Google acquires Like.com
Monday, August 23, 2010
Google is into news again with its aquisision of Like.com. Google expects this deal is going to boost up their product search engine. Like.com is an 6 year old company which was founded in 2004.Like.com also owns covet.com which is a shopping portal.
Like.com CEO and co-founder Munjal Shah announced the deal on his company's home page on Friday.He says "We see joining Google as a way to supersize our vision and supercharge our passion,"
Now what made Google look onto this deal, well Using computer vision and machine learning technology, Like.com provides a visual search engine focused on shoes, clothes, jewelry and decor, according to the company.
And also Company says that they developed technology that lets us understand visually what terms like 'red high-heeled pumps' and 'floral patterned sleeveless dress' mean and created algorithms to understand whether those pumps complement or clash with that dress" .
Financial deal is not yet revealed by the company.
Like.com CEO and co-founder Munjal Shah announced the deal on his company's home page on Friday.He says "We see joining Google as a way to supersize our vision and supercharge our passion,"
Now what made Google look onto this deal, well Using computer vision and machine learning technology, Like.com provides a visual search engine focused on shoes, clothes, jewelry and decor, according to the company.
And also Company says that they developed technology that lets us understand visually what terms like 'red high-heeled pumps' and 'floral patterned sleeveless dress' mean and created algorithms to understand whether those pumps complement or clash with that dress" .
Financial deal is not yet revealed by the company.
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