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Facebook buys facial-recognition tech company

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Facebook likes one of its long-term vendors providing facial-recognition technology so much, it is buying it

Face.com, an Israeli company provides technology to help people tag photos on the Web by figuring out who is in the pictures. Financial terms were not disclosed.

Face.com did not say whether its website will continue to run after the acquisition. Facebook commonly shutters sites that it acquires and folds in their employees to its work force. So far, Instagram, which it's buying for nearly $1 billion, has been the only exception.

Facebook confirms the deal but will not say how much it paid or what its plans are for Face.com.

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