... .com is opening its photo-tagging system, based on facial-recognition technology, to Facebook members Wednesday. Face.com ... 8221; The Tel Aviv-based company’s facial-recognition technology specializes in pictures in which the subject isn’ ... sensitive to privacy concerns. “While for some folks face-recognition technology feels a little creepy, we’ve had no complaints or direct ...

... uploaded – even if they are not tagged. The free application utilizes facial recognition technology to auto-tag photos, identifying ... the album (either their own or a friends’), Photo Tagger utilizes facial recognition algorithms to scan the photos, batch subjects ... varying lighting, quality, backgrounds, angles, focus and facial expressions. “Home to billions of images, Facebook is ...

... is uploaded across the network, be it tagged or un-tagged. It utilizes its facial recognition technology in identifying your pictures. The way it works is ... . Receive alerts when your pictures are uploaded on Facebook Facial recognition technology by Face.com effectively recognizes ... Videos from different parts of web. PhotoTagger: Very Cool Facial Recognition App for Your Facebook Photos Related ...

The Wall Street Journal reports that Coke will be using facial-recognition technology on social-networking site Facebook. (After the jump, there is a discussion about facial-recognition tech in billboards and advertising.) Enter the Facial Profiler. The Profiler is a new Facebook application that lets members upload photos of themselves and match them with a similar-looking Facial Profiler

A senior FBI technologist declared last month that after decades of evaluation, the agency sees no point in facial recognition. He said that 18,000 law enforcement agencies contribute fingerprints ... submit 200,000+ identity verification queries a day. It’s a big operation, and it’s only going to grow, he said. What will be missing from this mix, however, is facial recognition.

Here's a podcast from NPR's Engines of Our Ingenuity discussing facial recognition. Turns out they use a linear algebra algorithm to let the machine recognize the faces. Facebook has also deployed a facial recognition software which attempts to tag members in photos.

This looks like an interesting and user friendly application of facial recognition software. Who says law enforcement should have all the fun? Gizmodo tells us about it and has a Youtube embed to view it in action. Link. In theory the application will allow the user to snap a cell phone photo of someone then see where ...

By Andrew LaVallee, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal Face.com is opening its photo-tagging system, based on facial-recognition technology, to Facebook members Wednesday. Photo Tagger, which launched to a limited group of users in July, scans a user’s photo albums on the social-networking site, then lets him tag faces it ...

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Coke Tries Facial-Recognition on Facebook: Via Digits - The Wall Street Journal / WSJ . Coca-Cola wants you ... the point home, like introducing you to your own doppelganger. Enter the Facial Profiler. The Profiler is a new Facebook application that lets members upload photos of themselves and match them with a similar-looking Facial Profiler user. The idea is that you can find your mirror image, ...