Shazam brings music ID powers to Mac

Shazam is bringing its media identification software to the desktop with an app for the Mac. Previously only available on smartphones, Shazam is now available for free in Apple’s Mac App Store. As with the Android or iOS version, Shazam for Mac identifies songs playing in the background of your home, office, coffee shop, or…

Paul McCartney re-releases five albums as iPad apps

Sir Paul McCartney has somehow never managed to loses his cool – or his financial touch. This week, a "selfie" of Macca sitting on a bench with billionaire Warren Buffett that was taken by a 16-year-old in Omaha, Nebraska, went viral. Now the coolest surviving Beatle has announced that five of his classic albums – Band…

Sonos adds support for Soundcloud

Sonos has announced the addition of Soundcloud as a supported service on its systems - joining the likes of Spotify, Google Play Music and Deezer. Sonos's range of speaker systems are at the top end of the market - offering a wifi home-streaming music system capable of playing music in different rooms of your house…

Deezer gets Chromecast support

Music streaming service Deezer has announced this morning that it is to add support for Google's Chromecast streaming dongle. The Chromecast update will add a whole new TV interface for the app – and perhaps most intriguingly, it will support…