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Re:Apple is close to acquiring Shazam, sources say by JumpCrisscross on Friday December 08, 2017 @05:30PM (#15882656)
> One of the task of store employees is to report how many customers they notice using Shazam in the store

Fascinating. Do you remember your source?

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Re:Apple is close to acquiring Shazam, sources say by ssijak on Friday December 08, 2017 @06:12PM (#15882932)
Well, shazam could sell that info to the stores
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Re:Apple is close to acquiring Shazam, sources say by hobarrera on Sunday December 10, 2017 @06:07PM (#15893987)
On iOS, Shazam is usually used through Siri (it's beyond me why anyone would download the standalone app).

I wonder if the connection is made straight from the iPhone to shazam, or Apple actually proxies this.

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Re:Apple is close to acquiring Shazam, sources say by bello on Friday December 08, 2017 @06:20PM (#15882970)
heck, they could even tell by sniffing wifi traffic
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Re:Apple is close to acquiring Shazam, sources say by forgotmypw on Friday December 08, 2017 @09:11PM (#15883842)
location + time + song = exact match

Of course, you'd have to trust Shazam to provide accurate data.

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Re:Apple is close to acquiring Shazam, sources say by dave5104 on Friday December 08, 2017 @07:24PM (#15883345)
I wonder how many people actually end up connecting to the store wifi.
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Re:Apple is close to acquiring Shazam, sources say by Xeanort on Saturday December 09, 2017 @08:47AM (#15885759)
I think they could just get your MAC address if you have your WiFi turned on, without you actually connecting.
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Re:Apple is close to acquiring Shazam, sources say by ryanmerket on Saturday December 09, 2017 @09:10AM (#15885856)
iOS doesn’t allow this any longer.
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Re:Apple is close to acquiring Shazam, sources say by xxpor on Friday December 08, 2017 @09:18PM (#15883868)
Or you install a DAS in the store and monitor the traffic of phones connected to that.
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Re:Apple is close to acquiring Shazam, sources say by 21 on Friday December 08, 2017 @05:43PM (#15882762)
It was an article about a UK playlist selection company which had 6 millions yearly revenue doing this. Unfortunately I can't hit the right keywords now to find it again.
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Re:Apple is close to acquiring Shazam, sources say by iamjeff on Friday December 08, 2017 @06:23PM (#15882986)
What a delightful discovery, this playlist selection vertical.

Going down that rabbit hole, I discovered some gems:

[1] Restaurant music emerges from the background - http://www.crainsnewyork.com/article/20170807/ENTERTAINMENT/...

[2] Who Picks The Music You Hear At The Mall? - https://www.npr.org/sections/therecord/2012/11/28/165947927/...

[3] Gap In-Store Playlists 1992 to 2006: The Monthly Playlists at Gap - https://gapinstoreplaylists.blogspot.com

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