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Hope Solo Plays Nasty On Twitter With Double Gold Medalist, NBC Soccer Analyst Brandi Chastain
It wasn't too long ago when media organizations were deciding if quoting athletes' from their Twitter feeds was appropriate. Now the Associated Press, the international news service, has dedicated multiple 600-word articles about athletes criticizing each other on Twitter during the Summer Olympics. The current Twitter rant is between current U.S. soccer goalkeeper Hope Solo and NBC Sports Read More>>
Football (The US Version) Applying for Olympic Recognition?
I caught an interesting piece in ProFootballTalk that said that the International Federation of American Football (IFAF) was applying for Olympic recognition and looking to promote the game on the international stage at some point. According to a piece at NFL.Com the application will be looked at next year and the article compared how the US once dominated basketball and now others have caught Read More>>
Mobile Sports Report TechWatch: Microsoft Ticks off OEMs, Apple to Invest in Twitter?
The China Times, via Endgadget, is reporting the Microsoft is limiting the number of OEMs that can build a tablet that runs the RT version of its upcoming Windows 8 operating system. This is the version that can be run on a tablet built using an ARM-based processor. According to the piece the lucky few include Asus and Lenovo, which can use Nvidia processors, Texas instrument processors will be Read More>>
Olympics Wireless Network Gets Overloaded on Day 1: Organizers Ask Fans Not to Tweet
Well, despite lots of planning and press releases, it turns out that the folks behind the wireless networks at the London Olympics weren't prepared for the smartphone revolution. According to a Reuters story today, fans effectively shut down TV coverage from the men's cycling road race by overwhelming the wireless network with their communications, leading the games organizers to ask fans not to Read More>>
NBC Doesn’t Show Lochte-Phelps, Makes Internet Wonder What Olympics They are Watching
If you were watching the Innerwebs this morning (Calif. time) there was a perceptible buzz of stunned wonder on Twitter, with nobody believing that NBC wasn't going to show the first showdown between American swimmers Ryan Lochte and Michael Phelps live on TV. The race was available, but only through NBC's online and app streams -- a decision widely and quickly criticized. Jason McIntyre Read More>>
When Do Olympic Events Start? Google Will Tell You
Now that the opening ceremony is out of the way, let the Olympic Games begin. And if you want to know when any event will start, Google is ready to tell you -- and will even handily sync it to your local time, all the better for those of us who want to watch things in real time, no matter how far we are from London. As a cycling fan I knew the men's road race was nearing its start time over in Read More>>
NBC Criticized For Not Streaming London Olympics’ Opening Ceremonies
The first controversy in the first Social Media Olympics has already occurred before one medal has been awarded. With Twitter, Facebook tablet use and social media phenoms Instagram to Pinterest abuzz with activities, what didn't happen was streaming content of the spectacle of the Opening Ceremonies. According to an Associated Press report, NBC has received its share of complaints for not Read More>>
Apple Bids $356 million for Security Firm AuthenTec
Apple has made a bid to purchase AuthenTec, a company that develops security solution around its fingerprint reader technology. Apple is offering $8 per share for the company bringing the deal’s value to approximately $356 million. AuthenTec currently sells its technology into the mobile and networking space and the move could be a step by Apple in providing authentification in its mobile Read More>>
