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The most interesting application from a content producer's point of view seems to come from British Shazam. The mobile application lets you point your phone (any phone) toward any music source (say in a bar, an elevator, or a passing boom-box), and it will give you a text message with the name of the artist and the track. It is based on pattern recognition of the frequencies and 1.5 million music tracks.