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2008

TinEye: Coolest Thing on the Planet by James O'Rear [June 6]
"Idée is easily, and inexplicably, one of Toronto's best kept tech secrets." by Ryan Coleman [May 23]
"TinEye is a brand new idea, which will be a revolution in the industry of “search engines” on the internet." – trendblogging.org [May 22]
TinEye Image Search - Review – jazjaz [May 21]
TinEye - How to Build Your Client Portfolio in Minutes – Yanik [May 19]
TinEye: Search the Web with images instead of words – Webware [May 8]

TinEye featured on BNN’s After Hours with Kim Parlee at 24min 50sec [May 6]
National Post: Idee’s TinEye next frontier in Web searches [May 6] Download PDF (352 KB)
Mathew Ingram: Idee launches TinEye image search [May 6]
StartupNorth: Idée Tineye in limited beta [May 6]
Canadian Business: Idée, The Next Google? [March 10]
Mark Evans: Idée’s Image Search Engine [March 6]
Idée featured on Rev2.org [February 28]
Idée Serves Up Lunch 2.0 [February 19]
Lunch 2.0 Comes to Canada [February 14]
Leila Launches Lunch 2.0 in Canada [February 13]
Lunch 2.0 - Canadian Style [February 12]
Idée’s PixID image identification service helps companies track image use (French) [January 10]

2007

Idée in StockPhotoTalk [December 4]
Idée’s deduplication in the National Post [December 4]
Mashable: Idée’s image deduplication for Digg [December 3]
Webware: Idée curbs duplicate image submission for Digg [December 3]
StartupNorth: Idée providing duplicate image detection to Digg.com [December 3]
Idée: a company to watch in Stock Photo Industry [December 3]
Globe and Mail: Idée’s role in Digg’s new images section [December 3]
Leila Boujnane, Idée's CEO, recognized in the PA Top 50 – Canada's list of 50 most influential people in graphic communications. [August 16]
Idée in itWorldCanada [July 13]
Leila Boujnane, Idée's CEO, is invited to join The Canadian Advanced Technology Alliance (CATA) Governing Council.
Idée Inc is a top Canadian Company to watch.
IDC Profiles Ten Canadian Software Companies to Watch. [July 2]
Leila Boujnane, Idée Inc's CEO, selected as a top entrepreneur and innovator to participate in "Canada's Innovation All–Stars" [June 14]
Idée launches 'The Idealist' newsletter. The Idealist will allow Idée to share news and ideas and involve our community in our product and service design. (Read the newsletter)

2006

Robert Ouellette of gagglescape.com writes "While not quite Google - at least not yet - the energy a good idea and strong execution brings to the team at Idée is almost intoxicating." Read the article. [November 27]
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Leila Boujnane discusses with CityTV News International's Amber MacArthur the benefits of applying facial recognition to personal photos to enhance search results: "It basically is a way to add more accuracy to the results you are going to get." [December 21]
Idée CEO Leila Boujnane demonstrates visual search with Leo Laporte on "Call for Help".
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2004

Espion in PC World Magazine [December]

Adobe Systems Incorporated licenses Espion and integrates it into Photoshop Elements 3.0 to add visual search to Photoshop Elements' features.

Hemera's Espion integration in CreativePro [November 23]

Hemera Introduces Visual Search Capabilities on Hemera Image Express and Ablestock.com

Masterfile Licenses Espion Visual Search [August 26]

Globe Technology article on ESS integerated in Masterfile.com

"Cutting to the chase: breakthrough visual search" [August 10] in Biz-Community

2003

Espion in The Globe and Mail. [December 8]

Wonderfile sees value in visual photo searches.

"Canto sees things differently" Seybold Report Article. [November 1]

Volume 1, Number 15. Espion Visual Search option to have the most impact.

2002

Espion in Imaging Resources [June]
Espion™ wins Canadian Advanced Technology Alliance (CATAAlliance) Innovation and Leadership Award for Outstanding Product Achievement. [April 25]
Idée in Silicon Valley Business TV [February]

Silicon Valley Business has provided an inside look at high tech since 1993. In fact, it is the longest-running high tech program in Silicon Valley. Hosted by KTVU business reporters Brian Banmiller and Pam Cook. Video will be available soon.

2001

Espion in Digitmag. [November 1]

Digit is the UK's leading magazine for creative professionals, covering the latest developments in Web, digital video, 3D, DTP, multimedia, animation and graphic design.

Espion in Macnews.de [October]
Espion in Worldofprint.de [September 21]
Espion in PCWorld [September 26]

"Idée Unveils Visual Search Engine. "

Espion in Producerworld. [September 21]
Espion in MacCentral Online [September 27]

Canto and Idée's strategic partnership to bring visual search to Cumulus 5.

Espion in C'T [September 28]

C'T Magazine, the most respected and recommended information sources for computer professionals.

Espion in Computer Sweden [September 27]
Seybold Publications [September 24]

Each year the editors of Seybold Publications give their Hot Picks distinction to the industry's most exceptional new products, technologies and services. This year Espion gets a Hot Pick Award

Onvia [June]

"Being online these days just isn't enough."

2000

Canada Computes.com [November 24]

"The Gender Gap: What's the Solution?"