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10/07/2008 Shazam is born

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Help: How to find name of song? [Apple iPhone 3G Commercial Shazam]

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Shazam: An App to Identify Unknown Songs

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How to: use the shazam app

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Apple Buys Music-Identification App Shazam

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Beat Shazam: How an app becomes a game show

Shazam was developed and released by Shazam Entertainment Ltd as an application which purpose was to identify music, movies, advertising and TV shows, using a microphone of the device and short sample. The app debuted on iPhone 2.0 with the launch of Apple’s App Store. It enabled the user to buy the song directly from iTunes.
    • Essentials 

    • Overview 

    • Compatible devices 

    • History 

    • 2002–2006: Early days of the service 

    • 2006–2017: Smartphone app and expansion 

    • 2018–present: Subsidiary of Apple Inc. 

    • Funding