Riya Shuts Facial Recognition Efforts
San Mateo-based Riya, which offered an online facial recognition service for photos, has shut down its Riya.com web site, which allows users to tag their friends in photos. The firm--which continues to operate visual search service Like.com--told its users that it no longer is offering the facial recognition service due to widespread availability of similar features from Picasa and iPhoto 9.
posted on Friday, August 14, 2009
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