Facebook to buy facial-recognition startup
Photo credit: AP | Apple's Scott Forstall talks about using Facebook at the Apple Developers Conference in San Francisco. (June 11, 2012)
Facebook Inc agreed to acquire Face.com, the company that currently provides facial-recognition technology used by the world's largest social network to help users identify and tag photos.
The deal bolsters one of Facebook's most popular features -- the sharing and handling of photos -- but the use of the startup's technology has spurred concerns about user privacy.
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