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Title: First look: Shazam for Mac Post by: HCK on August 01, 2014, 09:00:16 pm First look: Shazam for Mac
<article> <section class="page"> <p> As you may have heard, Shazam’s music recognition technology (http://www.shazam.com) will be incorporated into Siri in iOS 8 (http://www.macworld.com/article/2310309/ios-8-additions-promise-to-streamline-how-you-communicate-and-share.html). Having the ability to identify a song playing in the background (and then purchase it via the iTunes Store) is powerful for mobile devices. But what about those of us sitting in front of our Macs?</p><p> The answer comes today in the form of the free Shazam for Mac app. Available from the Mac App Store, you simply download, double-click to install, and Shazam keeps an ear out via your Mac’s built-in mic or a microphone plugged into the computer’s microphone port (USB mics are not currently supported). I’ve had a couple of days to play with it and here’s what I’ve seen.</p><p class="jumpTag"><a href="/article/2459452/first-look-shazam-for-mac.html#jump">To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here[/url]</p></section></article> Source: First look: Shazam for Mac (http://www.macworld.com/article/2459452/first-look-shazam-for-mac.html#tk.rss_all) |