Neven To Face Google Picasa Challenge

Google has acquired Neven Vision and its image recognition technology, which will be incorporated into the Picasa photo organizer.

website today and this message appears for visitors: "Thank you for your interest. Neven Vision was recently acquired by Google Inc. and Neven Vision product information is no longer available on this site." Information is available on Google's Official Blog, in the form of a Riya, a startup with a focus in facial recognition technology. Last year, it was rumored briefly that Google would acquire Riya for possibly as much as $30 million, but time passed without the deal taking place. Add to Del.icio.us | Digg | Yahoo! My Web | Furl Bookmark Murdok: David Utter is a staff writer for Murdok covering technology and business.