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Title: Comment: Did Apple buy Shazam for the data, and if so, what now? Post by: HCK on December 14, 2017, 04:05:20 pm Comment: Did Apple buy Shazam for the data, and if so, what now?
<div class="feat-image">(https://9to5mac.files.wordpress.com/2017/12/shazam.jpg?quality=82&strip=all&w=1500)</div><p>Apple is a rich company, but even so, a rumored $400M is a lot of money to spend on buying a single app. So some eyebrows were raised when Apple confirmed its <a href="https://9to5mac.com/2017/12/11/apple-buying-shazam/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">acquisition of Shazam[/url] earlier this week.</p> <p><a href="https://9to5mac.com/guides/shazam/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Shazam[/url] already powers Siri’s music recognition, so will at least be saving the ongoing licensing fee it paid for this, but what could justify spending so much money on the app … ?</p> <p> <a href="https://9to5mac.com/2017/12/13/comment-did-apple-buy-shazam-for-the-data-and-what-now/#more-511960" class="more-link">more…[/url]</p><img alt="" border="0" src="https://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=9to5mac.com&blog=22754319&post=511960&subd=9to5mac&ref=&feed=1" width="1" height="1" /><div class="feedflare"> <img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/9To5Mac-MacAllDay?i=TDUdZrVMBEI:oKZUrINBXdU:D7DqB2pKExk" border="0"></img> (http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/9To5Mac-MacAllDay?a=TDUdZrVMBEI:oKZUrINBXdU:D7DqB2pKExk) </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/9To5Mac-MacAllDay/~4/TDUdZrVMBEI" height="1" width="1" alt=""/> Source: Comment: Did Apple buy Shazam for the data, and if so, what now? (http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/9To5Mac-MacAllDay/~3/TDUdZrVMBEI/) |