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Shazam launches new paid-for "Encore" iPhone app
Premium version gets a price tag 9 November 2009 9:45 GMT
Shazam has announced the launch of the previously promised "premium" version of its iPhone app called Shazam Encore.

A paid-for download, as opposed to the previous free offering, Shazam is promising new functionality including improved speed performance.
Shazam tops 50 million global users
And secures iFund backing 14 October 2009 9:21 GMT
Shazam, the music discovery service, has revealed that more than 50 million people around the world have now used the Shazam service.

This is an increase of 15 million users since February of this year, while Shazam is now available, across various platforms...
Shazam launches for O2 customers
Dial-in music identification service available 29 September 2009 12:01 GMT
Shazam has announced that it has done a new deal with a mobile phone operator and teamed up with O2 to offer its music discovery service to O2 customers.

The agreement means that anyone on O2 can use the Shazam service by dialing 2580 on their mobile and holding...
Shazam launches for BlackBerry Storm
At a price 13 July 2009 15:03 GMT
BlackBerry Storm owners will now have the option to get the "mobile music discovery application" Shazam for their handset.

Shazam has been available via the BlackBerry App World since April but now offers full SurePress touchscreen support.

Not...
Apple sued over Shazam music identification app
LG, Amazon, Samsung and Motorola also targeted in lawsuit 15 May 2009 17:15 GMT
A company called Tune Hunter has filed a lawsuit in Texas Eastern District Court which alleges that a large number of companies are infringing on its patent for a music identification system.

Shazam, Samsung, Apple, Amazon.com, Napster, Motorola, Gracenote,...
Shazam charges BlackBerry users for new app
While iPhone app remains free for now 1 April 2009 10:06 GMT
Shazam has launched a new version of its music app to coincide with the launch of the BlackBerry App World application store that launched on Wednesday.

However fans of the service who own a BlackBerry will be in for a shock. Rather than be offered as a free...
Samsung Beat phones to get Shazam
Find Similar and Find Tag features 20 February 2009 16:53 GMT
Shazam has announced that its technology will be embedded into the Samsung BeatDJ and BeatDISC music-focused mobile phones. These new phones will include the "Find Similar" and "Find Tag" features

"We've been working with Samsung for several years and our service...
VIDEO: Shazam featured in latest iPhone ad
"Solving life's dilemmas one app at a time" 10 November 2008 17:37 GMT
Music recognition service Shazam is featured in the latest iPhone ad from Apple, in a move that sees the company focus more on individual apps than the hardware as a whole.
Shazam launches Android app
With Amazon MP3 tie-in for the States 21 October 2008 14:10 GMT
Shazam has announced the launch of its mobile application for the Android platform, as Pocket-lint reported they would back in September.

The app allows users to discover music that - if they are States-side - can then immediately be purchased through the Amazon...
Shazam announces 1.5 million App Store downloads
"Premium" version promised soon 25 September 2008 14:01 GMT
Shazam has now officially announced its application for the iPhone has been downloaded by over 1.5 million people in the first 6 weeks of its availability on the Apple App Store, as per Pocket-lint's recent prediction.

"The Shazam iPhone application has had...
Samsung launches "The BEAT Edition" phones
Motion-sensing music mobiles 19 September 2008 11:46 GMT
Samsung has launched a new series of music phones, with two models set to debut before the end of the year.

The Samsung BEATb and Samsung BEATs are the start of a new line of "The BEAT Edition" mobiles.

The two new music phones get Digital Natural...
Shazam "developing" app for Android
Claims one million downloads for iPhone app 19 September 2008 0:00 GMT
Shazam's CEO has implied to Pocket-lint that the company is developing its music finding application for Android.

In a wide ranging interview with Pocket-lint, the CEO, Andrew Fisher, told Pocket-lint:

"We are very interested in the Android platform...
Shazam hits 20 million customers milestone
With over 100 million tracks identified 10 September 2008 17:21 GMT
Mobile music identifying service Shazam has announced that it has now been used by 20 million customers to identify music tracks across the world.

Shazam reports that users have identified over 100 million tracks, and with millions of tracks now being tagged...
WEBSITE OF THE DAY – shazam.com
A website that puts an instantaneous stop to that awful “it’s on the tip of my tongue” feeling. 17 November 2006 0:00 GMT
Today’s website of the day is shazam.com the savour of many a music fan’s sanity.

You’re in a bar / club / traffic jam / supermarket / elevator* (*delete as applicable) and you hear a song come over the airwaves. You like it. You tap your foot. You think you’d...