Rest of the Day: Amazon Wants to Rate Your Outfit
The Amazon mobile app has a new tool that allows you to get feedback from a real stylist about your outfits. I suspect the stylist might be a robot, but you literally send them photos of your outfit and then get feedback after a minute.
- It’s called Outfit Comparison and is available to Amazon Prime customers. You just take a photo of yourself in two different outfits, and then someone (?) Replies to you in a few minutes to tell you which one is better. Amazon says the advice comes from stylists, but given the number of people who will be using this and the speed of reaction, there must be some kind of automation, or perhaps mechanical Turks. Oddly enough, this feature has nothing to do with shopping on Amazon. But as long as the magic-style robot says I look good, I’ll be happy. [TechCrunch]
- In other news, Google has a cool new JPEG compression algorithm that can reduce file sizes by 35 percent without sacrificing image quality. Yes, I just described the compression algorithm as “cool”. It works using a “psycho-visual” model that takes human perception into account to distribute data where it matters most. The cool thing is, this is not a new format; it is compatible with any browser and the current JPEG standard. [Ars Technica]
- Secret Service agents lost their laptop. Oops! The laptop contained floor plans for Trump Tower, as well as information about the investigation into Hillary’s emails. Although they say it is encrypted. [Gizmodo]
- Nintendo is about to double production of the Switch. Ok, because I have been updating several retailer websites in the last couple of weeks, but they are still blank. [Wall Street Journal]