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MySpace partnering with HP to offer photo printing service
MySpace, the world’s largest social networking platform has announced that it has penned a deal with the technology company HP, to offer printing technology on MySpace, including all photo sections. As a result millions of consumers to print the photo sections, personal profiles, blog entries, comments and messages stored on their MySpace profiles and share them offline. Myspace estimates that it currently stores approximately 4 billion images on its platform. Vyomesh Joshi, executive vice president of the Imaging and Printing Group at HP, and MySpace Chief Executive Officer and co-founder Chris DeWolfe announced the signing of the companies’ letter of intent to form the strategic relationship at HP’s Annual Imaging and Printing Conference.
“Sharing and storing photos online is integral to the social networking experience and one of the most popular activities on MySpace,” said DeWolfe in a recent press release. “The MySpace platform is home to approximately 4 billion images and our users, from teens to grandparents, will now have an easier way to share their digital assets. We’re excited to partner with HP, a leader in printing, to provide users with new tools to print their photos directly from MySpace and share their memories offline as well.”
As a first step, MySpace will implement an HP-branded print button that enables MySpace’s more than 120 million user’s to preview and print photos directly from their MySpace profiles. The integration is anticipated to launch to the MySpace community in the United States, Australia, Western Europe and Canada in November.
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