EPIC claimed that "users could not reasonably have known that Facebook would use their photos to build a biometric database in order to implement a facial recognition technology under the control of Facebook.
Yandex is leveraging Face.com's facial recognition technology to create a "smart" photo tagging service. Russian search giant Yandex has added facial recognition technology to its photo hosting service, Yandex.Fotki.
Facebook has recently announced its intention to add facial recognition softwarefor photos. This puts Linden Lab in a nasty position- having invested quite a bit of time, money and energy into creating a connection between Second Life and Facebook...
Facebook is almost passing Google recognition and almost hitting Beatles fame, or so it would seem given recent press coverage. The not-so-stylish, white buttons for selecting Map or Satellite view as well as the drop-list for toggling photos, buzz...
Facebook is currently testing a new feature for pictures that allows automatic recognition of faces and subsequent faster tagging of photos, thanks to newly-acquired technology company Divvyshot. Facebook is also testing its search engine power and...
Through all of this, the rally cry at industry conferences has focused largely on the Yellow Pages sales force, in rebuttal to moribund claims, and in recognition that it is the biggest asset they have.
Google Can Now Find FacesGoogle Image Search is adding face-recognition technology, as well as new features to filter images from news stories. Google Picks Up Geo-locating Photo ServiceGoogle will acquire Panoramio, a Spanish community site that...
Google Can Now Find FacesGoogle Image Search is adding face-recognition technology, as well as new features to filter images from news stories. Google Picks Up Geo-locating Photo ServiceGoogle will acquire Panoramio, a Spanish community site that...
Google Image Search is in the process of adding face-recognition technology, as well as new features to filter out images from news stories, according to Google Blogoscoped. The news image search returns mainly photos related to recent news stories...
Facial recognition makes finding Web photos easier, Reuters via CNN As the face of news changes, as citizen media and peer sharing shape our consumption habits (if by "we", we mean 15-year-olds, but it's rubbing off on the rest of us, too), it...
First, Riya seemed targeted to help you upload photos of people and do face recognition to find others. Google later acquired another image recognition company, Neven Vision. The idea is that you if you find a fashion item you like -- a...
Face Recognition I first read about this acquisition over on the Google Operating System Blog, in Object Recognition Is The Future Of Google, where I learned that the facial recognition software developed by Neven Vision will run on the types of...
Currently, Riya allows you to upload a photo, define the photo as matching a particular person and then it tries to scan other photos to figure out if other photos in your collecton match that person, using face recognition.
Currently, Riya allows you to upload a photo, define the photo as matching a particular person and then it tries to scan other photos to figure out if other photos in your collecton match that person, using face recognition.
Currently, Riya allows you to upload a photo, define the photo as matching a particular person and then it tries to scan other photos to figure out if other photos in your collecton match that person, using face recognition.
Riya is based in California and uses face recognition and text recognition to automatically tag and search photos. I've posted about image/face recognition search in the past. If this company ends up in the hands of Yahoo, well as far as photos go...
Spotted on Searchblog and elsewhere, news that Google demonstrated a tool at Web 2.0 today that uses pattern recognition to determine sex in photos. Finally, Freenet.de from Germany (interface translated here via Yahoo) allows you to limit your...
It's just finally getting more recognition that's well deserved, plus it is winning some battles. Not if you actually want to edit your photos. Does search dominance by Google mean that the company is destined to face general hatred, as well?
Instead of using face recognition techniques, the system leverages automatically-available context, like the time and location where the photos were taken. Based on time and location, the system automatically computes event and location groupings...
