<p>Yahoo! has acquired image recognition startup LookFlow and now plans to incorporate the technology into its photo-sharing service Flickr. The small company, consisting of only five engineers, explains their work as "a powerful new way for people to find, explore, collect, and share all kinds of things they're interested in."</p><p>Yahoo! has now acquired more than 20 companies since Marissa Mayer took the helm last year in an attempt to improve the company's aging offerings and become relevant once more. While it's not yet known in what capacity LookFlow will be working with Flickr, Yahoo! has acknowledged that the small team will be moving into its San Francisco offices.</p><p>"We built LookFlow as an entirely new way to explore images you love combining delightful user experiences with the latest advances in machine learning," reads an official announcement by LookFlow on its website. "Flickr is the largest collection of images we love. They share our passion for creating phenomenal experiences & technology to help you discover those images."</p><p>LookFlow also says it will be helping Flickr create a deep learning group and are taking applications for people interested in this branch of computing.</p><p><a href="http://www.redorbit.com/news/technology/1112984056/yahoo-buys-lookflow-merge-it-with-flickr-102413/">Keep reading...</a></p><p>Read also:</p><p><a href="http://www.pcworld.com/article/2057440/yahoo-snaps-up-lookflow-to-improve-flickr.html">Yahoo snaps up LookFlow to improve Flickr</a> (PCWorld)</p><p><a href="http://thenextweb.com/insider/2013/10/23/yahoo-acquires-ai-startup-lookflow-improve-discovery-flickr-build-deep-learning-group/">Yahoo Acquires AI Startup Lookflow to Improve Discovery in Flickr</a> (The Next Web)</p><p><a href="http://www.mercurynews.com/business/ci_24373865/yahoo-buys-image-recognition-startup-flickr">Yahoo buys image-recognition startup for Flickr</a> (San Jose Mercury News)</p><p>Explore: <a href="http://news.google.com/news/more?ncl=dChr-Elim0mR-SMFl4EMAJupyG3oM&ned=us">54 additional articles.</a></p>
