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The music identification app for iPhone Shazam can figure out the title, artist, and album of almost any song. For $5.99, the Encore version gives you a lifetime subscription to the premium service, ...

Shazam may have lost some of its 'ooh' factor, but it's still devilishly useful if you don't know what that cool song they're playing is. When the app was first released for iPhone, it was a ...

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A recent report from The New York Times highlights a controversial piece of software named Alphonso that tracks users’ TV habits. Alphonso is quietly built into many iOS and Android apps and also has ...

Daniel Danker, one of the people most responsible for the success of the BBC iPlayer, is leaving the corporation to take on a new role with the popular Shazam mobile app. Danker, who has served as the ...

Shazam Encore and its free brother the basic Shazam iPhone app identify music being played virtually anywhere. The app samples audio and then tells you the track name, artist, and album for the song ...