Face.com Brings Face Rec to Facebook

I was just accepted to the Face.com Alpha release and getting set up with the new service was pretty simple:

1) Face.com sent me an email with a Facebook link to their application.

2) I clicked the link and was asked to log on to my Facebook account.

3) The application then asked for permission to access my photos...and my friends photos.

4) Processing

5) Processing

6) Processing

7) I was presented with bunch of pictures of me that the software had found.



All-in-all not a bad experience and the facial recognition accuracy seems pretty good so far. I'll keep digging and check back in later with what I find out.

Internet Video Saves the Day

From the Smoking Gun:

Thomas, who set up the live video stream after her home was burglarized last October, immediately called 911 to report the burglary (click here to listen to her conversation with a police operator). Cops raced to her home and arrested the two men inside the house: Curtis Williams, 20, and Steven Morales, 19. Two other suspects--Scott George and Jonathan Cruz, both 20--were nabbed at a nearby residence and charged with helping plan the burglary.

Thanks to Al Shipp of 3VR Security for passing this one along. Nice Find!