I’ve been putting some thought into this so called Visual Google recently. Only day dreams of course, since I have no where near the skills required to pull off image recognition. A few of the examples given in that article make me a little scared however. Its suggested that the technology could be used to [...]
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Unsolicited cell phone calls.
I received a call on my cell phone today, from “unknown ID”. After saying “Hello”, I was greeted with an automated message telling me I’ve been selected as the winner of a 4 day vacation to Orlando, with optional trips to 4 other places for $99. Included in the package is $75 spending money. What [...]
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Spam fight gets woman sacked.
It was with great disgust that I read this article linked via Boing Boing. This poor woman finally got tired of being harassed by a company and decided to do something about it. She mistakingly left her office number instead of her cell phone number and is now fired because of it. (Yes, I realize [...]
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