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Apple has confirmed that it has finally secure acquisition of popular song identification app Shazam in a deal worth $400 million. Apple has always been a huge player in the music industry since it bought Beat by Dr Dre luxury headphone company few years ago not to mention it’s own Apple music store. According to Oliver Schusser, Apple’s vice president of Apple Music, he said “Apple and Shazam have a long history together. Shazam was one of the first apps available when we launched the App Store and has become a favorite app for music fans everywhere.” Shazam is the most popular song identifying app in the world, it has over 1 billion downloads and is used to identify music over 20 million times a day. All you have to do is make the app listen to the music for some seconds and it will tell you the name and the artist. It will even display the artist’s picture or album cover. Really cute.



As far as Shazam is concerned, the surprising thing for me is how it is able to identify lyrics of our own Nigerian songs correctly and still give us the correct answer considering the fact that our music is full of slang words and mixture of Pidgin, Yoruba and Igbo languages, lol. The best part of this news for users is the fact that Apple has promised to get rid of all those annoying ads that keeps popping up each time the app is being used. It might interest you to know that Apple has already indicated interest in buying Shazam since last year but the deal was being stall because of European Union over potential antitrust concerns but finally gave the deal a go ahead. Despite the fact that Shazam is so popular, the company has been struggling to make profit ever since it was launched.

SOURCE:https://techcapon.com/apple-finally-acquires-shazam-for-400-million/

I really hate whatever apple lays it's hands on because they re damn too strict and stingy..

Imagine if android have bought this, u I'll easily download ur favourite shazammed song with little or no restrictions right from the app.
Now with this apple acquisitions now, it I'll have to redirect u to the iTunes Store to go buy the song or music u shazammed

I ll rather note down the name and go search it on musicpleer

krattoss:
I really hate whatever apple lays it's hands on because they re damn too strict and stingy..

Imagine if android have bought this, u I'll easily download ur favourite shazammed song with little or no restrictions right from the app.
Now with this apple acquisitions now, it I'll have to redirect u to the iTunes Store to go buy the song or music u shazammed

I ll rather note down the name and go search it on musicpleer

what is this one saying

krattoss:
I really hate whatever apple lays it's hands on because they re damn too strict and stingy..

Imagine if android have bought this, u I'll easily download ur favourite shazammed song with little or no restrictions right from the app.
Now with this apple acquisitions now, it I'll have to redirect u to the iTunes Store to go buy the song or music u shazammed

I ll rather note down the name and go search it on musicpleer

that's also what I do all the time. That's how Apple bought Beats by Dr Dre headphone and now they've completely dumped the company. They released new sets of phones and produced their own airpods or wireless earphones. That's how Beats company just died.

TOMMIEYIKES:
what is this one saying

have u shazammed a song and feel like downloading it?

TechCapon:
that's also what I do all the time. That's how Apple bought Beats by Dr Dre headphone and now they've completely dumped the company. They released new sets of phones and produced their own airpods or wireless earphones. That's how Beats company just died.

that beats na their own loss.

Dr dre pocketed his cash and left for good.

krattoss:
that beats na their own loss.

Dr dre pocketed his cash and left for good.

I tell you but he will be pained that his work was left to die off like that. I feel it's because it's a black man's company. Otherwise why dump a company that was making profit ?

This app make sense

Na which kind wahala be dis, wetin apple want gan

Ha
So I won't have access to shazam again

Personally, i think apple have a motive behind this,... Any free service apple touches becomes expensive service's. Just watch how shazam users drop.

Androids users right now

They should come and buy my blog o $1000

krattoss:
I really hate whatever apple lays it's hands on because they re damn too strict and stingy..

Imagine if android have bought this, u I'll easily download ur favourite shazammed song with little or no restrictions right from the app.
Now with this apple acquisitions now, it I'll have to redirect u to the iTunes Store to go buy the song or music u shazammed

I ll rather note down the name and go search it on musicpleer

So true. I hate apple for this

Smart move from Apple, though I don't see a long further for that app



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There was a time when Apple was just a fruit, and Shazam was a name of a superhero.

Hmm

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Who still uses shazam when we have music match? besides, i know only one shazam.. And its that marvel superhero

Fierce11:
Who still uses shazam when we have music match?
besides, i know only one shazam.. And its that marvel superhero

not Marvel but DC superhero

krattoss:
that beats na their own loss.

Dr dre pocketed his cash and left for good.

It's a simple idea, buy out the competition and simply let it die slowly...that way your own product has monopoly in the market...I believe they will do same to Shazam.

Shazam was for sale ?

TechCapon:
that's also what I do all the time. That's how Apple bought Beats by Dr Dre headphone and now they've completely dumped the company. They released new sets of phones and produced their own airpods or wireless earphones. That's how Beats company just died.

buy,kill and bury. I don't like companies that do that.

That Shazam can never make profit with someone like me
My ears can naturally Shazam any music track

TechCapon:
that's also what I do all the time. That's how Apple bought Beats by Dr Dre headphone and now they've completely dumped the company. They released new sets of phones and produced their own airpods or wireless earphones. That's how Beats company just died.

the bought it so that another company won't buy it..

Shazam should be worth atleast 1Billion usd

400 million seems quite low for Shazam because there is so much potential in that App I tell you ...well we don't know the full details if the deal yet but its a great start all the same

Wow wow wow

krattoss:
I really hate whatever apple lays it's hands on because they re damn too strict and stingy..

Imagine if android have bought this, u I'll easily download ur favourite shazammed song with little or no restrictions right from the app.
Now with this apple acquisitions now, it I'll have to redirect u to the iTunes Store to go buy the song or music u shazammed

I ll rather note down the name and go search it on musicpleer

Very much on point.

Bizibi:
buy,kill and bury. I don't like companies that do that.

Monopoly

Another coil way to spy on their users......if u know u know

Nice development. Now I will see how apple will try to make money off that app.

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Those above me saying that Beats was destroyed by Apple are sick. Apple was the best thing that happened to Beats

PotatoSalad:

Monopoly

I prefer Facebook,they buy and improve to make profits not killing the company,other companies will avoid Apple......