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Popular music discovery app Shazam now valued at $1 billion

article published on 21 January, 2015

The popular music discovery app Shazam is now valued at $1 billion after having raised $30 million in new funding. Shazam did not say who invested, but did say that the new round from a whole set of new investors. If you have a mobile device, you have more than likely heard of Shazam. The app/widget can recognize what song is playing and save your "tags" to a list so you can purchase ... [ read the full article ]

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hearme0
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_ 		21. January 2015 @ 14:06 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Amazing that nonsense such as this is worth so much.

I"ve used and like it but can't remember an ad to save my life.

I just queue up the program to listen to whatever song and then immediately shut it down. Never seen an ad so how the Hell are they generating a revenue??
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Mrguss
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_ 		21. January 2015 @ 16:14 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
The last thing I hear about Shazam was that Carlos Slim was working with them to make this app. also to recognize video (Any kind of video instantly).
So my best bet is that he is one of the biggest investor today, and I don't think he need more money that already have.

What do you think!?
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The rule above all the rules is: Survive !
Capitalism: Funnel most of the $$$ to the already rich.

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