Tag: SHAZAM

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A number of Foursquare-esque, TV-centric social networks have sprung up recently, asking you to "check-in" while watching your favorite programs. But while services like Philo simply clog up your Twitter feed with messages like "Bobby is watching '30 Rock'," 'IntoNow' offers a unique gimmick that has it pulling ahead of the pack. The new iOS app integrates 'Shazam'-like functionality that can ...

You may be on the road less traveled, but, if you are part of the Android movement, you are ahead of the smartphone curve. The platform's many benefits are offset, though, by real setbacks -- like the fact that Android owners aren't shepherded by the Draconian App Store monitored by the Big Brothers at Apple. We are freer, but we are also subjected to a load of crap, like cross-platform ...

Some musical prodigies can listen to a song once, then bang it out, note for note, on a piano. Others can pick out A-flats and C-sharps from the cacophony of rush hour traffic. These rare kinds of aural abilities, though, are no longer restricted to the domain of Mozarts and Mendelssohns, thanks to a new music-transcribing software developed by Spanish engineers. As PopSci explains, the ...

The New York Times Gadgetwise blog has found an interesting use for Shazam's iPhone app -- detecting lip-synchers. It turns out that true live performances will turn up as unrecognizable when you attempt to identify them with 'Shazam.' The app takes the snippets of a song that you record, digitizes them, and creates a type of numerical signature based on the rhythm and melody. In a true live ...

There's a load of great tech news happening out there every day, and, unfortunately, we just can't cover it all. Here are a few of the other noteworthy things we saw today on our never-ending journey through the wild, wild Web. Although most people hit by the recent Sidekick data loss debacle were able to recover their contacts, you may be a bit less trusting of the cloud. Wired writes on how ...