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Apple has bought out Polar Rose

by Dave Caolo (Sep 20th, 2010)

Apple has spent a little bit of that huge cash surplus to buy Polar Rose, a Sweden-based technology company that focuses on face recognition. In a blog post dated September 2nd, Thijs Stalenhoef notes that their face-tagging service is closing down, and, "You may yet see our technology in one of our ...

iPhone OS 4.0 Secrets: Faces and more in Photos app

by Victor Agreda, Jr. (Apr 8th, 2010)

Looks like the iPhone OS 4.0 update will bring ever more Desktop-class features into the mobile sphere. An anonymous TUAW tipster has sent in the following photos, showing several new features in action. These include Faces for iPhone, e-mail resizing options, and a kick-ass assets editor that ...

Software Update: iPhoto 8.1.1 released

by Chris Rawson (Nov 24th, 2009)

If you're running iLife '09, fire up Software Update, because Apple has a bug fix update out for you. iPhoto 8.1.1 "addresses issues affecting face recognition performance and accuracy. It also fixes minor issues in the areas of book ordering, and iPod touch support." There's an extra step for ...

5 smart albums to help you organize your iPhoto library

by Sang Tang (Nov 6th, 2009)

Like smart playlists in iTunes, smart albums in iPhoto provide a way for you to better organize your photos. Whether it's a list of your most recent photos or photos with a specified aperture range, there are countless smart albums you could create to fit your needs. Here are a few of my ...

Your iPhone and iPhoto library are in sync with Simplify Photo

by Sang Tang (Aug 20th, 2009)

Like its music app on the iPhone, which allows you to use your iPhone to tap into your desktop's music collection, Simplify Media provides similar functionality with photos through its Simplify Photo [iTunes link] iPhone app. Many of us are forgetful in some form, and this trait is especially ...

iPhoto '09 uses face detection package from Omron

by Robert Palmer (Jan 30th, 2009)

An intrepid tipster emailed us late yesterday, and described an interesting challenge: He figured that if Apple didn't develop iPhoto's face recognition technology themselves, who did? He disassembled the app using OTX, a developer tool based on Apple's otool, and found the areas of the software ...

TUAW Review: iPhoto '09 is a pretty picture

by Mel Martin (Jan 28th, 2009)

As noted by Robert yesterday, the first boxed copies of iLife '09 reached users today. The two iLife '09 apps that have changed the most are garnering the lion's share of excitement this week. iMovie and iPhoto have some rather dramatic improvements, and I'll detail the iPhoto changes here. ...

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