I could give two craps about Sphere, but I loved these two lines: "it's eyecandy for Web2.0 retards" and "Designing for the TechCrunch crowd is a mook's game. Designing for users means making things straightforward, lightweight, and uncluttered." (via bbj)
Zach Klein reports on Riya, a photo service that does face recognition...you tag people's faces and over time the system recognizes them without input. TechCrunch says that Riya can recognize text and other objects (like the Eiffel Tower) in photos as well. Cool.
