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09/05/12 | news
Introducing BOOSST- A Rich Mobile Search Intelligence Engine for Lifestyle and Entertainment
NEW YORK/HONG KONG, Sept. 5, 2012 – BOOSST and LTU technologies today announced the launch of BOOSST Search – the first mobile search discovery engine focused on lifestyle and entertainment. The BOOSST app is available for free both in the App Store and Google Play. The uniqueness of BOOSST lies in the integration of several [...]
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05/16/12 | news
New Game-Changing Mobile Applications
05.16.2012 Press Release Recently launched customer apps demonstrate diversity and power of image recognition and mobile visual search LTU technologies, a pioneer of image recognition technology, is helping companies take their mobile capabilities to unprecedented new levels for mCommerce, mobile marketing and in-store shopping. Demonstrating the wide range of applications that can benefit from integrating [...]
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05/03/12 | news
Image recognition on ‘The Executive Report’
05.03.2012 LTU tech blog American Airlines’ in-flight business show ‘The Executive Report’ for May-June features LTU technologies’ GM US & VP of Sales, Stephen Shepherd. Nature of digital information has become increasing visual, and so has the need for companies to locate and identify in the digital ocean. Explore what the industry leader in image [...]
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02/22/12 | news
Publishers Enter the API Era
02.22.2012 – DigiDay More and more publishers are opening their APIs in hopes that developers will use their content to create cool hacks. The New York Times has opened its API in 2007 and has held numerous hack days since then. At the last NY Times hackathon, a team from LTU technologies won best use [...]
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02/21/12 | news
Guest Post from Yanna Sigenlaub, Vice President of marketing for LTU – The battle of print to mobile
02.21.2012 – GoMo News There have been a lot of discussions in the media and elsewhere lately about the best ways to create print to mobile experiences. The battle between QR codes, NFC and image recognition is in full force and the weapons are loaded, but hopefully once the dust settles the consumer will emerge [...]
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01/13/12 | news
LTU part of eTourism Augmented Reality project
01.13.2012We are happy to announce that LTU technologies has been selected to be part of the eTourism Augmented Reality project – a winner of the French investment Program of the Future. Other partners in this initiative include i-Marginal, CEA-List, DiotaSoft, XediX, partners search, i-Matériel.Lab (LivingLab), the Institute for Research and Innovation (IRI ), EPITA and [...]
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12/14/11 | news
Finding the right outfit is a snap
12.14.2011 – Internet Retailer Women’s apparel retailer Jessica London has found a way to make its print catalog an interactive product showcase with the addition of image recognition technology to its iPhone mobile commerce app. From within the app, a consumer selects the camera icon in the navigation bar and lines up the lens with [...]
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12/08/11 | news
Jessica London® Enhances App with Image Recognition
12.08.2011 – Press Release Jessica London®, a plus size women’s fashion brand in the portfolio of Redcats USA’s OneStopPlus Group, announced today that it is the first US apparel brand to feature image recognition technology on its iPhone app. This new enhancement allows customers to snap a photo of any product in the Jessica London® [...]
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12/06/11 | news
Recapping TimesOpen: Hack Day
12.06.2011 – NYTimes Open Over 80 developers visited the Times Building on Saturday for TimesOpen: Hack Day. They were joined a couple dozen developers from The New York Times. The combined crowd occupied every available seat in the conference facility on the 15th floor. Practically everybody was there to program, and they all brought their [...]
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11/11/11 | news
Geekend ‘Hackathon’ makes for long but creative night
11.11.2011 -Savannahnow.com Congrats to winner of the hackathon; Huey Huelsbeck from Smack Dab Studios in Savannah. Huelsbeck’s “Huey Kablooey” mobile app uses image recognition to links with the Huey Kablooey comic strip website (powered by LTU’s pixlinQ mobile visual search). Users can snap a picture of an object with their smartphone, and the app will [...]
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