Targeted machine learning applications continue to raise money and big-time users, possibly at the expense of general-purpose platforms targeting potentially much broader use cases. Read more »
Plastc is a new entrant to the universal credit card space, but unlike the others it supports chip and PIN transaction technologies from the get-go. Read more »
MyRoll, a photo gallery app which used to be called Flayvr, predicts which photos you’re most likely to find interesting and highlights them. Read more »
Sensory is already powering the core speech recognition features in may Android phones. Now it wants to combine that technology with facial recognition to create a more secure and more flexible… Read more »
Blippar has migrated its object image recognition technology from the smartphone to Google Glass, showing off the concept at Mobile World Congress. The app could be used for advertising, education and… Read more »
People have the right to protect the use of our name and likeness, but what do we do about technology that can sense the shape of our face? The Hill reports… Read more »
A new algorithm from University of Toronto researchers can predict the identity of untagged photo subjects by analyzing the relationships of the other people (or things) in the photo. Read more »
Apple has been awarded a patent for facial recognition technology that could allow you to unlock your computer or phone and activate certain functions. Read more »
The glut of research in teaching computers to analyze and understand images could prove very helpful in letting us take full advantage of the countless hours of video we’ll produce as… Read more »
This post from Slate is spot on, in my humble opinion. It might be overkill, but I can say the same about my own posting habits, and did last year. (I… Read more »