Today, my newest client, Face.com launched an new, open and free API and developer community for facial recognition and detection.  This is exciting news for developers that want to incorporate facial detection and recognition capabilities into their applications.  If you’re a developer, you can get started with the API and get involved with the community here.

The announcement has received some great press so far.  If you’d like to read what the press thinks, check out these articles:

• Mashable: http://mashable.com/2010/05/03/facebook-photo-tagging/
• TechCrunch: http://techcrunch.com/2010/05/03/7-billion-scanned-photos-later-face-com-opens-up-to-developers/
• VentureBeat: http://social.venturebeat.com/2010/05/03/face-com-takes-its-face-recognition-technology-beyond-facebook/
• CNET: http://news.cnet.com/8301-27076_3-20003936-248.htmlhttp://news.cnet.com/8301-27076_3-20003936-248.html
• Techmeme:  http://www.techmeme.com/100503/p31#a100503p31
• Wireless Week: http://www.wirelessweek.com/News/2010/05/Mobile-Content-Facial-Recognition-API-Face-Mobile-Applications/
• Inet Evolution: http://www.internetevolution.com/author.asp?section_id=466&doc_id=191302&
• Wireless Week: http://www.wirelessweek.com/News/2010/05/Mobile-Content-Facial-Recognition-API-Face-Mobile-Applications/
• Peta Pixel:  http://www.petapixel.com/2010/05/03/face-com-launches-facial-recognition-api/
• WebProNews: http://www.webpronews.com/topnews/2010/05/03/facebook-photo-tagging-goes-web-wide
• TheNextWeb: http://thenextweb.com/apps/2010/05/03/face-recognition-web-facecom-api/