Shazam was originally an SMS music recognition service. It is now one of the most widely used mobile applications in the world. And the service has reached a new milestone in its history by ...

After all, Shazam has been around since apps were but a twinkle in Steve Jobs’s eye. The company was founded in 1999, and started as a text-based service in 2002. It was quick to move on third ...

On Friday, TechCrunch reported that Apple had agreed to acquire music discovery service and app-maker Shazam. Today, Apple made it official confirming the deal to BuzzFeed News. Shazam, which makes ...

But with growing competition between Apple Music and Spotify - which also ties into Shazam - Apple may have felt the need to secure the service rather than risk its Swedish rival or some other ...