Facebook stores over 80 billion photos across 60,000 servers, with 3 billion new photos uploaded every month. Until recently, the resolution of Facebook photos limited the quality of prints that photofinishers could produce. However, Facebook users can now upload higher resolution photos to Facebook accounts, a feature that benefits users of the app and retailers in the LifePics Network who can now receive orders for larger prints of Facebook photos.
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Leading brands at Photopia Hamburg
According to to the organizer, Hamburg Messe + Congress (HMC), major imaging brands will be represented at Photopia Hamburg, which will take place in the Hanseatic city from September 23 to 26 as a festival for the entire digital imaging industry. These include camera and lens manufacturers such as Canon, Sony, Nikon, Leica and Panasonic as well as Sigma and Tamron, but also the monitor manufacturers BenQ and Eizo, print service providers such as WhiteWall and the paper manufacturers Ilford and Hahnemühle. Several retailing companies and distributors, including Calumet, Foto Erhardt, IPS, HapaTeam and Probis will also exhibit.
