Scoble might hook up with Angelina Jolie
Written on 20th May 2008
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Ernst-Jan Pfauth, editor in chief
The idea of Robert Scoble wandering around in an African village, looking for another child to adopt with his lovely girlfriend Angelina Jolie might sound odd to you. But according to Picitup’s Celebrity Match it wouldn’t be all that surprising. This service finds your celebrity look-alike, and matched Scoble’s face with Brad Pitt. Oh and not just him, as our web celeb also looks like Danny deVito, Jim Carrey and John McCain. Scoble sure has universal looks.
Celebrity MatchUp is an initiative by the Israeli-based visual image search engine Picitup. Smart move, as celebrities always attract a huge crowd. Why do you think I’ve mentioned Jolie in the first place? They’ve got some bad coverage on TechCrunch, so a little media hype won’t hurt them. But why isn’t there a Facebook app? With services like these, adding a Facebook app is almost like 1 + 1 = 2.
Picitup allows you to specify image search by requesting similar images. You can also filter by color, landscapes, products and faces. Although the service linked Arrington’s face to Obama and McCain’s at the same time, the matches aren’t always that bad. For example, when I uploaded quite a manic picture of myself in which I jump around, Picitup matched me with the always-shouting and acting all ecstatic Asthon Kucther. I wonder when Demi More will drop by my house.
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By Evan Meagher on May 20, 2008
The fact that all of the “Scoble-lookalikes” looks nothing like eachother gives a clear sense of the value of this service.
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By Boris Veldhuijzen van Zanten on May 20, 2008
Isn’t this a classic problem with recommendation services? In the beginning there is so little content that all matches are nonsense. They should fill their database first and limit matches…
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By Doron on May 20, 2008
This has been around for ages: My Celebrity Look-alikes from MyHeritage. Nothing new and i guess with still the same crappy matching technology behind it if u ask me.
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By Ernst-Jan Pfauth on May 20, 2008
@Doron, yet people still love it, expect for the critical geeky crowd here ;-) So I guess some celebrity magic always works.
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By Chris Obdam on May 20, 2008
Scoble with Jolie…. Hmm, I Guess Jolie is too old for Scoble.. :-)
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