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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Hints about Seahawks picks to be Twittered in Advance?
Seattle Seahawks’ coach Pete Carroll has developed a unique tool to convey the intentions of the team in regards to each draft choice- he tweets about it. But rather than make reference to the position or school that the prospective choice might come from he takes a different approach. Two years ago he tweeted songs about the picks. His first was Santana’s “Soul Sacrifice” and this was Read More>>
Lotsa Luck: Colts will Have Live Mobile TV Cam Following Top Draft Pick
In a new, mobile twist to the 24/7 NFL Draft coverage idea, the Indianapolis Colts will have a live, mobile TV camera following top draft pick Andrew Luck from the moment he's picked Thursday throughout his Friday welcome-to-Indy activities. Partnering with mobile camera technology supplier LiveU, whose camera modems are finding more fans in the sports world, the Colts will be breaking new Read More>>
Want to Spout off About the Draft? CBSSports Wants to Hear From You!
Have you ever watched some talking head spout some nonsense on television, say about the qualities or lack thereof in a football player being drafted? Well CBS Sports is grabbing hold of social media and will allow you to have your say- within reason of course. CBS Sports has set up an interactive 2012 Draft Day program, rather than fill the airwaves with two days of people explaining why Team Read More>>
ESPN Gameday Contest Draws Fan Interest — Maybe Too Much Interest?
Any but the most casual college football fan has seen the throngs at the ESPN College Gameday sets, with fans in the background hoisting all sorts of signs, occasionally ones that are risqué or outright rude, and during the course of the week we see lots of ads for the program. Now fans can influence where the ads will be shot in a clever little contest that ESPN and Facebook are hosting that Read More>>
NFL Draft 2012: Where to Watch and Where to go Online for Information
The phenomenon that is the NFL Draft starts this Thursday, a prime time extravaganza that makes experts out of casual fans and stars or bums out of the legions of ‘experts’ that not only predict teams picks but also how well that player will fit in and perform for his new employer. Who will be this year’s great picks, the Peyton Manning and Wes Welker of the draft and who will be this year’s Read More>>
Apple Still Red-Hot: Earnings Blow by Estimates as iPhones, iPad Sales Soar
By almost any metric you can use Apple had a stupendous quarter that ended March 31, 2012 with quarterly revenue of $39.2 billion and a net profit of $11.6 billion. Compare that to the same quarter the previous year’s numbers of revenue of $24.7 billion and net profits of $6 billion. iPhone sales increased 88% over the same period a year ago, reaching 35.1 million units while iPad sales reached Read More>>
Cubs Announce ‘Social Media Night’ Promotions that, Like the Cubs, Fall Short of Fantastic
Is giving someone a print magazine as a prize a fitting way to celebrate a "social media night" promotion? It may not exactly resonate with fans who are certified thumb-clickers but who cares when you're at Wrigley Field? By announcing a pair of "social media nights" the Chicago Cubs are taking a baby step into the waters of social media -- and, in this Cub fan's opinion, not really "getting Read More>>
Are Facebook and Microsoft Teaming up Against Google?
Yesterday Microsoft sold $550 million worth of patents to Facebook. The deal is somewhat surprising since just days earlier Microsoft had spent $1 billion on those and other patents when it purchased them from AOL. Why not let Facebook simply purchase them from AOL itself? As Facebook’s $1.1 billion purchase of Instagram showed the company does not lack the resources to go out and quickly Read More>>
