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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Wednesday Wi-Fi Whispers: Ruckus Goes Narrow with New Directional Antenna
Ruckus Wireless on Tuesday announced a new suite of products and an enhanced overall focus aimed at addressing high-density networking needs like stadiums, including an innovative antenna technology that can focus beams into smaller angles -- all the better for servicing tightly packed crowds. If Wi-Fi networking infrastructure deployments were originally about coverage, they've now switched to Read More>>
Mobile Sports Report TechWatch: Androids Rule!
A report from market research firm IDC shows how well smartphones that are running Android are doing in the market. Its latest report, that covers Q3, shows that they have a 75% market share with a total of 136 million handsets being shipped during the quarter. These numbers leave all other operating systems in the dust. Apple’s iOS platform shipped 26 million iPhones, good for a 14.9% share of Read More>>
Guest Post: Pickmoto Tracks the ESPN NFL ‘Experts’
(Editor’s note: This is a guest blog from the folks at Pickmoto, a fantasy sports mobile app.) One thing that ESPN is right about with its “Experts” Picks is that predictions are, indeed, a skill. Week 8 is evidence of that. Only 4 Experts’ scores went up - Wickersham, Keyshawn, Schefter, Hoge - and (surprise), they are all in the Top 5. The bottom 7’s scores dropped. Wickersham picked Read More>>
Watching NASCAR: Watch out Texas, Here They Come
There is something very familiar about this week’s standings in the Chase -- Jimmie Johnson is back on top. However not by much as Brad Keselowski has shown that he is not going away as the two of them appear to be making the Cup Championship a two-man event. The two have been close and Johnson winning last week in the Tums Fast Relief 500 managed to finally dislodge Keselowski from the top Read More>>
Recon teams with Oakley for Airwave Ski Goggles with ‘Heads-Up’ Data Display
Looking for a ski accessory that can set you apart from your friends? Then you might want to look at the Airwave ski goggles from Oakley that have just hit the market and the glasses company has teamed with Recon to significantly enhance the goggles. Oakley joins a number of Recon partners in creating goggles that provide an interactive skiing experience, but the company looks to be taking it Read More>>
Giants Fans at AT&T Park Sent Lots of Texts During World Series, But Also Watched the Game
Our friends over at AT&T sent us some interesting wireless network stats from last week's first two games of this year's World Series, which were played in the San Francisco Giants' well-wired home, AT&T Park. With the stadium's state-of-the-art wireless infrastructure, it's perhaps no surprise that fans consumed multiple gigabits of data, both sending and receiving. We'll include all the raw Read More>>
Microsoft Moves Windows 8 into Smartphone Territory
Microsoft continued its move into a more digital, mobile software provider today with the debut of its Windows Phone 8 smartphone operating systems, offering a very much revamped OS along with a number of its partners’ latest offerings. Microsoft is looking to leverage changes it has made in its operating system , with its Windows 8 OS introduced just last week, and will now be providing a Read More>>
Google Expands Hardware Offerings with Latest Trio
Google did not let the cancellation of its New York event due to Hurricane Sandy get it down and came to market today with a trio of new products including a pair of tablets as well as a new smartphone all running the latest version of Android. Starting smallest first is the latest in its smartphone lineup, the Nexus 4, built by partner LG. It features a quad core processor, a 4.7-inch 320 ppi Read More>>
