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Shazam picking up investors, boasts 50 million users

by Mike Schramm (Oct 20th, 2009)

Shazam is one of the first apps I actually used in context on the iPhone, and while we haven't heard much about the app since it debuted way back in the early days of the App Store, apparently the company itself has been blowing up, thanks to the free app. They've picked up a nice round of ...

The iFund's VCs start blogging

by Mike Schramm (Sep 16th, 2008)

When Apple first announced the iFund a while back, the idea seemed pretty opaque by its very nature -- the plan was to invest $100 million in people and companies who were interested in developing innovating apps for the iPhone. But that could be anybody, and though we've heard a few peeps from them ...