In a curiosity-inducing machine learning project that relies on face recognition technology, Microsoft has released an age guessing website dubbed How-old.net which tries to guess the age of people through their photos,…
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Instagram adds three new filters, emoji support to hashtags
Instagram on Monday updated its iOS and Android apps to add support for three new filters, as well as the ability to use emojis in hashtags. The updated Instagram has got Lark,…
Facebook rolls out new ‘Scrapbook’ feature
Facebook on Tuesday rolled out a new feature dubbed ‘Scrapbook’, which will let parents organize and share photos of their kids on the social network. Using the new Scrapbook feature parents can…
Wickr’s new feature hides private pictures with adorable cat images
Secure messaging service Wickr has rolled out a new tool that allows private images to appear as cat pictures to those Facebook friends whom the user has unselected to share the picture…
Click 3D interactive pictures of your food with new ‘3DAround’ app
A new app dubbed ‘3DAround’ now lets users take 360 degree pictures of objects and then show them as 3D photographs. Developed by Swiss software company, Dacuda, the new 3DAround app takes…
Microsoft Sway blessed with Bing Image Search feature
Microsoft has updated its Office presentation app Sway with Bing Image Search integration to make it easier for users to find photos. In addition to let users search for images and add…
Personal data won’t be commercialised, Facebook assures
Facebook With changes to privacy policy, has created a stir in the online world with photographers being one community that is voicing its concerns strongly. Amateur and professional are fearing that their…
New image recognition software claims to describe images almost similar to human descriptions
Google’s research scientists and a separate team of scientists working at Stanford University have independently developed an image recognition software that tends to recognize as well as describe the content of photographs…
Amazon rolls out unlimited photo storage service for UK Prime subscribers
Amazon has rolled out unlimited photo storage service for UK Prime Photos users promising secure storage, automatic photo upload, and anywhere, anytime access. This means that UK users can now use Prime…
Twitter: Deceased individual’s photos to be removed on family members’ request
Twitter: In order to respect the wishes of loved ones, Twitter will remove imagery of deceased individuals in certain circumstances.