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    • July 10th, 2012 03:36 PM

    Face.com's APIs Are Closed Down to Third-Party Developers

    Facebook closes down a range of products by Face.com, including facial recognition software APIs.

    The acquisition of the company Face.com by Facebook has led to the closure of APIs for third-party app developers, and to removal of the Klik app from Apple App Store.

    The Israeli company specializes in facial recognition technology for automatic identification and tagging persons on digital photos, one of its products is a popular application Photo Tagger. In 2010 third-party developers were offered a Face.com's open API to work with its technology.

    Announcing about being bought by Facebook on June 18, the founder of the Israeli company Gil Hirsch has assured the developers that they would further be provided the services regardless of the deal. Nevertheless the developers are being informed that a merger with Facebook results in the closure of some products and services that Face.com is no longer able to support, CNET.com reports.

    In addition to closing down APIs, the company has also removed an app Klik for iPhone from the Apple App Store. The app provides real-time facial recognition in photo sharing in Facebook.

    No comments from Facebook are available yet. Meanwhile some users are worried that the deeper implementation of facial recognition technology by the social network will violate their privacy rights.

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