Amazon acquires mobile search engine SnapTell - a match made in heaven?

Amazon’s search division, A9, has acquired mobile search service SnapTell. SnapTell is an image-recognition app that can identify the cover a piece of media (like a book, DVD or computer game) through a cameraphone and return pricing info and reviews from the web.

SnapTell has been consistently high in the list of the most popular iPhone [...]

Nokia Point & Find mobile application enters free beta and lights a fire under mobile barcodes

Nokia has released it’s Point & Find application for beta in the US and UK. The image recognition app can potentially recognise any real-world object through a smartphone camera.  Once a recognised object is found, the app connects the smartphone browser to a mobile web page.
The beta version only works on movie posters. Users who [...]

Mobile Acuity Visual Recognition platform enables Nokia Interactive

Mobile Acuity has announced that their visual recognition platform has enabled Nokia Interactive, a global leader in mobile marketing, to win two out of the twelve categories at this year’s mobile marketing awards which was held in London on the 6th of March. The event is the annual gathering of the UK’s mobile marketing industry [...]

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