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Rhapsody takes on Shazam with their new app ‘SongMatch’

By Cory Gunther
on 5 Dec, 2012

For all the music lovers out there we have a brand new song identifying or song matching app for Android available today, absolutely free. If Soundhound, Shazam, Google Ears and more weren't what you're looking for then give the all new app from Rhapsody a try. They've just introduced a new app neatly called SongMatch and it's available right now.

Shazam hits 250 million users, adds TV-tagging capabilities

By Craig Lloyd
on 17 Sep, 2012

Shazam, the popular music-tagging app for Android, iPhone, Windows Phone and BlackBerry, announced today that its hit 250 million users with around two million new users joining every week. To celebrate, the app has been updated to include TV tagging for U.S. users, which allows you to find out what music is playing on your favorite shows, as well as other useful info.

Google Ears Shazam rival ported from Jelly Bean for those on ICS

By Cory Gunther
on 2 Jul, 2012

Many of you might have missed this neat new feature during Google's IO announcements of Jelly Bean, and in case you did Google's released their own Shazam or SoundHound like feature called Sound Search -- or Google Ears. This music listening and tagging service has been built into Android 4.1 Jelly Bean but thanks to a few devs from XDA can be used on all ICS devices and ROMS.

SoundHound 5.0 brings HD album artwork and free song of the day

By Cory Gunther
on 7 Jun, 2012

Forget Shazam. Have you tried SoundHound yet? I've been using it instead of Shazam for well over a year for its top notch user interface, options, lyrics, and outright faster music recognition. Today however they just made their app even better by updating to their all new version 5.0 that brings tons of changes. Below are a few screenshots showing their improved user interface and brand new features.

SoundHound Infinity only $1.99 on Amazon App Store [Deal]

By Cory Gunther
on 24 Aug, 2011

Occasionally when I'm not snagging one the free apps of the day from the Amazon App Store I check out the deals they have running. This week they are offering the popular music tagging service SoundHound Infinity for only $1.99 instead of the usual $4.99 price tag. The blazing fast music recognition capabilities of SoundHound make it a must have application and ever since I got it free from Amazon I've never used Shazam.

Shazam Updated in Market to Support Android 3.3 Honeycomb?

By Cory Gunther
on 4 Aug, 2011

I love seeing things like this because we never know what to actually expect. This could just be a simple mistake and they meant Android 3.2 but then this could be an employee that knows something we don't and simply shouldn't have put that information on the market for the world. It appears Shazam has just updated their Android app and it will now support Android 3.3 but this is the first we've heard of it.

Shazam App updated, Unlimited tagging free til next year

By Cory Gunther
on 28 Apr, 2011

I'm sure you have all been out to dinner, or getting drinks with the friends and a song comes on you wish you knew the name to. That is where Shazam comes in handy. You've probably all used it at one point or another. It is that fancy app that will discover music for you. Takes a few seconds to "listen" and then you get all the details you possibly would ever need. Now users get free tagging for the rest of the year basically. The free app has just been updated in the Android Market.

Shazam adds “Shazam Friends” to Android app

By Shane McGlaun
on 23 Mar, 2011

The music discovery app Shazam has announced that it will be getting a new Android feature in the coming weeks. The new feature is called Shazam Friends and it is a new way to let the app users find new music using their Facebook friends.

Shazam coming preloaded on all LG Android Phones

By Dylan Bailey
on 23 Sep, 2010

Shazam, the music identification application, and arguably the most accurate and popular among mobile devices, is coming preloaded on future LG phones. The first phone shipping with Shazam will be the LG Optimus GT540, this marks the first of the many after the signed deal between Shazam and LG.