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Thursday, November 17, 2005

Google Purchasing Riya, Face Recognition Technology Company

Via Niall Kennedy's Weblog:
Photo service Riya has been acquired by Google for close to $40 million according to sources involved with the company. Riya uses face recognition technology to identify people in photos. The system can also recognize text such as street signs.
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