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First Posted: 06/15/11 08:54 AM ET Updated: 08/15/11 06:12 AM ET

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Google search by image is a new feature that was an idea a Toronto company.

Financial Post:

TORONTO -- Leila Boujnane figured it was only a matter of time. For the past two years, the founder and chief executive of Toronto's Idee Inc. watched and waited for Google Inc. to upgrade its search engine and enable users to enter pictures instead of text to perform Web queries. As the creator of TinEye -- a reverse-image search technology that allows users to figure out where a photo came from, how it is used and whether modified versions of it exist anywhere on the Web -- she had a feeling Google would one day add similar functionalities to its flagship search engine.

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TORONTO -- Leila Boujnane figured it was only a matter of time. For the past two years, the founder and chief executive of Toronto's Idee Inc. watched and waited for Google Inc. to upgrade its search ...
TORONTO -- Leila Boujnane figured it was only a matter of time. For the past two years, the founder and chief executive of Toronto's Idee Inc. watched and waited for Google Inc. to upgrade its search ...
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Hey stop doing that
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07:38 PM on 06/15/2011
I just tried this now. I dragged and dropped the author of this articles picture into google search bar and a lot of information came up. I am glad I have never placed a pic of me online.
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