Your iPhone is about to become a streamlined music identification device, if reports prove to be accurate. Bloomberg is citing two sources close to the matter who say that Apple is partnering with Shazam to integrate music ID into their…
Shazam App Gets $40M From World’s Richest Man
Shazam, the startup behind the popular music-identifying app of the same name, this weekend announced that it has received a $40 million investment from America Movil. The telecom company is owned primarily by Carlos Slim, Forbes’ richest person in the…
Black Adam Joins The Cast Of Injustice: Gods Among Us
It seemed unlikely that NetherRealm Studios would announce even more characters for the already star-studded Injustice: Gods Among Us. The studio is full of surprises, however, as it has announced another new character for the DC Comics fighter. It was…
Sound Search Gets An Android Widget
When Google unveiled Android Jelly Bean, it launched its sound search feature, which essentially replaces Shazam for all intents and purposes, when you’re trying to figure out what a song is as it’s playing. Google has now launched a widget…
Shazam App to Expand TV Identification
Shazam, the makers of the popular smartphone app of the same name that allows users to identify a song from a short sample, today announced that it now has 250 million users worldwide. Shazam also announced an expansion of its…
Supplement Your American Idol Experience with Shazam
American Idol will now be Shazam enabled for the rest of season. What does that mean? Shazam is a phone app that allows you to get more from the show while watching it in real time. Fans get immediate access…
Shazam Increases Super Bowl Viewer Engagement
Thanks to Shazam’s media discovery app, viewer engagement with this year’s Super Bowl hit record levels. For this years Super Bowl Shazam partnered with numerous advertisers to drive user interaction with all aspects of the game. Viewers with the Shazam…
Enjoy These 5 Mobile Apps This Labor Day Weekend
Family reunions and quick getaways have become a Labor Day tradition for most people, but which apps work best for taking holiday trips? Grip’d.com spent several months testing various apps on each platform to see which ones make Gripd.com’s top five travel apps. If you have an iPhone, Blackberry or Android phone, here’s a quick rundown of the best 5 travel apps: