FLAGSHIP SERIES: STADIUM TECH REPORTS

Introducing: The Stadium Connectivity Outlook survey!
To all stadium, arena, ballpark, race track, concert-hall, convention-center, airport, casino and other large public venue owners, operators and administrators and deployers of connectivity technology: We need you! That is, we need you to take our Stadium Connectivity Outlook survey, a vehicle designed to find out "where we're at, and where we're going" when it comes to connectivity technology and the business Read More>>
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MLB adds Mobile Ticket Upgrade Feature to At Bat
February 28, 2013 By Paul Kapustka
Major League Baseball expands its mobile ticket program that allows for seat upgrades from four teams to 13 as it continues to be at the forefront of utilizing mobile technology to connect with fans. Last year we reported that Major League Baseball had adopted Apple’s Passbook Ticket technology, a mobile ticket option that enables fans to upgrade seats. At the time MLB was rolling the program Read More>>

7-inch Asus Fonepad With 3G Slated for March Release
February 27, 2013 By Paul Kapustka
Asus is the latest to get into the multifunction 7-inch tablet space with its Fonepad, a device that functions as both a tablet and a smartphone, something that will go head to head with other devices in this emerging category such as the recently released Samsung Galaxy Note 8. The handheld is powered by an Intel Atom Z2420 processor running at 1.2GHz and will feature 1GB of RAM, and will be Read More>>

HP Enters the 7-inch Tablet Space with Slate 7
February 25, 2013 By Paul Kapustka
Hewlett-Packard, a company that may have experienced the most notorious crash and burn in the tablet space with the TouchPad has returned with a low cost Android device, the HP Slate 7, which it has introduced at the Mobile World Congress. Unlike the last time when it used technology it had acquired from Palm as the operating system HP has gone mainstream and will be using the Android Jelly Read More>>

Samsung Launches Galaxy Note 8
February 25, 2013 By Paul Kapustka
Samsung’s drive to apparently have a tablet offering at every possible size has taken another step forward as the company has delivered the Samsung Galaxy Note 8, an 8-inch tablet announced just prior to the start of the Mobile World Congress this week. The tablet is hardly a secret as the company accidentally unveiled a great deal of its details last week at an event in South Korea. It will Read More>>
Friday Grab Bag: New Tablets, Hybrids ahead of WMC
February 22, 2013 By Paul Kapustka
Rumor has it that Google may be taking a page from Apple’s playbook and plans to open a real brick and mortar line of retail outlets to sell Nexus and Chrome products in a manner that enables the buying public to touch and try the devices prior to purchase. Currently it is already possible to test drive some of Google's products at retail but as its lineup of tablets and notebooks grows, and Read More>>

Watching Golf this Week: The Frozen Open, or WGC Accenture Match Play Championship
February 21, 2013 By Paul Kapustka
Pardon us for our late entry for this week's watching golf episode... can we claim we were just waiting for our keyboard to thaw? In case you hadn't heard, the opening rounds Wednesday of the World Golf Championships Accenture Match Play Championships got put "on ice," so to speak, after a snowstorm moved in on The Golf Club at Dove Mountain in Marana, Ariz. Snow? In Arizona? You bet. Watch Read More>>

March Madness Online: Free, if You Have a Cable Contract
February 21, 2013 By Paul Kapustka
Once again, the epic sporting event known as March Madness, aka the NCAA men's basketball tournament, will be available online for free... as long as you have a cable contract that includes the Turner channels. HERE IS THE LINK TO MARCH MADNESS ONLINE. Broadcast by both CBS and the Turner cabal of TNT, TBS and truTV, the tournament is probably the biggest online sports time-waster, given Read More>>

MLB’s AT Bat 13 Also Shows Up for Spring Training
February 21, 2013 By Paul Kapustka
For many baseball fans one of the landmark days of the season is when pitchers and catchers report. For others it has now become when MLB.Com releases its At Bat mobile sports program at the start of each season. The popular app is now in its fifth season and it is now available on a much greater variety of platforms than ever, with its mainstay Apple iPad and iPhone as well as support for Read More>>






