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Re:How does Shazam work? (2022) by justusthane on Wednesday December 06, 2023 @07:46AM (#38543129)
That’s more than a nitpick, that’s incredible! It still feels a bit magic today; I can’t imagine how magic that seemed in 2002!
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Re:How does Shazam work? (2022) by Symbiote on Wednesday December 06, 2023 @04:50PM (#38550028)
It launched in Britain. I remember dialing 2580 in a nightclub, waving the phone around, and everyone being impressed when the identification was correct, as it usually was. Even with relatively obscure music.
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Re:How does Shazam work? (2022) by CiaranMcNulty on Thursday December 07, 2023 @06:34AM (#38555298)
A friend was in the beta and demoed it to us in a bar.. it was insane

In the UK you dialled 2580 from your (non smart) cellphone, it would hang up after a few seconds and you’d get an SMS right away with the ID of the track

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