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We are grateful to the following companies - market leaders whose generous contribution of hardware, software, engineering, and other
resources helped make this ambitious project possible.
America 24/7 Project Partners
Adobe Systems, Inc. - Official Publishing and Imaging Partner
Olympus America, Inc. - Official Digital Camera Partner
Lexar Media - Official Digital Memory Partner
Snapfish - Official Online Photo Service Provider
JetBlue Airways - Official Airline Partner
ClearStory - Official Digital Asset Management Company
Google - Official Search Engine Partner
eBay - Offical E-Commerce Partner
Digital Pond - Official Digital Output Provider
Dorling Kindersley (DK) - Publisher
Supporters
Adobe Systems Incorporated helped launch the desktop publishing revolution in 1982 and is at the heart of the next publishing revolution, network publishing.
Network publishing is about making reliable, visually rich information available to anyone, anywhere, on any device. Today, Adobe® offers a comprehensive
line of software for creative professionals, enterprises and consumers -- enabling people worldwide to create, manage and deliver compelling content and information. For more information, visit www.adobe.com.
America 24/7 represents the largest number of trade book titles ever published simultaneously. As the Publishing and Imaging Software Partner
for America 24/7, Adobe is providing a broad range of software to facilitate
the simultaneous design and production
of 53 large-format illustrated books.
Software being utilized for the project
includes Adobe InDesign®, Photoshop®,
Acrobat®, Illustrator®, Photoshop
Elements and Photoshop Album.
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Olympus Optical Co., Ltd., with its wholly owned subsidiaries, is a global leader in designing,
manufacturing and marketing optical-digital product solutions for health
care and consumer segments. Diverse business lines include:
- Digital and film cameras, and digital voice recorders
- Minimally invasive diagnostic and surgical endoscopes
- Advanced clinical and research microscopes
- Chemistry-immuno analyzers and lab automation systems
The company's market-leading consumer camera products and services
business spans North and South America. Olympus America Inc. works
collaboratively with its customers and parent company to develop
state-of-the-art products and services that are innovative, intelligent, and easy to use.
As the digital camera partner for America 24/7 Olympus
is providing digital cameras to all America 24/7
photographers, and to individuals whose images are selected for the
cover of the books. Olympus is also providing special offers to all
participants. For more information, visit www.olympusamerica.com.
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Lexar Media develops high-speed digital memory
cards that bring out the ultimate performance from digital cameras and
other portable consumer electronics. These products deliver exceptional
image write speed in capacities up to 4-gigabytes. Lexar Media is at the
forefront of digital photography, continuously perfecting digital image
capture with advanced product features like Write Acceleration
technology and Image Rescue, making their products the choice of
professionals and amateurs photographers worldwide.
As the digital memory card provider for America 24/7
Lexar Media is providing digital memory cards, software, and card
readers to our photographers, and to individuals whose image is selected
for the cover of any of the books. Lexar is also providing special
offers to all participants. For more information, visit
www.lexarmedia.com.
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Snapfish is a leading online photo service, with
almost five million members and more than 100 million photos online.
Snapfish enables both film and digital camera owners to share, print and
store their most important photo memories at prices that cannot be
equaled - online or off. Digital camera users can upload their photos
into a password-protected online album they can use to edit, share and
store their photos for free, in addition to ordering film-quality
prints. Snapfish has been rated the number one online photo service in
surveys from PC Data and received top quality ratings from Popular
Photography and Yahoo! Internet Life.
Snapfish has been selected as the online photo finishing service of
America 24/7 and is providing the software, bandwidth, and
storage to enable participants from anywhere in the country to upload
their images to the project. Additional information is available at
www.snapfish.com.
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JetBlue Airways took to the air on February 11, 2000,
setting out to bring humanity back to air travel and to make flying more
enjoyable. We now serve 20 cities around the country with a fleet of 40
new, environmentally friendly, Airbus A320 aircraft. Every JetBlue
aircraft is outfitted with roomy all-leather seats, each equipped with
the DIRECTV® System offering up to 24 channels of DIRECTV®
programming.
JetBlue has been selected as the airline partner of America
24/7, and will be transporting selected photographers, editors
and designers across the country. For more information, please visit us
at www.jetblue.com.
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ClearStory Systems is an established provider of flexible, on-demand enterprise content management solutions.
ClearStory's Radiant Content Suite provides discrete management and on-demand access for the full spectrum of content — from graphics and video
to customer statements and email. The company's standards-based technology provides a powerful platform for integrating rich media and business
documents into a multitude of business-critical environments, including marketing and finance departments, call centers, channel partner portals,
compliance initiatives, and global marketing extranets. For more information, visit www.clearstorysystems.com.
ClearStory has been selected as the digital asset management system to manage all the edited photographs used to create the 53 books in the America 24/7 series.
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Google is a privately held and profitable company focused on search
services. Named for the mathematical term "googol", Google operates a
web site at www.google.com that is widely recognized as the "World's
Best Search Engine" and is fast, accurate and easy to use. The company
also serves corporate clients with cost-effective advertising targeted
by keyword and with breakthrough search technology that makes it easy
for visitors to find the information they need, whether on a client's
web site or elsewhere on the Internet.
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Founded in 1995, eBay created a powerful platform for the sale of goods
and services by a passionate community of individuals and businesses. On
any given day, there are millions of items across thousands of categories
for sale on eBay. eBay enables trade on a local, national and
international basis with customized sites in markets around the world.
Through an array of services, such as its payment solution provider
PayPal, eBay is enabling global e-commerce for an ever-growing online
community.
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Digital Pond designed, printed, mounted and installed all of
America 24/7's
public displays including photographs, work flow diagrams, logos and signage for all project events.
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Dorling Kindersley (DK) is the world's premier illustrated reference publisher, recognized for publishing high-quality nonfiction books in
which words and pictures are closely integrated to present information
with unrivalled clarity. DK publishes books on a full list of subjects
for readers of all ages, including art, business, childcare, food,
gardening, health, history, home, languages, parenting, pets, photography,
reference, sex, sports, and travel. Since the company's founding in the UK
in 1974, DK has published more than 4000 titles. DK is a member of The
Penguin Group, part of the international media company Pearson plc.
As the book publisher of America 24/7 DK will produce
a 320-page, large-format hardcover book called America 24/7
that will showcase the best photographs from the nationwide photo shoot,
scheduled to hit bookstore shelves nationwide on October 27, 2003. One
year later, in September 2004, DK will publish 52 subsequent hardcover
books based upon the project - one for each state plus one book on
Washington, D.C. and one book on New York City. For more information
about the America 24/7 book or to view the publisher's
complete product line, visit www.dk.com.
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Other Important Supporters
CNET Networks, Inc.
America 24/7's photo edit, which distilled two million images
down to 25,000 for consideration in the books, took place in CNET's building,
downtown San Francisco.
Apple Computer
Apple Computer provided the Xservers, Xserve RAIDs, desktops and laptops used by
America 24/7 to upload and edit 2 million project images.
Camera Bits
Camera Bits, Inc. provided software to all of America 24/7's
professional and student photographers to embed IPTC captioning data into their images.
LaCie
LaCie provided hard drives for storing and archiving project images and
electronblue monitors that were calibrated to allow designers to see on the
screen, exactly what the printed page would look like.
Preclick!
Preclick! provided the software used to embed IPTC captioning data into all
amateur photographer JPGs.
FileMaker
FileMaker provided the database software America 24/7 used to organize its tens of thousands photographers.
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