Shazam makes it easier to identify unknown songs on Android

While the new Shazam update brings features to both Android and iOS. Android users seem to be getting more out of the deal this time. Android Nougat users specifically get a new firm-press shortcut that’ll instantly “shazam” songs for you—meaning it’ll start to identify the song you want it, too. As for other Android users and iOS users, you can now scan “Shazam Codes” with your phone’s camera. These will come in handy when you spot Shazam-branded codes out in the wild—everything from products to magazine ads. These’ll bring some “augmented reality experiences” to you. There’s a bug fix for the iOS version that messes with Shazam’s ability to identify songs when music is playing from another app.

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Apple iPhone 7 sales might be affected by its older brothers

While the Apple iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus are solid devices, it seems they’re under threat by their own older siblings. Ahead of Apple’s release of its quarterly results, some Wall Street analysts predict that the iPhone 6 and 6s pulled down the average selling price of the current Apple flagship phones during the holiday season. And that could hurt the overall results of the company for the quarter.

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VR fishing game ‘Bait’ comes to Google Daydream

The virtual reality fishing game Bait by Resolution Games is making its way to the Google Daydream headset. First launched for the Samsung Gear VR back in March, the game has reportedly earned one million players according to the developers. It’s a great number especially for the fledgling industry and the game costs US$8 on the Play Store.

According to Resolution Games Chief Executive Officer and co-founder Tommy Palm, “we now look forward to making the game available for the growing audience on Daydream, while adding the ability to use the motion controller for casting and reeling in fish, which adds a whole new layer to the game’s immersion within VR.” Whether it would do as well on the Daydream platform remains to be seen. But fishing fans might be able to enjoy this one.

Source: VentureBeat

Microsoft's Q2 2017 earnings driven by Surface, Office 365 and Cloud services

Microsoft released its Q2 2017 earnings results yesterday and the company says that Surface business, comprised of Surface Pro 4, Surface Book and to a lesser extent the recently released Surface Studio has earned the company $ 1.321 Billion dollars proving Microsoft's increasing success as a hardware manufacturer of premium Windows machines. Surface Pros and Surface Books have gained momentum and should get even more popular once the next update to Windows, the Creator's Update, rolls around this year.

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