Apr 11, 2013 – Fotobounce Viewer Version 1.3 released for Apple mobile devices

Fotobounce Viewer on Apple iTunes has just been updated to Version 1.3. The new version fully supports iOS6 with retina displays and supports the new “popularity” sorting order for displaying people in your Fotobounce library.

If you haven’t tried the Viewer listen to what a new user recently had to say about Fotobounce:

Manpreet S. – Apr 5/13
I would just like to say this Fotobounce is one of the best products for photo organizing I have come across. The support I’ve received from the Fotobounce team has been excellent. For me, the best features are being able to store my photos on my pc and view them on my mobile device!

Mar 14, 2013 – Fotobounce releases V3.7.8

Fotobounce has just released Version 3.7.8 with the following features:

  • Duplicate photos can be displayed in many different views now – Albums, Photos by Date, and Photos by Person. New option under the Photos menu for ‘Showing Duplicates Only’. This handy tool allows you to easily find and eliminate duplicates. For example, if you want to review Recently Added Photos to see if you already have those photos in your library… click on ‘Recently Added’ in the left menu, then from the Photo menu at the top click ‘Show Duplicates Only’. Any thumbnails you see will be photos with dups. Simply click once on the photo thumbnail for any specific photo, and view the right hand pane for info including the folders where the multiple copies are found. You can then decide which copy you want to keep and make any changes (moves/deletes) directly in Windows Explorer.
  • Ability to merge the People list from another Fotobounce library. This new feature will help those with tens of thousands of photos. For example, you could create one library with 10,000 photos – just friends – then you can start another library with a different set of photos and import the People list from the first library. This saves you data entry time and all of the faces copied from the other library are now used with the new library for face recognition purposes.
  • Improved Facebook connection method that is more reliable and handles very large resolution photos efficiently. The efficiency comes from reducing the max resolution size BEFORE uploading to Facebook.
  • Face recognition suggestions are only displayed now under the ‘Suggestions’ heading. Previously they were also displayed at the top of the Unidentified Faces section. But this made things a little confusing and caused the screen to jump around a bit while tagging, so we have split things up under their respective headings.

Go to our download page to get the latest version. Note – if you are an existing Fotobounce user then your system will automatically give you an upgrade message.

Jan 29, 2013 – Applied Recognition rings in the New Year with two new Board Members

The Applied Recognition Board of Directors is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr. Kym Anthony and Ms Donna Parr to the Board. “The addition of these new directors brings outstanding talent and wide-ranging experience to our Board,” said Don Waugh, Chairman and Co-CEO. “Each is a widely respected and deeply experienced business leader, and together they will provide our board and management team with great insight and new perspective.”

Ray Ganong, Co-CEO, emphasized “Mr. Anthony and Ms. Parr will help Applied Recognition manage growth and maximize shareholder value. 2013 is going to be a huge year for the Company with the pending launch of our cloud version of Fotobounce. This web-based version of our popular desktop application provides users with intelligent management of photos stored on Dropbox. It fills a missing void in the offerings of cloud storage vendors, and that critical piece is providing a People-based index of their photo library. Using advanced face recognition, Fotobounce makes it possible to find all the photos containing your wife, child, sibling or parent in seconds. And soon we will add support for other cloud storage vendors. Stay tuned to our news feed for updates.”

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Jan 21, 2013 – Fotobounce releases V3.7.7

Happy New Year! Fotobounce has just released Version 3.7.7 with the following features:

  • Ability to reorder photos in an album. Previously you were able to show photos in ascending or descending date order. And now you can create a custom order for presentation purposes and uploading to Facebook and other social networks. There is a new tab available when browsing photo albums called “Custom Order”. Click on that tab. Select one or more photos to move, right-click and select “Reorder”, then click on the photo you want to move the previously selected photos ahead of in the order. The new order is immediately reflected on the display and that is used for slide shows etc.
  • Function for exporting faces to an external file folder. You can now select a set of faces or a couple of people and export those faces to a folder where you can use those images for other purposes. Simply right click to get the menu option to Export Faces. For example, you could create a collage using the exported faces. While exporting you can also set the image size for the faces.
  • Increase in the number of faces included in the recognition task – from a max of 10,000 to 20,000 if available system memory is at least 2GB. Most newer systems have plenty of RAM so we have increased the number of unidentified faces we check for possible matches with your known people list. This will give you better recognition results and make the task of tagging your photos go twice as fast!
  • Ability to reset social network service settings. This feature from the Tools menu will allow you to wipe out all previous session information for your social networks.

Go to our download page to get the latest version. Note – if you are an existing Fotobounce user then your system will automatically give you an upgrade message.

Jan 4, 2013 – Fotobounce drops license price to $29

Happy New Year! Fotobounce is excited to announce that we just reduced the license price from $49 to $29. You can purchase the license key from our download page or via the Help menu on the free installed version of Fotobounce. If you purchased a license in the last year we will give you two free licenses to offer as gifts to friends or family members. Just contact us via email with your details to redeem this offer: info [at] fotobounce.com.

Dec 24, 2012 – Fotobounce releases V3.7.6

Happy Holidays to everyone! Fotobounce has just released Version 3.7.6 with the following features:

  • You can now toggle the display order for people screen in the Preferences settings. Options are to set order of popularity (most faces tagged) or alpha order. For alpha order the system uses “last name” + “first name” so that families are grouped together.
  • For all screens that display photos, you can now toggle the display order by either most recent first or oldest photos first. This can be set on the Preferences screen.
  • You can temporarily toggle the display order for photos via the Photos menu found at the top of the main Fotobounce window.
  • A fix to resolve an error on the Mac platform that caused an internal error message to show up when the system was scanning photos for faces.

Go to our download page to get the latest version. Note – if you are an existing Fotobounce user then your system will automatically give you an upgrade message.

Nov 6, 2012 – Fotobounce releases V3.7.5

Fotobounce has just released Version 3.7.5 with the following features:

  • New display order for people screen based on popularity – now people with the most faces tagged, typically family and close friends, are displayed first.
  • Remote access via fotobounce.mobi now displays people in the new “popularity” order.
  • People thumbnails now show the photo count info just below the name.
  • Default startup screen is the people screen now.
  • All screens showing photo thumbnails are now in “most recent first” order.
  • Faster startup – 50% faster loading during initial startup.
  • New keyboard tab function when browsing unidentified faces – allows you to auto select the current cluster of faces, and when confirming faces the next cluster is auto-selected. This speeds up the tagging process.

Go to our download page to get the latest version. Note – if you are an existing Fotobounce user then your system will automatically give you an upgrade message.

Oct 12, 2012 – Fotobounce releases V3.7.4

Fotobounce has just released Version 3.7.4 with the following features:

  • 40% faster thumbnail generation and loading.
  • Improvements in face detection and face recognition.
  • New private cloud web access to your Fotobounce library from any mobile browser – simply turn on Remote Access and go to the web page at: fotobounce.mobi

Go to our download page to get the latest version. Note – if you are an existing Fotobounce user then your system will automatically give you an upgrade message.

full press release

Sept 13, 2012 – Fotobounce releases V3.7.3

Fotobounce has just released Version 3.7.3 with the following features:

  • Allow login to Flickr with non-Yahoo ID (Google, Facebook, etc.).
  • Expanded text entry field for Twitter messages (was too small).
  • Allow for deletion of incorrect email entry when registering Fotobounce, previously this was not possible.
  • Albums uploaded from Fotobounce to Facebook were in reverse order – this has been corrected.

Go to our download page to get the latest version. Note – if you are an existing Fotobounce user then your system will automatically give you an upgrade message.

Jul 19, 2012 – Fotobounce Doubles Number of Installations

Fotobounce, a photo application that uses face recognition to facilitate easy photo organization and sharing while protecting user privacy, announces steady and continuous growth in its user base. Earlier this week, the company crossed the 200,000 installation threshold, with users expressing that they enjoy the depth of functionality and privacy offered by the application.

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Apr 5, 2012 – Fotobounce Accepted into Plug and Play Center

Applied Recognition Inc. announces that they have been accepted into the Plug and Play Center in Silicon Valley. It is difficult to describe in a few words what the Plug and Play center does for technology start-ups, but at a high level it provides networking, business mentoring, access to financing sources, and much more. We believe that the assistance from the Plug and Play center is key to growing Fotobounce into a worldwide success story.

Jan 27, 2012 – Fotobounce Version 3.7 Available

Applied Recognition Inc. announces the latest version of Fotobounce is available. Chinese language support is provided with Fotobounce v3.7. Photos can then be shared securely with friends and family members in China and around the world. Now that the first non-English language (Chinese Simplified) has been enabled, Fotobounce plans to add new languages in 2012 including: Japanese, Korean, German, French and Spanish.

In addition to its Chinese language support, Fotobounce v3.7 contains several enhancements to the tagging process that saves time, as well as many stability improvements.

Version 3.7.1 includes further improvements to the resolution of photos uploaded to, or downloaded from Facebook. And, better resolution for thumbnails in Fotobounce.

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Dec 20, 2011 – Fotobounce available on Apple mobile devices

Applied Recognition Inc. announces the release of the Fotobounce Viewer photo viewing/sharing application for the Apple family of mobile devices. With this release, Fotobounce expands the Viewer’s already substantial scope of compatibility, running on virtually any mobile platform including Apple, Android and the RIM Playbook. This is in addition to its functionality with the foremost desktop OS’s – Windows, Apple and Linux.

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Oct 18, 2011 – Fotobounce Releases Version 3.6

Please get the new version of Fotobounce from our Download page. New enhancements include:

  • Even easier installation – Fotobounce is installed and running in seconds with advanced integration with Adobe AIR.
  • Automatic updates – Always run the latest version of Fotobounce without having to keep track of new releases. We are mindful of your bandwidth and only update what’s necessary.
  • Faster face recognition – Face detection and recognition has been accelerated, which reduces time spent organizing photos.
  • Improved memory management – By effectively managing RAM-utilization, Fotobounce ensures there’s no reduction in computer performance
  • Picasa web albums – Easily upload your photos to this leading web photo service.
  • Access ad-free version without reinstallation – Enables users to switch to the licensed version without re-installing Fotobounce.
  • Bug fixes and improvements – We listen to our users and constantly improve Fotobounce and help make your experience as flawless and enjoyable as possible.
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July 26, 2011 – New Fotobounce Viewer mobile app makes privacy look easy

Applied Recognition Inc. announces that Fotobounce has gone mobile with the release of its new Viewer application for Android mobile devices.

Features include:

  • Simple point-and-click interface: Allows users to easily enjoy their photos and take advantage of the tagging and albums they have created.
  • Secure browsing of photos at home or remotely using 128-bit encrypted transmission.
  • Remote upload of photos from a mobile device or external computer to the user’s Fotobounce library on their desktop.
  • Smart photo exchange, enabling the efficient transmission of photos based on screen size and resolution so only the necessary data is sent.
  • Support for a wide range of devices: Android 2.2+ tablets, televisions and smartphones; Windows, Mac and Linux computers. Apple and RIM Playbook will be supported in the near future. Devices not supported natively can use Fotobounce Mobile (fotobounce.mobi) from any browser (iPhone, iPod, and many others).
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Feb 12, 2011 – supporting Sleeping Children Around the World charity

Fotobounce is pleased to support Sleeping Children Around the World. Sleeping Children Around the World (SCAW) donations provide bedkits to children of any race and/or religion who will benefit the most; typically being located in underdeveloped and developing countries. No portion of a bedkit donation is spent on administration — 100% reaches a needy child. Each *$35 donation (Canadian funds) provides a bedkit that consists of a mat or mattress, pillow, sheet, blanket, mosquito net (if applicable), clothes outfit, towel and school supplies. Bedkit contents vary from country to country depending upon local needs. Since its founding by Murray and Margaret Dryden in 1970, SCAW has raised over $23 million to provide bedkits for children in 33 countries. In 2009 we reached our millionth child.

www.scaw.org

Feb 5, 2012 – support for Cupids Against Cancer event

Fotobounce is pleased to support the annual Cupids Against Cancer event. Cupids Against Cancer raises money for teens facing cancer across Canada. A gala event is held around Valentines Day each year for the past 9 years. Feb 2013 will be the 10th anniversary event.

Cupids Against Cancer website