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Google close to completing acquisition of face recognition firm Viewdle

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http://www.talkandroid.com – As reported earlier today, Google has surpassed Microsoft to take over the number two spot on the largest technology firm list as measured by market cap. Part of Google’s success can be attributed to their diverse portfolio of products and services. That portfolio is close to growing once again as reports indicate Google is very close to completing an acquisition of facial recognition technology firm Viewdle for a price tag of $30 to $45 million. The deal has been in the works for a year after Motorola started the initial talks with Viewdle. Viewdle’s facial recognition technology can be (IT news)

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Google, according to a report by Forbes, has acquired Viewdle, an augmented reality and facial recognition startup. Forbes says the price was likely around $30 million, but we are still trying to confirm both the acquisition and the price.

Earlier this week, we heard rumors that Google was in the process of acquiring the augmented reality and image recognition firm Viewdle. Turns out those rumors were true.

  We knew Google was quietly on its way to making facial recognition just a little bit better, but now it has finally confirmed what the world already knew. A Motorola Mobility spokesman states:   “Motorola Mobility today announced that it has acquired Viewdle, a leading imaging & gesture recognition company.

  There’s no doubt the Google Glass headset is one unique and potentially revolutionary device, but it appears it’s about to get something really special— facial recognition technology thanks to an app called MedRef.

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Matrix Partners just announced the close of Matrix X, the venture firm’s tenth early-stage technology-focused fund. As Fortune’s Dan Primack reported in a scoop in April, the firm raised $450 million for this fund. The fund will be used to make early-stage investments in consumer Internet, mobile, enterprise software and IT infrastructure.

Kairos, a startup that launched earlier this year out of the Spring 2012 class of the NewMe Accelerator, has landed $500,000 in seed funding from a group of angel backers. The money will be put toward launching Kairos’ flagship app TimeClock, which launches in beta today.

A company that has acquired 100% of the ownership of a patent for an off-site transcription system – United States Patent 6,298,326 — in order to, in its words, “effectively administer certain patents for technology”, says it will be seeking residual royalties from Apple, for its Siri voice assistant, and Google, for the Voice Recognition technology in its Android 4.1 relea