Not long ago, the concept of image recognition was considered the wave of the future, somewhere on the sidelines of public consciousness. Not anymore. Photography trends have now propelled this technology to front and center stage because of the sheer volume of images shot and stored and the need to find them quickly and easily. And as_technology advances, image recognition joins other techniques_to enhance_search algorithms and results. For example, Yahoo’s Flickr and Labs_teams_have already developed a viable search algorithm using a multi-pronged strategy of computer vision, geographic information and human interaction to move beyond the traditional reliance on metadata. Example…

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