Shazam and Rdio Announce Partnership for UK, Canada, More

Last year, music streaming service Rdio teamed up with Shazam to offer users a way to listen to Shazam'd songs for free. The partnership saw a 'Listen Free on Rdio' button added to Shazam, so users tagging a song could then go and listen to the complete track. Today, Rdio expanded this partnership to include the the United Kingdom and several other countries.

Rdio was created by Skype founders Niklas Zennström and Janus Friis and launched in August of 2010. An Unlimited subscription costs $9.99 per month and offers unlimited streaming via dekstop and mobile. A web-only subscription will set you back $4.99 each month.

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