Shazam is one of those early iOS apps that captivated the world thanks to its extremely easy-to-use layout and important daily relevance, especially for music junkies unsure about new artists/bands on the radio. Today, Shazam takes things to a new level of awesome with the new 5.0 update. The big new feature: 1-second tagging. While it’s not fool-proof, the new 1-second tagging feature does work pretty well when it has a good grasp on a particular song. It’s...

Not being able to grab the name of a particular artist or song playing on the radio is frustrating to say the least. The frustration turns to sadness or anger when the song ends and blends into another as the DJ neglects to mention any info on the song you so desire. Sucks, I know. Then there was Shazam. An amazing iPhone app that looked nice, worked well, and was simple to use. Besides simple bug fixes and a small performance boost here and there, Shazam has remained...

If you have an iPhone, G1, or Blackberry and have even the slightest interest in music, chances are you are carrying around a great little program called “Shazam”. Shazam is a music identification app that listens to a song and then by way of a data connection compares it to a database of songs at home base. If a match is made, you then get the links to download said app if possible. It all seems peachy right? Wrong! Seems as if Shazam could very well be...