Comments on: Ookles To Launch in Early 2007 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/12/18/ookles-to-launch-in-early-2007/ Startup and Tech News Sat, 17 May 2008 04:32:32 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: Chinese Photo Site Tuyuan May Do Facial Recognition. Or It May Just Put Boxes Around People’s Heads http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/12/18/ookles-to-launch-in-early-2007/#comment-2285917 Chinese Photo Site Tuyuan May Do Facial Recognition. Or It May Just Put Boxes Around People’s Heads Fri, 09 May 2008 23:31:01 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/12/18/ookles-to-launch-in-early-2007/#comment-2285917 [...] seen Riya (now focused on ecommerce via Like.com), Ookles (never launched), and Polar Rose (in private beta for nearly a year), among others. Most recently [...] […] seen Riya (now focused on ecommerce via Like.com), Ookles (never launched), and Polar Rose (in private beta for nearly a year), among others. Most recently […]

]]> By: 早漏ナビ-早漏治療から防止法まで http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/12/18/ookles-to-launch-in-early-2007/#comment-1322408 早漏ナビ-早漏治療から防止法まで Mon, 09 Apr 2007 06:54:07 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/12/18/ookles-to-launch-in-early-2007/#comment-1322408 <strong>早漏について...</strong> 早漏(早期射精)とは、男性が性関係時に「射精したい」と思う前に、いち早く射精に至...... 早漏について…

早漏(早期射精)とは、男性が性関係時に「射精したい」と思う前に、いち早く射精に至……

]]> By: Movie Blog http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/12/18/ookles-to-launch-in-early-2007/#comment-1086735 Movie Blog Thu, 01 Mar 2007 04:23:00 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/12/18/ookles-to-launch-in-early-2007/#comment-1086735 Facial recognition certainly has its uses. Just need to be careful where those uses are. http://www.movie-source.com/ Facial recognition certainly has its uses. Just need to be careful where those uses are. http://www.movie-source.com/

]]> By: argon http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/12/18/ookles-to-launch-in-early-2007/#comment-996916 argon Tue, 20 Feb 2007 14:16:55 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/12/18/ookles-to-launch-in-early-2007/#comment-996916 hi! i have a good audio systems on my website http://car-audio.org.md hi!
i have a good audio systems on my website http://car-audio.org.md

]]> By: Marketing Research http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/12/18/ookles-to-launch-in-early-2007/#comment-988873 Marketing Research Mon, 19 Feb 2007 21:18:22 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/12/18/ookles-to-launch-in-early-2007/#comment-988873 Regardless of the use, it is an impressive advancement. Regardless of the use, it is an impressive advancement.

]]> By: Attorney Referral http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/12/18/ookles-to-launch-in-early-2007/#comment-988855 Attorney Referral Mon, 19 Feb 2007 21:16:18 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/12/18/ookles-to-launch-in-early-2007/#comment-988855 Just one more step toward Big Brother. Although, I am all for this technology used at airport security and border crossings. Just one more step toward Big Brother. Although, I am all for this technology used at airport security and border crossings.

]]> By: Roger http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/12/18/ookles-to-launch-in-early-2007/#comment-664315 Roger Fri, 05 Jan 2007 21:45:37 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/12/18/ookles-to-launch-in-early-2007/#comment-664315 This is silly, the only reason it gets play is because the author of this blog and Johnson are friends. Can't we waste time talking about a product that might ACTUALLY get launched, funded, and be usefull? This is silly, the only reason it gets play is because the author of this blog and Johnson are friends. Can’t we waste time talking about a product that might ACTUALLY get launched, funded, and be usefull?

]]> By: TechnoCloud » Ookles of fun http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/12/18/ookles-to-launch-in-early-2007/#comment-662988 TechnoCloud » Ookles of fun Fri, 05 Jan 2007 15:25:36 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/12/18/ookles-to-launch-in-early-2007/#comment-662988 [...] Note to self to check out Ookles when it launches in early 2007. The details are sketchy at the moment, but they claim to be another entrant into the facial recognition field alongside the impressive Riya, whose ecommerce search engine, Like.com, I featured back in 2006. [...] […] Note to self to check out Ookles when it launches in early 2007. The details are sketchy at the moment, but they claim to be another entrant into the facial recognition field alongside the impressive Riya, whose ecommerce search engine, Like.com, I featured back in 2006. […]

]]> By: Pierre Cutler http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/12/18/ookles-to-launch-in-early-2007/#comment-647048 Pierre Cutler Tue, 02 Jan 2007 18:59:17 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/12/18/ookles-to-launch-in-early-2007/#comment-647048 Scott, good luck! Passion, energy, and integrity - these will be the keys to your success. It is not necessary to listen to those who criticize you. Like the Nike expression - just do it! You have a vision - go for it. If you succeed, awesome! If you don't succeed, learn from it and move on! I look forward to the release of Ookles. My sense is that it will not be just another photo sharing system. Ookles has been under development since 2005, so my hunch is that the first release will be rich in function. I'm looking forward to it! Pierre Cutler The Sacramento Executive Scott, good luck! Passion, energy, and integrity - these will be the keys to your success. It is not necessary to listen to those who criticize you. Like the Nike expression - just do it!

You have a vision - go for it. If you succeed, awesome! If you don’t succeed, learn from it and move on!

I look forward to the release of Ookles. My sense is that it will not be just another photo sharing system. Ookles has been under development since 2005, so my hunch is that the first release will be rich in function.

I’m looking forward to it!

Pierre Cutler
The Sacramento Executive

]]> By: Techcrunch » Blog Archive » 2007: Web 2.0 Companies I Couldn’t Live Without http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/12/18/ookles-to-launch-in-early-2007/#comment-643785 Techcrunch » Blog Archive » 2007: Web 2.0 Companies I Couldn’t Live Without Tue, 02 Jan 2007 08:25:07 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/12/18/ookles-to-launch-in-early-2007/#comment-643785 [...] Flickr is our first holdover from last year’s list. In the last year we’ve seen a bunch of startups gunning for Flickr, but as of now it is still the photo tagging and sharing site that we use every day. The new geotagging feature is incredible. We’d like to see facial recognition, similar to what Ookles is doing, next. Our coverage of Flickr is here. [...] […] Flickr is our first holdover from last year’s list. In the last year we’ve seen a bunch of startups gunning for Flickr, but as of now it is still the photo tagging and sharing site that we use every day. The new geotagging feature is incredible. We’d like to see facial recognition, similar to what Ookles is doing, next. Our coverage of Flickr is here. […]

]]> By: tim http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/12/18/ookles-to-launch-in-early-2007/#comment-597661 tim Tue, 26 Dec 2006 05:58:01 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/12/18/ookles-to-launch-in-early-2007/#comment-597661 This Ookles site has been under construction for almost a year. From what I understand, the company received a very small round of seed funding and there are two people (including the founder) on the payroll. This is hardly a team that can handle such a complex problem as facial recognition etc. This Scott Johnson character is an odd bird. I've heard his podcasts and most of the time he makes no sense. Adios... This Ookles site has been under construction for almost a year. From what I understand, the company received a very small round of seed funding and there are two people (including the founder) on the payroll. This is hardly a team that can handle such a complex problem as facial recognition etc. This Scott Johnson character is an odd bird. I’ve heard his podcasts and most of the time he makes no sense. Adios…

]]> By: David Mackey http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/12/18/ookles-to-launch-in-early-2007/#comment-579408 David Mackey Sat, 23 Dec 2006 00:30:29 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/12/18/ookles-to-launch-in-early-2007/#comment-579408 Seems like a pretty neat idea. I wonder if Google will add facial recognition capabilities any time soon to Picasa? Also, what is the monetization plan for this website? Will they offer print services? Advertising revenue based? A premium plan with larger storage space? Premium features? Ookles is a step in the right direction, but I really think we need a one-stop remote storage location. I want all my files to be thrown up onto a server, where I can decide if they are public or private, encrypted or un-encrypted, and that includes bit-level versioning support such as in Mozy or Symantec Backup Exec Desktop Laptop Agents. Finally, many of us (myself included) are big on open standards - what are photo sites doing to create open standards? Shouldn't users have the right to migrate tag info from one site to another? There should be a way to pull the XML from one site and push it to another, automatically tagging photos that were previously tagged. Seems like a pretty neat idea. I wonder if Google will add facial recognition capabilities any time soon to Picasa? Also, what is the monetization plan for this website? Will they offer print services? Advertising revenue based? A premium plan with larger storage space? Premium features?
Ookles is a step in the right direction, but I really think we need a one-stop remote storage location. I want all my files to be thrown up onto a server, where I can decide if they are public or private, encrypted or un-encrypted, and that includes bit-level versioning support such as in Mozy or Symantec Backup Exec Desktop Laptop Agents.
Finally, many of us (myself included) are big on open standards - what are photo sites doing to create open standards? Shouldn’t users have the right to migrate tag info from one site to another? There should be a way to pull the XML from one site and push it to another, automatically tagging photos that were previously tagged.

]]> By: Bruce Lewis http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/12/18/ookles-to-launch-in-early-2007/#comment-574943 Bruce Lewis Fri, 22 Dec 2006 04:38:40 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/12/18/ookles-to-launch-in-early-2007/#comment-574943 From your "storage" comment I don't think you understood the storytelling benefit. Anyway, I think we're straying from the Ookles story. If you want to continue discussion on the ourdoings.com forums that's fine with me. I'm not afraid of competition. :-) From your “storage” comment I don’t think you understood the storytelling benefit. Anyway, I think we’re straying from the Ookles story. If you want to continue discussion on the ourdoings.com forums that’s fine with me. I’m not afraid of competition. :-)

]]> By: Gizmoz at Serendipitia http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/12/18/ookles-to-launch-in-early-2007/#comment-574043 Gizmoz at Serendipitia Fri, 22 Dec 2006 00:25:28 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/12/18/ookles-to-launch-in-early-2007/#comment-574043 [...] No post, Michael Arrington contava outra de suas muito invejáveis oportunidades de conferir um serviço novo que muita gente nem cogita. O serviço da vez era o Gizmoz, que está prestes a lançar uma função que vai deixá-lo mil vezes à frente da concorrência (há alguma?): agora os usuários vão poder fornecer ao web-aplicativo uma foto do próprio rosto, e ele irá transformá-la em um objeto 3D. Sim, usando nada mais que uma foto. [...] […] No post, Michael Arrington contava outra de suas muito invejáveis oportunidades de conferir um serviço novo que muita gente nem cogita. O serviço da vez era o Gizmoz, que está prestes a lançar uma função que vai deixá-lo mil vezes à frente da concorrência (há alguma?): agora os usuários vão poder fornecer ao web-aplicativo uma foto do próprio rosto, e ele irá transformá-la em um objeto 3D. Sim, usando nada mais que uma foto. […]

]]> By: Amy Wilsch http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/12/18/ookles-to-launch-in-early-2007/#comment-564461 Amy Wilsch Wed, 20 Dec 2006 06:59:30 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/12/18/ookles-to-launch-in-early-2007/#comment-564461 Hi Bruce, ok I can see that as a benefit for people who really want to use the site for storage a lot. Oh and by the way - we will be competitors soon :) (not really, maybe potential partners actually). Are you going to be updating the website? Hi Bruce, ok I can see that as a benefit for people who really want to use the site for storage a lot. Oh and by the way - we will be competitors soon :) (not really, maybe potential partners actually). Are you going to be updating the website?

]]> By: Bruce Lewis http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/12/18/ookles-to-launch-in-early-2007/#comment-563468 Bruce Lewis Wed, 20 Dec 2006 04:03:11 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/12/18/ookles-to-launch-in-early-2007/#comment-563468 Amy: The auto-albums by time brings Ookles awfully close to the telling-a-story style of photo sharing. If you group photos by date you can put text with the groups. This brings storytelling in reach. Most photo sharing sites let you label albums (not enough info) or caption photos (too much work if you caption all of them), so people don't generally use them to tell stories. Ookles may turn out to be different. Disclaimer: I am not affiliated with Ookles, but I am affiliated with ourdoings.com, a site that does grouped-by-date-to-tell-a-story photo sharing. It looks like between Ookles, Tabblo and ourdoings.com, people will have different interesting choices for mixing text and photos. Amy: The auto-albums by time brings Ookles awfully close to the telling-a-story style of photo sharing. If you group photos by date you can put text with the groups. This brings storytelling in reach. Most photo sharing sites let you label albums (not enough info) or caption photos (too much work if you caption all of them), so people don’t generally use them to tell stories. Ookles may turn out to be different.

Disclaimer: I am not affiliated with Ookles, but I am affiliated with ourdoings.com, a site that does grouped-by-date-to-tell-a-story photo sharing. It looks like between Ookles, Tabblo and ourdoings.com, people will have different interesting choices for mixing text and photos.

]]> By: Polar Rose http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/12/18/ookles-to-launch-in-early-2007/#comment-563384 Polar Rose Wed, 20 Dec 2006 03:37:04 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/12/18/ookles-to-launch-in-early-2007/#comment-563384 Been there, done that. Been there, done that.

]]> By: Christian Burns http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/12/18/ookles-to-launch-in-early-2007/#comment-562873 Christian Burns Wed, 20 Dec 2006 01:34:15 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/12/18/ookles-to-launch-in-early-2007/#comment-562873 Its not about global facial recognition, its about me as a parent being able to tag my photos more easily. as long as people are logged in, it will be easy to track behavior that violates terms of service. Plus Scott is into creating a service that I will pay him actual dollars to use, for multiple years. Lets see if I renew my flickr pro account next October. I have to see how Ookles shapes up. Its not about global facial recognition, its about me as a parent being able to tag my photos more easily.

as long as people are logged in, it will be easy to track behavior that violates terms of service. Plus Scott is into creating a service that I will pay him actual dollars to use, for multiple years. Lets see if I renew my flickr pro account next October. I have to see how Ookles shapes up.

]]> By: Merredith http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/12/18/ookles-to-launch-in-early-2007/#comment-562544 Merredith Wed, 20 Dec 2006 00:18:18 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/12/18/ookles-to-launch-in-early-2007/#comment-562544 Tagging is one thing; and again, it's not perfect. But actual facial recognition, or scanning photographs is pretty high-stakes stuff. and I agree with the comments that say real recognition for consumers is a long way off. I'm pretty sure it's a common practice for photo sites to employ actual people (albeit remotely) to scan for things like adult content and child pornography, because auto-recognition isn't reliable. While there are companies, labs and organizations that are probably at least as good as Riya and maybe better, you probably won't hear about them for a while -- because the subtleties are complex enough that for high-stakes recognition, ultimately it's smarter to have humans check. On the subject of photo sites in general, the teens I know are unimpressed by sites like Flick'r, Snapfish and Riya. They like Fotobucket -- they see the sites as dumb storage, and all the bells and whistles as too much work. Tagging is one thing; and again, it’s not perfect. But actual facial recognition, or scanning photographs is pretty high-stakes stuff. and I agree with the comments that say real recognition for consumers is a long way off. I’m pretty sure it’s a common practice for photo sites to employ actual people (albeit remotely) to scan for things like adult content and child pornography, because auto-recognition isn’t reliable. While there are companies, labs and organizations that are probably at least as good as Riya and maybe better, you probably won’t hear about them for a while — because the subtleties are complex enough that for high-stakes recognition, ultimately it’s smarter to have humans check.

On the subject of photo sites in general, the teens I know are unimpressed by sites like Flick’r, Snapfish and Riya. They like Fotobucket — they see the sites as dumb storage, and all the bells and whistles as too much work.

]]> By: FuzzyBlog » Blog Archive » Thanks Mike! http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/12/18/ookles-to-launch-in-early-2007/#comment-560789 FuzzyBlog » Blog Archive » Thanks Mike! Tue, 19 Dec 2006 16:48:12 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/12/18/ookles-to-launch-in-early-2007/#comment-560789 [...] TechCrunch just wrote a very nice piece about Ookles.  Thank you Mike Arrington.  You just made my Christmas.  Appreciated. [...] […] TechCrunch just wrote a very nice piece about Ookles.  Thank you Mike Arrington.  You just made my Christmas.  Appreciated. […]

]]> By: Influential Interactive Marketing http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/12/18/ookles-to-launch-in-early-2007/#comment-560535 Influential Interactive Marketing Tue, 19 Dec 2006 15:49:45 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/12/18/ookles-to-launch-in-early-2007/#comment-560535 <strong>Trendspot: Autotagging Images to Help Organize the Web...</strong> I am a big fan of tagging as a way to organize content, save my bookmarks on del.icio.us, and optimize content for consumption on social media sites. Yet I have also written before about the inherent difficulties of tagging (suggesting... Trendspot: Autotagging Images to Help Organize the Web…

I am a big fan of tagging as a way to organize content, save my bookmarks on del.icio.us, and optimize content for consumption on social media sites. Yet I have also written before about the inherent difficulties of tagging (suggesting…

]]> By: Julia http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/12/18/ookles-to-launch-in-early-2007/#comment-560350 Julia Tue, 19 Dec 2006 15:07:51 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/12/18/ookles-to-launch-in-early-2007/#comment-560350 The adding of other media one by one makes me wary. If I'm going to add other types of media at a later time, I would prefer to do so at an established site that already has my photos. Otherwise, give me a place to put everything at once from the beginning--although not many have caught on to this idea. Pickle (www.pickle.com) and One True Media are the only ones that come to mind. The adding of other media one by one makes me wary. If I’m going to add other types of media at a later time, I would prefer to do so at an established site that already has my photos. Otherwise, give me a place to put everything at once from the beginning–although not many have caught on to this idea. Pickle (www.pickle.com) and One True Media are the only ones that come to mind.

]]> By: Polar Rose: Europe’s Entrant Into Facial Recognition at Swiss Podcast Directory and Blog http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/12/18/ookles-to-launch-in-early-2007/#comment-558609 Polar Rose: Europe’s Entrant Into Facial Recognition at Swiss Podcast Directory and Blog Tue, 19 Dec 2006 10:17:05 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/12/18/ookles-to-launch-in-early-2007/#comment-558609 [...] Polar Rose is trying to solve the increasingly important problem of making sense out of photos. Without semantic data, a photo isn’t much use to a computer trying to convert a keyword query into image results. Google created a game to get users to tag photos for them. Flickr and some of its competitors are doing a pretty good job at getting users to tag photos. And of course newcomer Ookles will soon release their own product. But the vast majority of images on the net have little or no semantic data associated with them, and for all practical purposes they are therefore invisible. [...] […] Polar Rose is trying to solve the increasingly important problem of making sense out of photos. Without semantic data, a photo isn’t much use to a computer trying to convert a keyword query into image results. Google created a game to get users to tag photos for them. Flickr and some of its competitors are doing a pretty good job at getting users to tag photos. And of course newcomer Ookles will soon release their own product. But the vast majority of images on the net have little or no semantic data associated with them, and for all practical purposes they are therefore invisible. […]

]]> By: Faisal http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/12/18/ookles-to-launch-in-early-2007/#comment-558268 Faisal Tue, 19 Dec 2006 09:02:00 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/12/18/ookles-to-launch-in-early-2007/#comment-558268 I think it will take years before we see real face recognition for consumers , Riya attempt is far from OK. I think it will take years before we see real face recognition for consumers , Riya attempt is far from OK.

]]> By: Tim http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/12/18/ookles-to-launch-in-early-2007/#comment-558189 Tim Tue, 19 Dec 2006 08:42:06 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/12/18/ookles-to-launch-in-early-2007/#comment-558189 I don't see how it is going to succeed. Riya tried the same a year back, failed to get traction (thought they had tremendous press initially), then moved onto different business now. A couple of reasons: a) the technology doesn't work as expected b) There is no interest for this amongst people. They want plain simple vanilla solution. Train your face, that's bullshit - and it's not going to work. If you've listened to the podcast given by the founder in venturevoice, it's very clear that he blabbers a lot. He talks much and he seems to be over-hyping about whatever he does. We gotta wait and see how these kinda companies fare. I don’t see how it is going to succeed. Riya tried the same a year back, failed to get traction (thought they had tremendous press initially), then moved onto different business now. A couple of reasons: a) the technology doesn’t work as expected b) There is no interest for this amongst people. They want plain simple vanilla solution. Train your face, that’s bullshit - and it’s not going to work.

If you’ve listened to the podcast given by the founder in venturevoice, it’s very clear that he blabbers a lot. He talks much and he seems to be over-hyping about whatever he does.

We gotta wait and see how these kinda companies fare.

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