As it announced the closing of the acquisition, Apple also told users it would no longer run ads in the music-identifying app.
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Apple-Shazam deal gets EU approval
The European Commission granted its approval for the Apple-Shazam deal, after concluding its in-depth investigation into the matter.
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Apple-Shazam deal to get unconditional EU antitrust approval
The Apple-Shazam acquisition, confirmed in December of 2017, might come to a close within a month as EU antitrust regulators reportedly nod.
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Net neutrality isn’t exactly dead yet… | #PNWeekly 302
The Trump White House has yet to sign off on key aspects of the net neutrality repeal. Sprint and T-Mobile and merging... again... and more in our show!
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Apple’s acquisition of Shazam under EU investigation for antitrust concerns
Regulators have questions about whether Apple will block user referrals to competing music services like Spotify and Google Play and whether it will have an unfair competitive advantage with the access to existing referral data.
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Uncertainty over Apple’s acquisition of Shazam will linger (at least) until April 23
The European Commission has set an April 23 provisional deadline for an investigation into the potential "adverse effect on competition" Apple's proposed acquisition of Shazam may have in the European Economic Area.
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Apple announces it has bought Shazam
The deal is reported to be worth about $400 million, well below the $1 billion the UK-based music recognition company was valued at in 2015.
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Shazam may get bought by Apple, announcement expected Monday
The company behind the music recognition app could get worked into a money-making unit of Apple, which has already turned up Beats by Dr. Dre.
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Shazam Lite is even lighter than Facebook Messenger Lite, at ‘less than’ 1MB
While smartphones go Pro, Plus or XL, some of the world’s most popular Android apps appear to be following the exact opposite trend, trimming down their features, bells and whistles to occupy less space and work as smoothly as possible on older gear and/or slower data connections.Hot on the heels of Facebook’s 10MB Messenger Lite release, Shazam goes from its standard 27MB or so size to a “highly optimized” sub-1 megabyte music recognition package.The aptly titled Shazam Lite is already available (for free, ...
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Google Nexus mid-ranger, Google Glass trials, iOS 8 features & more – Pocketnow Daily
Watch today’s Pocketnow Daily as we talk about Google’s at-home Glass trial program, and how this might push the platform. Apple follows the news as the company is reportedly working with Shazam to add more iOS 8 functionality. HTC is next as it seems the company is planning to bring optical zoom to smartphones in the future. HTC also makes headlines because the company apparently hired a Samsung marketing guru to push the One line-up. We end today’s show talking about Google’s probable plans to bring us a more affordable Nexus smartphone. All this and more after ...
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Pocketnow Weekly 092: Galaxy S5 vs HTC M8, Windows Phone 8.1 review, and Engadget’s Brad Molen!
Skipping listener mail for two weeks in a row? We know, we know … unconscionable. But we also know you’ll forgive us in exchange for two things: a packed review schedule, and an awesome podcast guest. We’re bringing you both of those as the week winds down to a close. In addition to the usual news segment narrated by the soothing voice of Chief News Editor Stephen Schenck, we’ve got additional insights on Samsung’s new Galaxy S5: how it compares to its forebears, how well it fares against competition like the HTC One M8, and a debate on the merits of standout ...
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Apple and Shazam working to bring song identification to iOS?
The popularity of services like Shazam and SoundHound have proven to be quite substantial lately. To even consider it possible for your smartphone to detect a song that’s playing on the radio a decade ago was a dream. Today however, we see services like Bing being able to detect songs natively without the need of a third-party app, and it seems Apple wants to follow these footsteps. Bloomberg reports that Apple plans to bring song identification to iOS 8, and apparently the company will use Shazam to get the job done. The report mentions that: “The company is planning to unveil ...
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