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Flickr Group Collects All The Things iPhoto Thinks Are Faces

9:00AM John Mahoney | As you probably know, iPhoto’s facial recognition feature likes to spot visages in odd places. Like a ball of cookie dough that looked like a panda. Now, there’s a place for even more delightful mistakes. More »
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iPhoto 8.0.2 Update Improves Recognition, Geotagging; Still Sees Faces in Cookie Dough

12:20PM Wilson Rothman | I noticed that the iPhoto 8.0.2 update had some new UI options, so I asked the Apple mothership what all the update covered. Turns out, it solves a few of my original problems: More »
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iPhoto Discovers Face in Delicious Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough

7:20AM Mark Wilson | iPhoto’s face detection isn’t perfect, but we can’t blame the software for spotting a face in this unbaked batch of cookies. More »
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iPhoto May Use Future iPhone GPS Functionality To Geotag With Any Camera

11:00AM Jason Chen | None of this is available now, but a resource screen found in iPhoto ‘09 shows some interesting possible-future technology that may let you geotag your photos even if the camera didn’t have a GPS module. More »
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iPhoto ‘09: The Definitive Review and Tip Sheet

11:00PM Wilson Rothman | If you couldn’t tell from yesterday’s facial recognition special, I’ve been immersed in iPhoto ‘09—just me and 30,000 photos. Here’s my full rundown of the app, plus tips to make it work better and faster. More »
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What To Know About iPhoto ‘09 Face Detection and Recognition

11:00PM Wilson Rothman | In testing iPhoto for a full review (coming soon), I’ve plowed through more than 30,000 photos using over 40 identified faces, mostly human. Here’s how iPhoto’s face detection and recognition works—and doesn’t work: More »
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iPhoto’s Facial Recognition Feature Works on Cats

12:30PM Gizmodo US Edition | Apple recently showed off their new iPhoto’s facial recognition feature, but said it only can recognise human faces, not animals. MacLife tested it out and proved Apple wrong: iPhoto can tell kitties apart. [MacLife]
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iLife ‘09 Shipping Now, Hitting Torrents in Three, Two…

8:14AM Jesus Diaz | According to some readers, the $US79 iLife ‘09 is now shipping. For metadata fanatic loons like me, it’s worthy just for iPhoto alone and its new face tagging and localisation features.
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iPhoto ‘09 Video Tour

6:24AM Jason Chen | Here are a few best features of iPhoto ‘09, including Faces and Places, which recognises people in your albums and the locations you took those photos in. More »
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Apple Revamps iLife for ‘09 with iPhoto Facial Recognition and More

3:12AM Wilson Rothman | Today at Macworld 2009 in San Francisco, Apple showed off a new iPhoto with true facial recognition, a better iMovie and other iLife updates—$US79 solo, $US99 for family, available late January. More »