $562M Q2 Net Loss Blamed on Exigent Surcharge Expiration
May 9 – Manage Your PDF Documents – Balancing Quality and Size
April 25 – Print is the “New Media” at ISA Sign Expo
April 12 – IBM Study Finds Most People are Disappointed with Digital Brand Experiences
March 28 – 2017 Print Buyer Survey Says…
March 14 – Study Shows Where the Spending Is
February 28 – Snuggle’s Love for Customized Content Drives Engagement in Valentine’s Day Campaign
February 14 – 2017 Print Buyer Survey Results Are In
January 31 – Denmark will get World’s First Tech Ambassador
