Seemingly harmless, facial recognition across its social media platform will give Facebook the most robust people database on the planet -
Tuesday, June 19, 2012
Adding Faces to Facebook
Facebook has acquired Israeli facial recognition firm Face.com. According to Reuters, it estimates that the deal is worth $55-60 million. Face's software is used for tagging photos on the Facebook platform - it scans the photos that users upload and suggests friends that match.
Seemingly harmless, facial recognition across its social media platform will give Facebook the most robust people database on the planet -
Seemingly harmless, facial recognition across its social media platform will give Facebook the most robust people database on the planet -
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