{"id":342028,"date":"2015-03-10T09:59:00","date_gmt":"2015-03-10T01:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/uncategorized-hk\/music-soon-can-shazam-anything-art-food-342028.html"},"modified":"2015-03-10T09:59:00","modified_gmt":"2015-03-10T01:59:00","slug":"music-soon-can-shazam-anything-art-food","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/hk\/culture-hk\/entertainment-hk\/music-soon-can-shazam-anything-art-food-342028.html","title":{"rendered":"Music and More: Soon you can Shazam any physical object"},"content":{"rendered":" <p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2015\/03\/Shazam.jpg\"><span style=\"display: block;\" class=\"wrap-img\" id=\"wrap-img-78959\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" class=\" size-medium wp-image-78959 img-responsive  aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2015\/03\/Shazam-625x342.jpg\" alt=\"Shazam\" width=\"625\" height=\"342\" \/><\/span><\/a><\/p> <p>There aren't a lot of apps whose names have been turned into a verb, proving just how revolutionary <strong>Shazam<\/strong> is. Now, the London-based app\u00a0will <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/fashion\/latest-news\/swipe-shop-mobile-shopping-made-easier-spring-41271.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">make our life even easier<\/a>.<\/p> <p><em>\"The famous blue button that our users love will remain on the home screen but will be able to do much more,\"<\/em> said Shazam's\u00a0Chief Executive <a href=\"http:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/2015\/03\/05\/us-telecom-mwc-shazam-idUSKBN0M119720150305\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Rich Riley<\/a>,\u00a0who wishes to <em>\"expand\u00a0the universe of what you can Shazam\".<\/em><\/p> <p>Soon, you can Shazam anything from a piece of art to food. The iconic button will even be able to\u00a0identify <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/fashion\/latest-news\/video-chanel-56721.html#post-56721\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">the soundtrack\u00a0<\/a>of a DVD just by scanning the cover, and pull out nutritional information from a cereal box!<\/p> <p>The dramatic project\u00a0has\u00a0raised USD30 million in January from several\u00a0unidentified billionaires and financial institutions, valuing the company\u00a0to\u00a0around USD1 billion - the first time a British mobile app has reached that level. While Shazam is yet to release the nitty gritty of\u00a0the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/lifelove\/entertainment-lifelove\/facebook-unveils-new-suicide-alert-support-tools-77364.html#post-77364\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">brilliant idea<\/a>, you can still try the concept with other existing apps. A feature on Amazon's Fire Phone called Firefly is one of them, which uses image recognition and barcode scanners to help costumers identify\u00a0products\u00a0and\u00a0buy them.<\/p> <p>Living in such a tech-savvy world, new tech advancements shouldn't <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/lifelove\/entertainment-lifelove\/love-labels-skeleton-video-social-media-crazy-78641.html#post-78641\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">surprise us<\/a>. But to be\u00a0a tap away from a sea of information explaining the objects around us is definitely jaw-dropping.<\/p>  <p><em>Natasha Gan<\/em><\/p>  ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Don't know what this object is? Shazam it! 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