Comments on: HP Acquires Tabblo http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/03/22/hp-acquires-tabblo/ Startup and Technology News Fri, 05 Sep 2008 14:37:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: HP’s Tabblo Inks Web-To-Print Deals With Disney, Flickr, and Others http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/03/22/hp-acquires-tabblo/#comment-1681105 HP’s Tabblo Inks Web-To-Print Deals With Disney, Flickr, and Others Thu, 18 Oct 2007 02:14:39 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/03/22/hp-acquires-tabblo/#comment-1681105 [...] you to print as many digital photos and other content from the Web as possible. To that end, it bought Boston-based startup Tabblo last spring because of the software it developed to ingest any Web [...] [...] you to print as many digital photos and other content from the Web as possible. To that end, it bought Boston-based startup Tabblo last spring because of the software it developed to ingest any Web [...]

]]> By: Alan Phillips http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/03/22/hp-acquires-tabblo/#comment-1269182 Alan Phillips Fri, 23 Mar 2007 16:29:02 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/03/22/hp-acquires-tabblo/#comment-1269182 Does printing go away when every household has a wireless picture frame parading the lifetime collection of images on the living room wall? http://www.wirelesspictureframe.com Does printing go away when every household has a wireless picture frame parading the lifetime collection of images on the living room wall? http://www.wirelesspictureframe.com

]]> By: RRoss http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/03/22/hp-acquires-tabblo/#comment-1265233 RRoss Fri, 23 Mar 2007 01:35:27 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/03/22/hp-acquires-tabblo/#comment-1265233 Kudos to Tabblo for coming up with a great service. I wonder why Kodak didn't buy this company since one of Ofoto's founders is on the Tabblo board. SmugMug continues to move up the rankings : it came close to passing Kodak Gallery in the last couple of months, and bigger than Snapfish and Shutterfly (based on Alexa page rank and reach) : http://tinyurl.com/35qz5b oh, and don't forget Zazzle which shot up in February Wonder which gets acquired next : SmugMug or Zazzle... Kudos to Tabblo for coming up with a great service. I wonder why Kodak didn’t buy this company since one of Ofoto’s founders is on the Tabblo board.

SmugMug continues to move up the rankings : it came close to passing Kodak Gallery in the last couple of months, and bigger than Snapfish and Shutterfly (based on Alexa page rank and reach) : http://tinyurl.com/35qz5b

oh, and don’t forget Zazzle which shot up in February

Wonder which gets acquired next : SmugMug or Zazzle…

]]> By: Rick http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/03/22/hp-acquires-tabblo/#comment-1264455 Rick Thu, 22 Mar 2007 22:41:33 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/03/22/hp-acquires-tabblo/#comment-1264455 After the YouTube/Google deal, another web 2.0 Python-powered startup gets snapped by a big player (Tabblo was built with the Django web framework). Congrats to the Tabblo dream team! I hope they can survive HP bureaucracy. After the YouTube/Google deal, another web 2.0 Python-powered startup gets snapped by a big player (Tabblo was built with the Django web framework). Congrats to the Tabblo dream team! I hope they can survive HP bureaucracy.

]]> By: Cem Basman http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/03/22/hp-acquires-tabblo/#comment-1264421 Cem Basman Thu, 22 Mar 2007 22:32:03 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/03/22/hp-acquires-tabblo/#comment-1264421 Not a fan, anthropocentric. I know how they work. Not a fan, anthropocentric. I know how they work.

]]> By: anthropocentric http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/03/22/hp-acquires-tabblo/#comment-1264356 anthropocentric Thu, 22 Mar 2007 22:15:21 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/03/22/hp-acquires-tabblo/#comment-1264356 Wow, you're a serious HP fan. Wow, you’re a serious HP fan.

]]> By: Cem Basman http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/03/22/hp-acquires-tabblo/#comment-1264336 Cem Basman Thu, 22 Mar 2007 22:11:16 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/03/22/hp-acquires-tabblo/#comment-1264336 The aquisition of Tabblo is part of a huge global strategic plan of HP storming into the picture market. HP is already the market leader in color laser printing. HP is one of the largest digital camera makers worldwide. HP is ramping up in the photo kiosk market with PhotoSmart kiosks and studios. HP simply wants to get the whole food chain in the photo and picture processing market. From A to Z. From picture taking to paper printing. And y'know what? They are going to get it all. They've got the money. They've got the will. They've got the skill. They've got the people. At the end of this decade color and photographing will mean simply HP. The aquisition of Tabblo is part of a huge global strategic plan of HP storming into the picture market. HP is already the market leader in color laser printing. HP is one of the largest digital camera makers worldwide. HP is ramping up in the photo kiosk market with PhotoSmart kiosks and studios. HP simply wants to get the whole food chain in the photo and picture processing market. From A to Z. From picture taking to paper printing. And y’know what? They are going to get it all. They’ve got the money. They’ve got the will. They’ve got the skill. They’ve got the people. At the end of this decade color and photographing will mean simply HP.

]]> By: Don MacAskill http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/03/22/hp-acquires-tabblo/#comment-1264126 Don MacAskill Thu, 22 Mar 2007 21:29:38 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/03/22/hp-acquires-tabblo/#comment-1264126 Yet another photo business for HP to kill (Let's have a contest - who can name the most dead HP photo sites??). Sad, Tabblo looked like it was truly unique and might be going places. :( Yet another photo business for HP to kill (Let’s have a contest - who can name the most dead HP photo sites??).

Sad, Tabblo looked like it was truly unique and might be going places. :(

]]> By: Jay http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/03/22/hp-acquires-tabblo/#comment-1263965 Jay Thu, 22 Mar 2007 20:57:48 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/03/22/hp-acquires-tabblo/#comment-1263965 Just wanted to drop a note and let you all know that Tabblo is powered by Django http://www.djangoproject.com/ Just wanted to drop a note and let you all know that Tabblo is powered by Django
http://www.djangoproject.com/

]]> By: David Mackey http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/03/22/hp-acquires-tabblo/#comment-1263665 David Mackey Thu, 22 Mar 2007 19:43:42 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/03/22/hp-acquires-tabblo/#comment-1263665 HP needs to work on their customer service more than developing new products. HP needs to work on their customer service more than developing new products.

]]> By: trevo http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/03/22/hp-acquires-tabblo/#comment-1263460 trevo Thu, 22 Mar 2007 19:02:08 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/03/22/hp-acquires-tabblo/#comment-1263460 HP already has SnapFish. I guess HP loves peanut butter too... Just kidding. I think this is a good acquisition for HP, to give people more tools and reasons to print (instead of just printing plain ol' photos)... in hindsight Tabblo seems like it was built FOR companies like HP. Congrats to the Tabblo folks for the vision and excellent execution! HP already has SnapFish. I guess HP loves peanut butter too…

Just kidding. I think this is a good acquisition for HP, to give people more tools and reasons to print (instead of just printing plain ol’ photos)… in hindsight Tabblo seems like it was built FOR companies like HP.

Congrats to the Tabblo folks for the vision and excellent execution!

]]> By: Kewtr http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/03/22/hp-acquires-tabblo/#comment-1263297 Kewtr Thu, 22 Mar 2007 18:28:25 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/03/22/hp-acquires-tabblo/#comment-1263297 It's going to still take some significant improvements for home printing photos to be useful for me. I can get mine at the grocery store I am going to anyway in an hour, as opposed to having another gadget, another pile of paper, another ink meter, and another plug in the wall. Usually I view images on screen, and the ones I want in a specific format I order online at Walmart. Results are good, and my desk stays slightly less of a mess. It’s going to still take some significant improvements for home printing photos to be useful for me. I can get mine at the grocery store I am going to anyway in an hour, as opposed to having another gadget, another pile of paper, another ink meter, and another plug in the wall.

Usually I view images on screen, and the ones I want in a specific format I order online at Walmart. Results are good, and my desk stays slightly less of a mess.

]]> By: rack pallet http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/03/22/hp-acquires-tabblo/#comment-1263296 rack pallet Thu, 22 Mar 2007 18:28:22 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/03/22/hp-acquires-tabblo/#comment-1263296 This is a good match; HP is going down though - unless they start acquiring more. - Their printers, eat Ink - on purpose... they need to adopt Google's motto "Do no Evil" - Rb This is a good match; HP is going down though - unless they start acquiring more.

- Their printers, eat Ink - on purpose… they need to adopt Google’s motto “Do no Evil”

- Rb

]]> By: ChrisD http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/03/22/hp-acquires-tabblo/#comment-1263265 ChrisD Thu, 22 Mar 2007 18:23:37 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/03/22/hp-acquires-tabblo/#comment-1263265 Seems like a very good matchup. Any way to get a price on the transaction through the rumor mill? Seems like a very good matchup. Any way to get a price on the transaction through the rumor mill?

]]> By: Dwayne http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/03/22/hp-acquires-tabblo/#comment-1263219 Dwayne Thu, 22 Mar 2007 18:14:41 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/03/22/hp-acquires-tabblo/#comment-1263219 Good to see another relatively new startup get acquired, they did a great job building up the community quickly. Good to see another relatively new startup get acquired, they did a great job building up the community quickly.

]]> By: Michael Arrington http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/03/22/hp-acquires-tabblo/#comment-1263099 Michael Arrington Thu, 22 Mar 2007 17:47:39 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/03/22/hp-acquires-tabblo/#comment-1263099 I agree. But HP is in the ink selling business. I agree. But HP is in the ink selling business.

]]> By: anthropocentric http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/03/22/hp-acquires-tabblo/#comment-1263081 anthropocentric Thu, 22 Mar 2007 17:42:56 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/03/22/hp-acquires-tabblo/#comment-1263081 What will happen to photo printing services when at-home printers like this become mainstream and inexpensive: http://duggmirror.com/gadgets/Amazing_200_inkjet_prints_one_page_per_SECOND_on_sale_next_year_VIDEO/ It seems that with 1) higher quality at-home printing and 2) higher quality digital displays (with contrast and quality more similar to a printed photo), the "print service" business will tend to decrease over time. What will happen to photo printing services when at-home printers like this become mainstream and inexpensive:
http://duggmirror.com/gadgets/.....ear_VIDEO/

It seems that with 1) higher quality at-home printing and 2) higher quality digital displays (with contrast and quality more similar to a printed photo), the “print service” business will tend to decrease over time.

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