Picks of the Week: Shazam, Wirecast, Mixbit

John's pick: Shazam

Shazam recognizes music and media playing around you. Tap the Shazam button to instantly tag, and then explore, buy, share and comment. Tagging is unlimited, so use Shazam as much as you want. Once you’ve tagged something, you can buy from iTunes, watch the video on YouTube, share with friends on Twitter and Facebook, find lyrics, check out artist bio and more.

You can get Shazam for virtually any platform at http://shazam.com

Andrew's pick: Wirecast

With Wirecast you can stream professional-looking live broadcasts from any location with just a camera, computer and an Internet connection. Wirecast is backed by a company with more than a decade of video and encoding experience. Add polish to your broadcast with live switching, transitions, titles, lower thirds and more.

Learn more about Wirecast at http://www.telestream.net/wirecast/

Jim's pick: Mixbit

MixBit lets you record, edit and publish videos as short as one second or as long as an hour—right from your mobile phone. You can also create videos without needing to shoot original content. A video can include as many as 256 clips. Clips are stored as independent elements but play as one seamless video. Drag and drop to rearrange, cut or delete clips, as well as save or publish, right from your phone.

Check out MixBit.com to view, collect and mix videos contributed by the community.