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The three keys to Shazam!’s box-office success are a testament to zigging when everyone else zags

Shazam!’s counterintuitive path to popularity is an object lesson in pursuing originality in a universe dominated with world-building

Neural Networks Are The New Apps

Google spent years building Shazam-style functionality into the Pixel’s operating system. It may be where smartphones are heading.

Report: Apple is buying audio recognition app Shazam

Shazam has been around forever—or since 1999, to be exact. The app can listen to and identify audio in music tracks, TV content, and advertisements. Now TechCrunch’s Ingrid Lunden is reporting that Apple will buy the company in a deal that could be announced as soon as Monday. She adds that one source said the … Continue reading “Report: Apple is buying audio recognition app Shazam”

Now That Shazam Has Your Ear, It Wants Your Eyes, Too

The app is expanding beyond music to make TV watching a more interactive experience.

Shazam’s iPhone App Automatically Hears And IDs Sounds You Might Miss

Shazam has updated its iPhone app to let it listen all the time, IDing music you hear on the move or on TV.

MTV Just Launched A Shazam Competitor

The new MTV Artists app for iOS instantly identifies songs… and launches music videos and purchases concert tickets.

Use Shazam To Vote For Your Favorite X Factor Contestants

The music-tagging app with designs on TV just hit the big time.

Sound Search, Vignettes, and YouTube: Google Glass Gets An Update

With Sound Search, Google eyes a sector currently dominated by Shazam. There are a few other updates, too.

Shazam Music ID App Gets $40 Million To Boost Its TV Integration

A New Shazam Tool Tells Advertisers When Ads Are Most Effective

The Shazam Engagement Rate analyzes viewers’ engagement with ads in Shazam to reflect which campaigns perform the best, on which channels, and at what time of day.

See a Music Channel Challenge Shazam In A Different Kind Of Epic Rap Battle

French music channel Trace apparently subscribes to the idea that in order to be the man, you’ve got to beat the man. And by man, we mean machine.

Google Now Introduces Automatic Boarding Passes, Barcode Scanning, Song ID, And More

The new updates add even more personal, contextualized touches to Google Now, which is rapidly becoming Android’s Swiss Army knife.

Why HBO, NBC, and Comcast Are Betting On A Startup To Power Their Second Screens

Mobile devices are moving audiences and advertisers away from the television set. But can they also help bring them back? Zeebox’s second-screen solution makes live programming more fun and potentially more profitable.

Why Is Pinterest Poking Around In TV Land?

“We met with Pinterest, and they were asking us where we thought the connection between Pinterest and TV could be,” says Lisa Hsia, EVP of digital for cable channel Bravo.

Shazam Already Helps You Discover Music, Now It Wants To Help You Discover TV Advertising

Starting today, you can Shazam any TV show on any channel. And advertisers hope you’ll soon be doing the same for commercials.

Shazam Expands Its Repertoire To Work Its Magic On TV Shows

Joy for couch potato social media freaks as Shazam’s 250 million subscribers will now be able to use the app to boost their TV trivia knowledge

Your Future TV Is Not About Tele-Vision

And the industry is on the verge of huge changes. Look to your phone and tablet apps to find out how.

How Shazam Uses Its 5 Billion Tags To Predict Your Summer Hits

Shazam’s massive flow of data makes the app the true musical discovery vox populi–and resurrects the old-time feeling of “crate digging.”

And Shazam! 5 Billion Songs, TV Ads, And Shows Tagged