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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Rugby’s HSBC Sevens World Series Ends this Weekend
If you are a fan of rugby, and are looking for something to watch this weekend, then you owe it to yourself by tuning into the HSBC Sevens World Series 2011/2012 with the final matches being held in London, England this weekend. The length of this series makes the NBA and NHL playoffs appear to be short by comparison. Counting this weekend’s games there will have been nine rounds that started Read More>>
Elemental Technologies lands $13m in Series C funding
Elemental Technologies, a young company that is focusing on creating video solutions for multiscreen content delivery has closed its third round of funding after landing $13 million in a Series C round of funding. The round was led by Northwest Venture Partners (NVP) and was joined by three additional partners; General Catalyst, Voyager Capital and Steamboat Ventures, all of whom are previous Read More>>
Crowdfunding Investments Estimated to Reach $3 Billion in 2012
I believe that I was like a great many others who when they heard the term ‘crowdfunding’ kind of pretended that I understood what it meant and then merrily went on my way without really giving it a second thought. Then earlier this year I started running into a number of interesting products that were starting to get funding in that manner, starting with the Pebble watch. I find the whole Read More>>
Bloomberg Sports adds Fantasy Alarm to ‘Front Office 2012’
Have you missed out on making an important trade or swapping out an injured player simply because in your busy day you missed looking to see how your team/league was doing at a critical time? Well if so, and you are a user of Bloomberg Sports fantasy baseball app “Front Office 2012” then these issues will be a thing of the past. The company has integrated the Fantasy Alarm feature into the Read More>>
Comcast Subscribers Finally Get WatchESPN Access
If you are a paying Comcast cable subscriber, the day of sports freedom has finally arrived -- you are now part of the lucky group that is able to use the WatchESPN app to get sports content wherever you want it, on basically any mobile device. While this does mean that approximately 40 million more Comcast customers can now watch games and other ESPN programming in the horse trough should they Read More>>
Is Round 1 of Oracle vs. Google a Tie?
Well the jury has weighed in on part one of the Oracle vs Google battle and it looks like Oracle is in the lead but there is still a great deal of confusion over what the verdict, and the jury's inability to reach a conclusion on one count, will mean in the long run. At first glance Oracle wins because the jury said that Google relied on Oracle’s Java technology to build the Android operating Read More>>
Online Golf Back This Week: It’s All About the Island Green at The Players Championship
Call this an early version of "watching Golf this week" but we wanted to join in the leadup hype for what some call the "fifth major," The Players Championship. The good news for those of us stuck at desks is that the PGA's live online coverage, @Live, returns this week for the big-ticket players event. There's even an online "preview" show scheduled for Wednesday evening, from 5 p.m. to 6:30 Read More>>
Lenovo to Enhance Focus on Tablets & Smartphones
Lenovo to Leap into Tablet Space Next Year The Lenovo Group has started building a new facility as part of an overall plan to expand its offerings into the mobile Internet market and will be investing approximately $800 million over the next five years as it seeks to become a player in that market segment. The goal of the project is two sided. It wants to optimize its supply chain but it Read More>>
