Face recognition will be baked deeply into Apple's iOS 5 and will support a number of clever features.
Today’s top news:
First Windows ‘Mango’ Phone Unveiled
The first smartphone based on the new “Mango” edition of Microsoft’s Windows Phone platform was unveiled on Wednesday in Tokyo. The phone is the first of several handsets due over the next few months, that Microsoft hopes will signal its return to the smartphone market as a serious player. (Video of the new phone and its launch is available on YouTube.)
Mozilla plans mobile OS to rival Apple and Microsoft
The project, known as Boot to Gecko (B2G), is an attempt to break “the stranglehold” of mobile operating systems such as those run by Apple and Microsoft. Mozilla researcher Andreas Gal said the project would expand the capabilities of web applications and described B2G as “a complete, standalone operating system for the open web”.
iOS 5 To Have Powerful Face Detection
After Apple’s purchase of face recognition software provider Polar Rose, we were unsure what Apple had planned. Now, thanks to a little 9to5 mac digging we know that face recognition (FaceRec? FaceTimeRec? FaceSnatch?) will be baked deeply into iOS 5 and support a number of clever features including, potentially, the same wacky effects available in Lion’s Photo Booth app.
Adobe closes InMarket as world shifts to HTML5
With so much of the mobile world’s attention on HTML5, an applications portal for Flash-based products had probably missed its moment. Adobe is shutting down its InMarket platform, which aimed to provide a cross-platform superstore for Flash software, as well as its AIR Marketplace, only nine months after they opened.
Developer fury as Google makes Android apps vanish
Android developers are furious about Google’s changes to the way search works in the Android application marketplace. The changes were put into place on 1 July, and since then, a lot of previously very popular applications have now effectively disappeared.
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