Cyanite has evolved into a business focused on AI-powered music search and tagging. Now it’s adding sampling aspects courtesy of an acquisition of a fellow German startup: Aptone. The latter […]
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ThingLink attracts a further $2m in funding
Video- and image-tagging service ThingLink has raised a further $2m in funding.
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Shazam takes its free tagging to Windows Phone
While Shazam has traditionally been quick onto any new mobile device or platform, in recent times it’s the company’s iOS and Android apps that have been shown the most love with new features.
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Facebook adds ‘Mention Tagging’ to its Open Graph
Facebook announces it is possible for people to mention friends in user messages in Open Graph apps.
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Shazam strikes ITV deal to bring its TV-tagging tech to the UK
Shazam has struck a deal with broadcaster ITV’s sales team, ITV Commercial, which will now be offering Shazam’s service to its advertisers. ITV is the “exclusive UK sales force” for the technology, too.
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Shazam strikes ITV deal to bring its TV-tagging tech to the UK
We’ve been covering Shazam’s diversification beyond music recognition to TV-tagging over the last year or two: its technology is being used in the US to tag TV shows and advertisements to access related content.
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Shazam partner with America Idol
Shazam’s latest content partnership unites its music and TV activities: American Idol. Every episode in the rest of its current US run will be taggable using Shazam’s app, providing fans with the list of songs performed (and links to buy them).
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American Idol gets tagged with Shazam
Shazam’s latest content partnership unites its music and TV activities: American Idol.
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Shazam ups its music identification speed on iPhone
Shazam has launched the latest version of its iPhone app – 5.0 – with speed the key improvement. The company claims the app can now identify music and TV content in as little as one second.
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Eyecon wants to get artists creating Eye-C Taglists
US startup Eyecon is keen to get more music artists working on content for its Taglists by Eye-C iOS and Android app. Pitched as a “more convenient and enjoyable way […]
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Shazam reveals top tags (and new stats) for 2011
Mobile discovery service Shazam now has more than 165 million users tagging five million songs a day, the company has announced.
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Shazam brings back unlimited free tagging to iOS app and launches golden tag competition
Shazam has brought back unlimited free tagging to its free iOS app. It was previously restricted to five tags a month and the premium version costs £3.99. Users who have paid for the premium version will still have ad-free usage. CEO Andrew Fisher stated that ‘Shazamers’ identify 1 billion songs a year and generate over $100m in revenue from track purchases as a result.