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How does the music-identifying app Shazam work its magic?

3 pointsby jaynateover 14 years ago

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corin_over 14 years ago
<p><pre><code> Other than playing video games, it's the most useful thing you can do on your phone. </code></pre> Playing games is <i>useful</i>? I really hope that was ironic.<p>While I do like having Shazam on my phone, I still find, y'know, making and receiving phonecalls, the <i>most</i> useful feature.
tejaswiyover 14 years ago
Unrelated note: Some blogger reverse engineered the algo and posted sample code on his blog as an education experience. He got a takedown notice and was forced to remove the post from his blog.<p>Can't find the source right now, will look it up if anyone needs it.