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Look around a bit, its an attempt at big brother disguising low orbit intelligence camera network as a mobile social picture sharing application.

It will be used against you, either in court or by your girlfriend to embarrass you.

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I believe it's like Google when it first started out. We used to think the data Google collected was use for "big brother" business. I think Color.com is trying to be the Google of visual search. If they can figure out where you are and what you are doing, they can deliver better ads to you. The example Bill Nguyen tend to use is a baseball game. Imagine if all the cameras are pointing at a player that just hit a grand slam, Color.com sees that and bring you ads for the player's jersey from the gift shop.

I'm confused though about what the big difference between this and say a person tweeting with a twitpic link?

The difference is that everyone around you contribute to the "events" that is happening around you, not just your followers. They have an algorithm to recognize from the pictures what is going on around you. That's the problem they claim to solved.

i'll just keep playing devils advocate lol...i think there is a limit to how many "social networks" that a person is willing to use...also this feature could be incorporated into Facebook or twitter, no?

I don't think there is a limit to any network or business. Someone will always find a way to do things that the existing do not do, or don't do well. Sure, it could be incorporates into FB or twitter, but that will be a big shift in their business. Are they willing to do that? Things are going more visual and I believe that's what Color.com is betting on. Visual search.

"Imagine if all the cameras are pointing at a player that just hit a grand slam, Color.com sees that and bring you ads for the player's jersey from the gift shop."

Thats the stupidest use of technology I can think of.

Why dont we figure out a way to feed, educate and heal people.

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