
<p>Yahoo has acquired LookFlow, an image recognition company, as part of a plan to improve photo discovery on Flickr, Yahoo announced Wednesday.</p><p>LookFlow's technology uses machine learning to help people find and explore images. It's a goal shared by the team at Yahoo's Flickr photo-sharing service, LookFlow said on its website.</p><p>Five engineers at LookFlowand the technology they builtwill be brought to Yahoo's Flickr business in San Francisco, a Yahoo spokeswoman said in an email. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.</p><p>LookFlow's product will be incorporated into a future version of Flickr, LookFlow said. The company said it will also help Yahoo build a new "deep learning group."</p><p><a href="http://www.pcworld.com/article/2057440/yahoo-snaps-up-lookflow-to-improve-flickr.html">Keep reading...</a></p>