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Webware Radar: Shazam hits 35 million users

Shazam, a mobile music discovery service for the iPhone, T-Mobile G1, and other devices, announced Friday that it has added 20 million users since September and now has 35 million users worldwide.

Shazam's success is due in part to its availability. According to the company, its app can be found on phones offered by 75 carriers across 60 countries. Shazam users are tagging an average of 10 tracks per month, and the company claims that a total of 1 million tracks are being tagged monthly around the world. By the end of 2009, CEO Andrew Fisher expects the app … Read more

Superhero saves lost cell phones

It's a traveler's worst nightmare: a BlackBerry, filled with personal e-mails, bank account information, and family pictures, is suddenly missing from a pocket or carry-on bag. Not only is a pricey gadget lost, but so is valuable information and contacts.

Now, a cell phone superhero claims it can protect your confidential data and aid in safely returning your gadget.

No, it's not a dude wearing tights, but a service from YouGetItBack.com that launches today in the U.S. and Canada. The downloadable software lets subscribers go online and remotely lock their mobile phone once it goes … Read more

Get-It guards your fingers

We've all reached to pick something up, getting a handful of burned fingers for our trouble. The problem is that spoons, spatulas, and other food-handling devices just don't have the dexterity of the average human hand. We try to pick things up because it's just so much easier than fumbling around with whatever we're trying to move, and watching it wind up on the floor.

Broadway Panhandler has a great finger protector--the Get-It Finger Guard--that will allow you to skip the spoon and just pick up whatever it is you're after. Sure, it … Read more