Pinterest is working to fix one of the most persistent problems on its network: the difficulty of tracking down the source of a given photo. The company has announced a partnership with Getty Images that gives it access to Getty's substantial metadata collection, allowing it to run reverse image searches and pull out the photographer, the date and location of the image, and any descriptive text. Pinterest also says that it's "just getting started" with Getty, which suggests more features down the line.
Pinterest describes the partnership as a way to give users better information about what they're pinning. In the example above, it says it could tell someone that the ambiguous dish above is scallops and brussels sprouts, then suggest...
via The Verge - All Posts http://www.theverge.com/2013/10/25/5029544/pinterest-makes-getty-images-partnership-for-metadata
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