Hulleye Comes By!

last year i blogged quite a bit about a company called riya. personal disclaimer, one of the senior management staff is a very good friend of mine.
they have managed to come a long way from facial recognition and the likes. funny i use the word like there, because they just launched an entirely new website called Like.com, using the same recognition technology they used for faces and bringing technology and shopping together a whole new level.

they also got reviewed very well exclusively by the wall street journal. with the technology that they have, you can browse through images for shopping that you may wish to do, find a product, do similarity searches for colour, patterns, price and brands for articles ranging from watches to handbags to shoes to jewellery with hundreds of vendors.

personally i had a bit of an issue with the sorting capabilities but i’m sure that sort of thing can be tweaked over time. the technology behind it is fabulous and my wife seems to love it. she spent about ten minutes on it and said that she would definitely use it, specifically because as a shopper, the amount of time spent on finding an item in store for colour, pattern and looks is greatly reduced with this website and if that convenience offered takes a bit of a hit in shipping, then it’s well worth the reduced effort not spent in trying to find the actual item you want.

i hope there will be canadian vendors on there as well soon.

give it a try and see how you like it. be sure to post feedback and reviews here.

before i end this post, i also have to mention that riya and like.com are both run by a fascinating team of people and one of the things that impresses me the most about it is that they are one of the most transparent companies that i have seen operating. the CEO of the company regularly updates his blog about the company and what his problems are and how he is planning on solving them. and i give him due credit for that.