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Apple has completed its acquisition of Shazam

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Re: Apple has completed its acquisition of Shazam

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Post by chrisfinazzo »

bluetidepro wrote: post #8

Shazam is the one app that has been around since about the birth of the iPhone that honestly still blows my mind in it's capabilities. The fact it can so quickly figure out any song in so many environments is incredible. Call me simple, but I use it almost daily, and it is accurate close to 98% of the time. I absolutely love Shazam's iOS app, and they have done a great job keeping up with UI/UX treads for it over the…

Tl;dr You're kinda boned. Apple Music integration will get better, but Spotify should be looking for an exit - before they get kicked out the door.

Not saying I agree with this, but given how most acquisitions go, other services don't survive long. Apple Music has an Android app, but that's more of a halo effect kind of thing to get people in the ecosystem and (eventually) switch to iOS.

Re: Apple has completed its acquisition of Shazam

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Post by endorphone »

bluetidepro wrote: post #8

Shazam is the one app that has been around since about the birth of the iPhone that honestly still blows my mind in it's capabilities. The fact it can so quickly figure out any song in so many environments is incredible. Call me simple, but I use it almost daily, and it is accurate close to 98% of the time. I absolutely love Shazam's iOS app, and they have done a great job keeping up with UI/UX treads for it over the…

I agree with the lauding of Shazam, but I am interested in your statement "I use it almost daily" -- what for? I've always viewed Shazam as a novelty and have installed and uninstalled it a few random times, but as Jobs would say it seems like a feature not a product.

Re: Apple has completed its acquisition of Shazam

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Post by the_duke »

iamdave wrote: post #59
colordrops wrote: post #42

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You can bet they will kill integration with Spotify though. And maybe no more Android support. I'll take ads over that.

This is immediately where my mind went, the spotify integration is without a doubt the best thing (IMO) about Shazam. Find a song, in two screen taps I can add it to a playlist and come back to it when I'm queuing up tunes for the drive home from work. I will be very disappointed if this comes to light, and the only integration we're left with is Apple Music. Probably not likely, but probably not improbable either.

Why not likely?

It's almost guaranteed.

Re: Apple has completed its acquisition of Shazam

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Post by icebraining »

Cthulhu_ wrote: post #66
Reedx wrote: post #54

I remember feeling that way the first time I used Uber (in SF where getting a taxi was difficult and unreliable). A few taps on my phone and a car shows up to my exact location in 2 minutes?! And that's it? No calling dispatch and hoping they'd show up eventually (sometimes they didn't). No fumbling with cash or tip or anything. It was like magic.

A shame that uber and the whole gig economy is so shit, circumventing basic employment rights and both minimum and living wages. I mean I like the basic idea and I agree that the taxi business needed the disruption, but it's opened the gates to people working well below a living wage because there's nothing else. That is, there's plenty of people that are willing to work below minimum wage because it's the only thing…

Taxi drivers were already considered contractors and working for shitty wages. Uber just followed the existing model. In fact, it was worse, as drivers had to pay to work, by renting the cars with medallions, rather than being able to use their own.

https://www.nytimes.com/1995/04/09/nyregion/driving-a-taxi-d...

The change for taxi drivers has only started to come after Uber was already making it big, e.g.: "For what the union involved says is the first time ever, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) declared taxi drivers are legally “employees”"

http://www.peoplesworld.org/article/nlrb-declares-taxi-drive... (2015)

Re: Apple has completed its acquisition of Shazam

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Post by chrisfinazzo »

emodendroket wrote: post #62
Reedx wrote: post #54

I remember feeling that way the first time I used Uber (in SF where getting a taxi was difficult and unreliable). A few taps on my phone and a car shows up to my exact location in 2 minutes?! And that's it? No calling dispatch and hoping they'd show up eventually (sometimes they didn't). No fumbling with cash or tip or anything. It was like magic.

My first experience with Uber made me so annoyed I e-mailed them to demand they delete my account, although I eventually tried it again.

Uber charges you for "wait time" after you request a car...which is insane. Not that Lyft is much better, but I've never seen that kind of nonsense with them.

Re: Apple has completed its acquisition of Shazam

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Post by iamdave »

the_duke wrote: post #73
iamdave wrote: post #59

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This is immediately where my mind went, the spotify integration is without a doubt the best thing (IMO) about Shazam. Find a song, in two screen taps I can add it to a playlist and come back to it when I'm queuing up tunes for the drive home from work. I will be very disappointed if this comes to light, and the only integration we're left with is Apple Music. Probably not likely, but probably not improbable either.

Why not likely? It's almost guaranteed.

Well I did say "probably", as in there's a chance it doesn't happen. Even if it's very, very slim. Speaking in absolutes isn't really my style.

Re: Apple has completed its acquisition of Shazam

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Post by ariwilson »

emodendroket wrote: post #64
watty wrote: post #52

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I don't mean to take away from Shazam (because I too was amazed when I first used it) but the Pixel phones have Shazam-like ability built in which uses minimal battery and without internet... and it's constantly running any time music plays. Not really "magic" how it works but still pretty amazing that I can pull the phone out of my pocket any time I hear a song I like and immediately see the band/title.

They do? I use a Pixel 2 XL and I had no idea about this.

https://support.google.com/pixelphone/answer/7535326?hl=en

Re: Apple has completed its acquisition of Shazam

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Post by expathacker »

I'm hoping that this extra access to Apple's extensive music collection will make this usable for music other than what you would hear on MTV or the classic rock station. The potential of the application is great, but as somebody with limited interest in pop, I find myself lacking for a way to identify new music discoveries.

Re: Apple has completed its acquisition of Shazam

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Post by daburninatorrr »

Incerto wrote: post #69

A great app that PRE-DATES smart phones. I remember using Shazam when it was a dial in service (dial 2580 in the UK), hold your old brick mobile phone up and you would get a txt message a minute later with the song. Seemed like magic then and still does now.

I was unaware that this was a thing. That's pretty cool, and it's always nice to see a company like that able to adapt and thrive with the advent of smartphones
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