DigitalGlobe releases 2.0

Satellite imagery provider DigitalGlobe released CitySphere 2.0, an enhanced version of its library of on-demand digital satellite imagery of the most populated global cities, says denverpost.com.

CitySphere 2.0 features the addition of dozens of never-before-available views of global cosmopolitan cities such as Dubai, Seoul and Jakarta, plus city images from less developed geographic regions across Africa, South America and Asia.

CitySphere 2.0 also includes integrated aerial imagery capabilities for select worldwide cities, such as San Juan and Edinburgh, where demand for surface-detail imagery is especially critical in evaluating economic development and environmental issues.

Domestic shipments of digital cameras produced by Japanese makers rose 3.9% year-on-year to 780 470 units in May, says JCN Network.

By value, shipments were up 0.6% at 18 387.1 million yen. Of the total, shipments of single-lens reflex (SLR) cameras expanded 35.5% to 95 737 units, and those of compact cameras rose 0.6% to 684 733 units.

Global digital SLR camera shipments, including shipments in Japan, surged 36.1% to 844 433 units. Total digital camera exports grew 28.8% to 9 698 427 units, with the value up 14.6% at 177 567.66 million yen.

After years of gestation, Zink Imaging will finally get its ink-free printers into the US market this Sunday with the launch of the Polaroid PoGo in Best Buy stores, says VentureBeat.

Zink, whose name means "zero ink", has talked about its innovative technology for some time. It basically embeds chemical dyes inside paper. It passes the paper through a heater, which melts the dyes in the right places to create images on a piece of paper.

The benefit about removing the liquid ink is that it lets Zink create portable printers for things like camera phones where you don't have to worry about spilling ink. The company spun out of Polaroid years ago.