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Shazam counts 100m monthly mobile users(City A.M. (UK) Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) MUSIC recognition service Shazam now has more than 100m mobile monthly active users, a 34 per cent jump year-on-year, the London-based tech firm said yesterday. The Shazam app had been downloaded more than 500m times and the company said it was adding users at a rate of 13m per month. "Shazam is evolving from being a way to identify a song to a way for people to explore and connect with the world around them," said chief executive Rich Riley, who joined Shazam in April last year coming from US tech firm Yahoo. Over the past year, Shazam has diversified to include the identification of TV shows and adverts, even when the app is not open. Earlier this month Shazam raised $40m (£24m) from billionaire Carlos Slim. (c) 2014 City A.M. |