EPISODE · Dec 17, 2025 · 52 MIN
Shazam (Part 2)
from Technology Blows · host Dan Slimmon
This week and last, I'm joined by singer-songwriter Rachel Kiel to talk about Shazam: the massive data analytics platform that occasionally tells you the names of songs. Find out:How they use computers to turn all your favorite songs into constellationsWhat other things you can Shazam, if you're not a music personWhat Shazam likes to do in its spare time, when you think it's not listening anymoreReferences:https://appleinsider.com/articles/21/11/24/shazam-for-ios-will-listen-to-songs-for-longer-before-giving-uphttps://appleinsider.com/articles/24/05/22/shazam-can-now-run-in-the-background-with-live-activitieshttps://daniellenewnham.medium.com/fostering-innovation-and-choosing-the-right-founding-team-6287f7eed9fhttps://d3.harvard.edu/platform-digit/submission/shazam-predictive-analysis-for-the-music-industry/https://patents.justia.com/inventor/avery-li-chun-wanghttps://profwurzer.com/shazams-ip-fortress-layered-protection-built-a-billion-dollar-app/http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2014/12/the-shazam-effect/382237/https://venturebeat.com/social/shazam-american-idol/https://www.cnbc.com/2015/06/14/shazam-names-that-tune-drawing-in-money-and-users.htmlhttps://www.computerweekly.com/news/450409644/How-Shazam-handles-its-data-reserveshttps://www.ee.columbia.edu/~dpwe/papers/Wang03-shazam.pdfhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/averywang08/https://www.reddit.com/r/apple/s/uX3Gjl7FUmhttps://www.seti.org/people/avery-wang/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G3hNkU03sLAhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x0m-G6iwrCw
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This week and last, I'm joined by singer-songwriter Rachel Kiel to talk about Shazam: the massive data analytics platform that occasionally tells you the names of songs. Find out:How they use computers to turn all your favorite songs into constellationsWhat other things you can Shazam, if you're not a music personWhat Shazam likes to do in its spare time, when you think it's not listening anymoreReferences:https://appleinsider.com/articles/21/11/24/shazam-for-ios-will-listen-to-songs-for-longer-before-giving-uphttps://appleinsider.com/articles/24/05/22/shazam-can-now-run-in-the-background-with-live-activitieshttps://daniellenewnham.medium.com/fostering-innovation-and-choosing-the-right-founding-team-6287f7eed9fhttps://d3.harvard.edu/platform-digit/submission/shazam-predictive-analysis-for-the-music-industry/https://patents.justia.com/inventor/avery-li-chun-wanghttps://profwurzer.com/shazams-ip-fortress-layered-protection-built-a-billion-dollar-app/http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2014/12/the-shazam-effect/382237/https://venturebeat.com/social/shazam-american-idol/https://www.cnbc.com/2015/06/14/shazam-names-that-tune-drawing-in-money-and-users.htmlhttps://www.computerweekly.com/news/450409644/How-Shazam-handles-its-data-reserveshttps://www.ee.columbia.edu/~dpwe/papers/Wang03-shazam.pdfhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/averywang08/https://www.reddit.com/r/apple/s/uX3Gjl7FUmhttps://www.seti.org/people/avery-wang/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G3hNkU03sLAhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x0m-G6iwrCw
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