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New app identifies faces in photos | The Republic
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TORONTO (Reuters) – Imagine taking a snapshot of a group of friends and having your smartphone instantly reveal the identity of everyone in the photo. A new iPhone app called KLiK performs real-time facial recognition to automatically identify and tag …
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Yahoo to sell half its Alibaba stake for $7.1B
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By KELVIN CHAN, AP HONG KONG – Struggling Internet company Yahoo has agreed to sell half of its 40 percent stake in Chinese e-commerce group Alibaba for about $7.1 billion. Elizabeth Dalziel, AP In this file photo, a man walks past a screen displaying …
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Yahoo to sell half its Alibaba stake for $7.1B
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By KELVIN CHAN, AP HONG KONG – Struggling Internet company Yahoo has agreed to sell half of its 40 percent stake in Chinese e-commerce group Alibaba for about $7.1 billion. Elizabeth Dalziel, AP In this file photo, a man walks past a screen displaying …
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