Download SoundHound Infinity free from the Amazon AppStore

Today, Amazon is giving away SoundHoud Infinity as its free premium app of the day download in the Amazon AppStore. The app usually sells for $4.99, but today, it can be yours free.

SoundHound Infinity is one of those music discovery apps, just like Shazam. There have been countless situations where I heard a song that I really liked and didn’t know who the artist was. Instead of just enjoying the sound and never knowing who the artists was, you can now use SoundHound.

In order to identify a song, simply let SoundHound Infinity hear a sample of the song, and in as little as 4 seconds, the name of the song and artist is returned to you.

What’s really sets SoundHound Infinity apart fro its competitors is that it also discovers music that you sing, whistle, and hum to it. This is a nice feature to have because sometimes when you want to remember the name of the song, you won’t have it blasting in the background.

Head on over the Amazon AppStore and download SoundHound Infinity free!

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Color: the new social network that works by proximity

If you’re thinking to yourself: do we need another social network? Probably not. Do we need another photo-sharing service? Not really. Do you need a photo-sharing, social network? Well, the folks at Color seem to think so. Introducing Color: a free, proximity-based social networking photo-sharing app. Available on the iPhone and Android phones, Color doesn’t work like any other social network/photo-sharing app available, which helps it stand out from the crowd. Instead of you uploading pictures to a gallery that people can browse or comment on, Color works by automatically sharing your pictures (taken with the app) to anyone who’s around you and using Color as well. This works both ways, allowing you to browse photographs that someone else around you has taken. So let’s say in a public area with loads of people, like a train station or a park, you can expect to have tons of photographs to look through – provided they are all on Color as well. Usage of this app would be useful in situations like a wedding – where everybody can browse all the photos everyone has been taking without even needing to upload it to an online album like Facebook – photo sharing can happen at the event itself. Hit the break to watch a video of Color in action:

• Color Demo from Color Labs, Inc. on Vimeo.

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BlackBerry PlayBook, Amazon’s New App Store & LinkedIn Landmark: This Morning’s Top Stories

Welcome to this morning’s edition of “First To Know,” a series in which we keep you in the know on what’s happening in the digital world. We’re keeping our eyes on four particular stories of interest today.

BlackBerry PlayBook Now Available for Pre-Order

RIM’s BlackBerry PlayBook tablet is now available for pre-order in three different versions beginning at $499.99.


Amazon Launches Android App Store

Amazon has officially launched the Amazon Appstore for Android.

LinkedIn Passes 100 Million User Mark

LinkedIn has announced that it now has more than 100 million users. To honor the achievement, the company has released an infographic with some illuminating stats about the professional online network.


Firefox 4 RC for Mobile Now Available for Download

Mozilla has unveiled the release candidate of Firefox 4 for Android and Nokia Maemo, paving the way for browser’s offical launch for mobile platforms.


Further News

• The iPad 2 is still slated to go on sale in 25 countries on March 25, and in Hong Kong, Korea, Singapore in April, Apple said in an e-mailed statement.
• EveryBlock, a hyperlocal news site acquired by msnbc.com in August 2009, has unveiled a new version designed to encourage conversation and collaboration among neighbors.
• LivingSocial has raised $2,301,130 for the American Red Cross’s Japan Earthquake and Pacific Tsunami fund after leveraging its popular group-buying platform to solicit donations.
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