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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Watching Golf this Week: The British Open, aka The Open Championship, is ESPN’s Baby
Since this thing starts darn early Thursday morning -- how does 4:30 a.m. Eastern time sound to you? We decided to give you a heads-up on watching golf this week, since after all it is the British Open... or as they call it over there, the Open Championship. The nut is: It's all ESPN, all week long, for coverage of golf's oldest tourney. To wit: The 152nd renewal of golf’s oldest major, The Read More>>
Facebook Gains Mobile Development Team with Spool Deal
Facebook has gained the development team, but not the technology or assets of startup Spool, a mobile app developer that has in the past created programs for both the Android and Apple iOS operating systems. The terms of the deal were not disclosed but on its blog Spool announced that it was now becoming part of Facebook and that it was shutting down its site and provided instructions on how to Read More>>
Minnesota Twins Seek to Engage Fans with ‘Twins At The Plate’ App
The Minnesota Twins along with Major League Baseball Advanced Media (MLBAM) have launched an in-stadium gaming app that is designed to engage fans by allowing them predict what is going to happen when the Twins are at bat. The "Twins At The Plate" is a predictive game that has the fans predicting each batter’s results in the bottom of the inning. While there are a number of predictive apps, Read More>>
Mobile Sports Report TechWatch: Nexus 7 Sells Out
Demand for the Google Nexus 7 tablet that went on sale last week has been very strong, with reports of online retailers selling out of the devices in the first few days that it was available, according to Reuters. On sale since last Friday in most areas, the Nexus 7, a 7-inch tablet that starts at $199 has sold out at a number of locations including Sam’s Club, GameStop and Staples. The Read More>>
ESPN’s John Kruk Shilling for Nokia — ‘The Phone for Sports Fans’
Not sure that just having an ESPN app pre-loaded makes something a phone for sports fans -- I mean, c'mon, who can't download an app -- but for your weekend entertainment, here's ESPN baseball analyst John Kruk shilling for Nokia. OK, I do like the bit at the end. No word on whether the stadium he's at has Wi-Fi, though. Or whether Kruk was chillin' at the ESPYs Nokia preparty. Anyway. Read More>>
Watching NASCAR this week: Lenox Industrial Tools 301
There was a great finish last week at Daytona, with Tony Stewart making a last lap pass and then holding off a trailing gang of rivals to win his 18th race at the fabled track. Only Dale Earnhardt has more wins at Daytona. The win moved Stewart up 4 places in the driver standings. The victory must have been even sweeter for Stewart since he was forced to start at the back of the pack due to a Read More>>
Friday Grab Bag: Bannister returns, Big Ten embraces Android
A sip of soda cost Ronaldinho $1.57m? Apparently drinking the wrong soda can be costly as Brazilian soccer superstar Ronaldinho found out. He appeared at a press conference for his new team, Atletico Mineiro sipping a Pepsi, which happens to be one of the teams’ sponsors. However Coca-Cola happens to be one of Ronaldinho’s sponsors, with a deal valued at $1.57 million. Apparently the powers Read More>>
Watching Motocross- Lucas Oil Motocross heads to Spring Creek
I was flipping through the channels last night and came across a guy soaring in the air on his dirt bike doing an acrobatic jump that I cannot do in my imagination. The tag line was this weekend is the Lucas Oil Pro Motocross Championships. This caught my interest. I knew there was a championship(s) in this sports but it got be to wondering how many divisions there were along with a few other Read More>>
