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GoPro‘s Hero8 Black now works as an HD webcam

10 July 2020

GoPro announced that its flagship Hero8 Black camera now functions as a 1080p high-definition, wide-angle webcam. Users can update their Hero8 Black with a beta-release of the new firmware and install the new GoPro Webcam desktop utility to use their camera as a webcam. The GoPro Webcam desktop utility is ...

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Substantial shareholder urges GoPro to consider a sale

23 June 2020

According to SGB Online, Korr Acquisitions Group Inc., a New York-based investment advisor and significant shareholder of GoPro Inc., has sent an open letter to Nicholas D. Woodman, chairman, chief executive officer and founder of GoPro, and Kenneth Goldman, the company’s senior independent director, requesting that the company considers a ...

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GoPro’s VP of design steps down

29 May 2020

According to Bloomberg, GoPro’s vice president of design, Danny Coster, departed “earlier this year” after four years with the company. As reported earlier, GoPro had a turnover of $119 million in its first quarter of this year, down from $243 million in the year-ago period. Partly in response to ...

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GoPro’s newest product is not a camera

22 May 2020

Source: © GoPro GoPro Zeus Mini The latest product from GoPro is not an action camera, but a magnetic, waterproof multi-purpose light, the Zeus Mini. The rechargeable light features a robust magnetic swiveling clip and is compatible with the full range of GoPro camera mounts. The Zeus ...

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GoPro's sales drop by more than half

8 May 2020

In line with its previous warning, GoPro reported a turnover of $119 million in the first quarter, more than half the $243 million level of the year-ago period. The transition to a more efficient and profitale direct-to-consumer model reduced operating expenses mitigating the decline in the gross margin, which was ...

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GoPro shifts focus to DTC

22 April 2020

While cutting costs, GoPro has decided to shift more of its business to the direct-to-consumer (DTC) channel as its sales have gone down because of the quarantine-shuttered brick-and-mortar retail sector. Accordingly, the American brand of action cameras has hired a chief digital officer – Aimée Lapic, former chief marketing officer ...

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GoPro ends the year on a high

19 February 2020

(SGI) The battered American brand of action cameras benefited from production delays in the third quarter, which pushed deliveries of GoPro’s new Hero8 cameras into the fourth quarter, leading the company to record strong results for the three months to Dec.31. Revenues soared by 40 percent to $528.3 million during ...