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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Big Weekend for Racing Fans: Coca-Cola 600 and Indy 500
The two will make for a great week of viewing for fans. With Indy moving its starting time back to noon it once again gives drivers that want to the opportunity to race in both events, all it needs is a helicopter ride in between. I am too lazy to look at this moment but I believe that only one driver has ever finished both races in the same day. Last week there was the All Star Sprint Cup Read More>>
Friday Grab Bag: Astrodome doomed, Apple Exec Knighted
Remember Michelle Wie, the precocious teen golfer that continually tried to crack the PGA, all without winning on the LPGA? (Well she actually did win her first title in 2009 but still…) Well she has now achieved something that is quite praiseworthy; she has graduated from Stanford University with an undergraduate degree in communications. Hopefully she will go on and her career mirrors that Read More>>
Cookoo seeks to follow in Pebble’s Footsteps
Another connected watch; this time from developer ConnectedDevice called the Cookoo Connected Watch has found its way to the land of hopeful investors that is Kickstarter. The offering is less ambitious than what Pebble is seeking to deliver but also comes in what appears to be a much sleeker package. The Cookoo seeks to strip down the connected device experience to the basics. It connects to Read More>>
Goodell: Wi-Fi Needed in Every NFL Stadium
At a press conference Tuesday NFL commissioner Roger Goodell left no doubts about where the league stands on Wi-Fi in stadiums: He wants league-wide networks in every NFL venue, so that fans "don't have to shut down" their mobile devices. Too bad the video from the NFL isn't embeddable (hint, guys: sharing is good) but you can view it here to get Goodell's no-questions-about-it take on Wi-Fi in Read More>>
Will Nvidia’s Kai lead to Less Expensive Tablets?
At its annual shareholder meeting Nvidia showed a prototype Android tablet platform that it has code named Kai and that it is positioning as the basis, with its processors, for lower cost family of tablets. The heart of the Kai tablet would be Nvidia’s Tegra-3 processor that the company seeks to leverage as the heart of a new line of Tablets that will have powerful processing and graphics Read More>>
Watching Golf this Week: Crowne Plaza Invitational at Colonial
It's Hogan's Alley weekend for the PGA Tour, with a better-than-average stop known for many years as simply "the Colonial." Played in Fort Worth, Texas, hometown of golfing legend and five-time tourney champ Ben Hogan, the Colonial this year has a pretty good field including red-hot Jason Dufner and player of the year candidate Hunter Mahan, among others. No Tiger, Phil or Rory, though, so Read More>>
Microsoft Slowly Pushing So.Cl Social Media Engine to Public
Microsoft has expanded the scope of who can use its So.Cl (pronounced social) social media search technology to everybody after a quiet beta push, as it seeks to establish it as a mainstream player in the social media environment. So.Cl is a search engine that is designed to find and share social media, enabling you to connect with other users that have similar searches and interests and Read More>>
Nike Unveils New Golfer Performance App, NG 360
The ever-elusive golfing social media market has a new entrant, from one of sport's biggest names: Nike today unveiled its NG 360 app, which is designed to be a one-stop shop for golfers who want to improve their game, their golf fitness, and to connect with like-minded friends. Available only for the iPhone (Nike golf's Twitter stream said an Android version is due soon) the NG 360 app (for Read More>>
