Slideshow: Riya Eases Pain of Pile of Pix

credit Courtesy of RiyaPhotos can be uploaded to Riya from hard drives, photo-storage sites (like Kodak Gallery, Shutterfly and Yahoo Photos) and e-mail attachments in Gmail, Hotmail and Yahoo Mail. Uploads from Flickr, Outlook, Friendster and MySpace should be implemented soon. credit Courtesy of RiyaIf users decide to import address books from sources like Gmail, […]


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Photos can be uploaded to Riya from hard drives, photo-storage sites (like Kodak Gallery, Shutterfly and Yahoo Photos) and e-mail attachments in Gmail, Hotmail and Yahoo Mail. Uploads from Flickr, Outlook, Friendster and MySpace should be implemented soon.

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If users decide to import address books from sources like Gmail, Outlook or Friendster, training Riya to find friends in their photos becomes even easier.

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Once photos are tagged, searching becomes easy. Here, a tag cloud makes it simple to see at a glance which friends appear most often in Tara’s photos.

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Riya recognizes familiar faces in your photos and can even read street signs and other text.

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"I submitted some photos of a little boy and others of his father – who is my best friend – and Riya found the resemblance," said David Castera, a French industrial designer. "It’s very touching."

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David Castera was impressed that Riya was able to tell his twin daughters apart.