Just in time for the holiday: We have added 15 million images to the TinEye index which is today 1,800,781,909 images. Happy searching.
Photograph © Alex Eylar.
Crunchies Nominations are still open!
TinEye fans help TinEye by nominating our little reverse image search engine as the Best Technology Achievement for 2010! You can nominate everyday and the deadline for nomination is Friday December 24th at midnight.
Is the TinEye index weird?
I can’t stop being surprised at what is in the TinEye index but hey if it helps out AskReddit then that’s just awesome!
If you don’t know TinEye you should! Joe Pantuso
What’s more awesome than Joe’s post about TinEye is his TinEye search example! and the TinEye search results. 1, 2, 3, 4. Oh well, now we have been outed as Inception fans!
TinEye Chrome Extension
Hey TinEye fans and Chrome users. Many of you have asked why when installing our TinEye Chrome Extension, a popup warns you that our extension can access “Your data on all websites” and “Your browsing history”. What? Does this mean that TinEye is keeping track of all the webpages you visit?
TinEye Image Analytics
At the TinEye headquarters we are constantly thinking about image search features for our reverse image search engine and of course how to make TinEye the best reverse image search engine in the world. We like building useful software for our fans. So listening to you all sending in feature requests, ideas, suggestions etc. one feature constantly makes it to the top of the request list (after a...
TinEye Chrome extension: Right-click functionality is here!
Simply right-click an image to search using the Chrome extension.
If you are a TinEye fan and a Chrome user, you have probably been waiting for this update! The TinEye extension for Chrome now supports right-click functionality.
TinEye sleuthing & President Nicolas Sarkozy
André Gunthert’s visual exploration of President Nicolas Sarkozy images in the French press, particularly Le Nouvel Observateur. A fascinating series of observations. In French only. So this one is for all our French TinEye fans.
TinEye: What’s in a name?
Many of you have asked us where the name “TinEye” originated. We’ll give you a quick hint: ROBOTS. We at Idée love robots, machines, and all things mechanical. In fact, our office is filled with mechanical friends! So a little history: back in 2000 when we were brainstorming cool names for our image recognition technology, it was no surprise that robots came to mind. Not just...
TinEye Firefox: 1 Million Downloads
Wowowow! Thank you to everyone who has downloaded our little Firefox extension… we hope it has made your lives easier, and maybe even a bit more fun! For those who don’t know, the TinEye extension for Firefox (featured by Rock Your Firefox) adds a right-click menu items that lets you search for images as you browse the web. We also have extensions for Chrome, Safari and IE. Check them...