Google Adds Visual Shopping Technology to Product Search

Google is adding new features to its Product Search shopping engine that is based on technology developed by Like.com, which was founded Munjal Shah - the founder of eBay tools provider Andale.com a decade ago. Shah sold Like.com to Google last year. Google will add features from Like.com's Boutiques fashion website, which it said would be the first in a series of improvements to Google Product Search that leverages computer vision and machine learning technology. Google redesigned the Shopping homepage, whose look and feel is designed to "inspire and facilitate easy, enjoyable browsing and shopping." Shoppers can browse dress