The Idee Blog » TinEye http://blog.ideeinc.com The blog of Idée Inc., the visual search company. Tue, 31 Aug 2010 17:03:39 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 TinEye pins AND stickers are here! http://blog.ideeinc.com/2010/08/13/tineye-pins-and-stickers-are-here/ http://blog.ideeinc.com/2010/08/13/tineye-pins-and-stickers-are-here/#comments Fri, 13 Aug 2010 14:04:57 +0000 Melina Stathopoulos http://blog.ideeinc.com/?p=5006

Today I picked up our complete order of TinEye robot pins. Exciting! Michael at Crucial Pins even let me wander around and take a few photos of their shop. Pin-making is a very hands-on process, and it was neat seeing all of the equipment that they use.

When I got back to the office: Another surprise! Our TinEye sticker order from StickerYou had arrived in the mail and was waiting for me at my desk. They look awesome, and the high-quality vinyl used is water proof, fade proof, and removable with no residue.

So: What are we going to do with all these stickers and pins? Well besides run around TinEye HQ like children sticking and pinning each other, we are planning on sharing them with our biggest fans! More details to come soon. In the meantime, won’t you please let us know what you think about our new swag?

Sneaking around the facilities at Crucial Pins

Me holding our pins up outside of TinEye HQ. Can you tell we love BLUE?

OMG stickers!

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Yay, more Chrome love! Today the Google Chrome extension gallery featured our TinEye extension as a front-page “Top Pick”:

And Apple’s new Safari Extension Gallery has featured the TinEye extension in the “Photo” category:

We are happy to be featured with the best and brightest. Don’t forget that our extensions are also available for Firefox and IE, as well as a hack for Opera.

Happy searching, everyone!

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We have extension fever here at TinEye HQ, and apparently it’s catching.

Last week, the Google Blog included TinEye in their list of favourite Chrome extensions as chosen by the Chrome team themselves. And with over 30,000 downloads, TinEye has also been selected as featured Chrome extension!

We are also excited to see that the TinEye Firefox add-on has over 845,000 downloads. Can’t wait to see that number grow to one million!

If you haven’t yet installed the TinEye extension for Chrome, Firefox, Safari or IE, head over to our goodies page and take your pick. Happy searching!

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Howdy folks! We are furiously working on the next stage of development for TinEye which will include all sorts of wonderful things:

  • Automated image monitoring and image alerts
  • User-submitted contributions to the TinEye image database
  • A bigger and better index as always

But besides these gems, what would you like to see?

Please answer in the comments–speak and be heard!

Image by Hans_van_Rijnberk

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When we announced our new Safari plugin, we mentioned that TinEye extension preferences were on their way for Firefox and Chrome. And now they’re here!

The new extension preferences allow you to:

  • Show/hide TinEye icon in context menu (Firefox only)
  • Set sort order preference as best match, most changed biggest image or last used*
  • Open searches in background, foreground or current tab

TinEye extension preferences are easy to set!

In Firefox, go to Tools>Add-ons in the Firefox menu bar. Locate ‘TinEye Reverese Image search’ in the Add-ons window list and click the ‘Options’ button.

In Chrome, go to Tools>Extensions in the Chrome menu bar. Locate ‘TinEye Reverese Image search’ in the extensions list and click the ‘Options’ link.

We hope you enjoy! <3

* The sort order set in your extension preferences will take precedence over your browser’s last remembered sort order.

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The TinEye extension is now available for Safari, allowing you to conveniently search for any web image straight from your browser.

Once installed, simply right-click on any web image and select either “Search Image on TinEye” or “Search Page on TinEye”. Results are displayed for you at tineye.com

We are also introducing preferences to our family of extensions, starting with Safari. Preferences allow you to:

  • Set the default sort order for your search results
  • Open searches in background, foreground or current tab

Firefox, Chrome and IE users: Don’t worry! Preferences are coming for you soon (keep an eye on our updates page).

Safari users: Get the new TinEye extension while it’s hot!

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They say a robot never forgets–or is that an elephant? Well in any case, TinEye has been doing his memory exercises because he now remembers your sorting preferences!

Whether you’re logged in our out, and even if you’ve totally shut down your browser, TinEye will remember your last sorting preference. For example, if you searched for the biggest version of an image the last time you used TinEye, you will get the biggest results first the next time you use TinEye.

Enjoy, and happy searching!

Image by matsuyuki

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Thank you for your patience TinEye fans. TinEye is back online. So happy searching.

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Hi TinEyers,

TinEye will be taken offline for a few days for some server maintenance and a little catnap (he gets cranky without his yearly nap)!

We plan to have everything up and running again by Tuesday June 22nd or earlier if possible.

Thanks for your patience, folks!

Image by kaibara87

]]> http://blog.ideeinc.com/2010/06/18/tineye-down-for-maintenance/feed/ 155 41 million new images added to TinEye! http://blog.ideeinc.com/2010/06/04/41-million-new-images-added-to-tineye/ http://blog.ideeinc.com/2010/06/04/41-million-new-images-added-to-tineye/#comments Fri, 04 Jun 2010 19:35:26 +0000 Melina Stathopoulos http://blog.ideeinc.com/?p=4853

We’re really excited about this latest batch of images, because it officially puts us past the 1.5 billion image mark. w00t!

You can follow our Updates page to find out when other new images are added to TinEye, or just start searching right now!

Image by comedy_nose

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