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...What's the most common query for the two-month-old service? "'What is the meaning of life?' is quite high up,'' says Myers. He adds that pubs are a natural habitat for AQA users-much as they have been for Shazam, the popular two-year-old service that identifies the names and artists of songs. AQA has given rise to what Myers calls "ego texting,'' in which twentysomethings "look for fame" by showing off to their friends that AQA knows something about them. People can also check practical information such as train schedules and event listings, but AQA will...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Very Smart Phone | 7/12/2004 | See Source »

...year, followed by other countries including the U.S. What's the most common query for the two-month-old service? "'What is the meaning of life?' is quite high up,'' says Myers. He adds that pubs are a natural habitat for AQA users - much as they have been for Shazam, the popular two-year-old service that identifies the names and artists of songs. AQA has given rise to what Myers calls "ego texting," in which twentysomethings "look for fame" by showing off to their friends that AQA knows something about them. People can also check practical information such...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Very Smart Phone | 7/11/2004 | See Source »

...with just a quick phone call: simply dial #43 on your mobile phone, and hold it so that it can pick up the tune. Within seconds, you'll get a text message that gives you the name of the artist and the song. MusicID, the brainchild of Musicphone and Shazam Entertainment, is available to AT&T Wireless subscribers for 99¢ a call. --By Clara Ogden

Author: /time Magazine | Title: To Name A Tune, Make A Call | 5/3/2004 | See Source »

...mouse for operating programs. Using the machine's built-in Wi-Fi (wireless-fidelity) link, for example, you can write a URL into the Internet Explorer browser to visit a website from the comfort of your bed. Or you can draw a smiley face in a Word document. Shazam...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: No More Pencils, No More Bics | 11/25/2002 | See Source »

...Stanley Ipkiss dons a mystical mask, and shazam! all cartoon hell breaks loose. His face goes green; his teeth grow as large as porcelain pillows. When he spots gorgeous Tina on a nightclub stage, his eyeballs pop like demented Slinkys, his anvil jaw drops onto the table, and his tongue cascades from his mouth; it's a red carpet for a red-hot princess to walk on. His heart thumps about a yard out of his chest. He lets howl a wolf whistle Jack Nicholson would envy and bashes himself with a huge mallet...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CINEMA: Like the Mask? | 8/8/1994 | See Source »

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