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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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Wi-Fi Police Patrolling London Olympics For Pirate Hotspots
Is it a return to Lost In Space? It is a newfangled directional signal? Is it a metal detector or a antenna to attract signals from outer space? In actuality, the odd-looking device and the guy carrying it around London and his colleagues comprise the London Olympics' "Wi-Fi Police." Sadao Turner of Ryan Seacrest Productions tweeted this accompanying image of a member the enforcement corps Read More>>
Reuters’ Photographer Captures Iconic Olympic Image After Three Days’ Wait
Luke MacGregor, a photographer for Reuters, the international news service, didn't capture an athlete in flight or a dramatic race finish. But after three days of trying, MacGregor captured among the most stunning images of the London Olympics. Posting the details of his three-night mission near the Tower Bridge in London on his blog, the photographer perfectly captured the moon as the sixth Read More>>
New Antenna Design Helps AT&T Improve Stadium, Event Cell Coverage
When it comes to cellular phone innovation, the things that immediately come to mind are the highly advertised advancements, like 4G networks and the latest handsets. But AT&T has turned to the often overlooked cell-tower antenna to find an innovative way to help improve cellular reception in crowded public places, like big outdoor events and sports stadiums. According to an AT&T blog post as Read More>>
SF Giants Catcher Buster Posey Launches Own Mobile Game
The Giants’ catcher Buster Posey has just entered the company of a rarified few, an athlete still in their prime who gets a video game with his name plastered all across the cover, as he has with the Buster Bash app available at Apple’s App store. Now the game does not have the elegance or complexity of EA’s Madden 13, but then a game that is designed to play on Apple’s iOS devices such as the Read More>>
PlayerLync expands its iPad playbooks to College
PlayerLync, a app developer that has captured five National Football League teams as customers for its electronic playbook app that runs on Apple’s iPad has now made the leap to college football with Stanford University using the technology for its players. The school announced that it has ditched traditional paper notebook playbooks, which can often run to 500 pages and need to be reprinted on Read More>>
Bleacher Report Sold to Turner Sports
The rich get richer as Turner Broadcasting Systems has purchased Bleacher Report, a six year old sports news web site in a deal that has been estimated at being valued between $170 million and $200 million according to Forbes. Bleacher Report was founded in 2006 by four friends, Bryan Goldberg, Dave Finocchio, Zander Freund and Dave Nemetz. Three are still at the company but Freund left in Read More>>
Mobile Sports Report TechWatch: Windows 8 nears, Apple vs Samsung Rd 2 this Week
The Apple vs. Samsung lawsuit currently ongoing in a San Jose, Calif. Federal courthouse has a little for everybody, taunting, name calling, and a look into the past as the two tech rivals fight it out over the look and feel of Samsung’s smartphones and tablets and if it infringed on Apple’s designs. The case, which started last week, provided a snapshot of how intertwined the people of Silicon Read More>>
FIBA to push for 3 on 3 Basketball as Olympic Sport
The International Basketball Federation (FIBA), which governs international basketball competition, is seeking to establish its three on three (3x3) version of the sport as an Olympic event in the coming years, it has said. It is shooting for the 2020 games at the latest. While you hear about plenty of sports seeking Olympic recognition, 3x3 looks like it has an inside track. It has been played Read More>>
