Abstract: Methods and systems for highlighting portions of digital images. In one aspect, a digital image including an object is received. A user selection of a portion of the digital image including at least a portion of the object is received, and the selected portion of the digital image is highlighted. User selected tagging information associated with the selected portion of the digital image is received and transmitted to a computing system.

Abstract: According to some embodiments of the present disclosure, a technique is disclosed. The technique includes storing, at a computing device having one or more processors, a plurality of tagged photographs, each of the plurality of tagged photographs having one or more tags corresponding therewith, each of the one or more tags identifying a person in its corresponding tagged photograph. The technique further includes determining, a plurality of direct links between persons based on the plurality of tagged photographs. A direct link exists between a first person and a second person when the first and second persons are both tagged in at least one of the plurality of tagged photographs. The technique further includes a distance determination module that determines social distances between persons based on the determined direct links.