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Commission to investigate Apple's Shazam plans
By EUobserver
The European Commission will assess whether the planned purchase of Shazam, a music recognition application, by Apple would "adversely affect competition" in the European Economic Area - that is, the EU plus Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway. The EU executive accepted a request from Austria, France, Iceland, Italy, Norway, Spain and Sweden. It said it will ask the US tech giant to notify the transaction.