Apple Buys Shazam to Boost Apple Music
>> “Shazam, the 18-year-old company...”<p>Fact that Shazam is 18-years-old made me curious, and found the following on Wikipedia:<p>>> “Initially, in 2002, the service was launched only in the UK and was known as "2580", as the number was the shortcode that customers dialled from their mobile phone to get music recognised. The phone would automatically hang up after 30 seconds. A result was then sent to the user in the form of a text message containing the song title and artist name.”<p>SOURCE: 
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