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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NASCAR News: STP 400 this Sunday at Kansas Speedway
April 20, 2012 By Paul Kapustka
Last Race So what is it about Texas that the Roush Fenway team loves so much, the BBQ brisket maybe? They performed great at the track last year and continued with the winning trend when Greg Biffle captured the checkered flag at the Samsung Mobile 500. A fast race with very long periods of green flag racing witnessed Biffle break his long losing streak and with his strong finishes this season he Read More>>

Friday Grab Bag: The Olympics are 98 Days Away!
April 20, 2012 By Paul Kapustka
Next week in pro football news, the ever popular draft is coming. One interesting thing about the NFL regular season schedule being released this week is that Las Vegas already has lines on the games! Not sure if it is time yet to lay a dime on Green Bay giving the points however. Intel delivers high capacity solid state drives for consumers Intel has delivered the Solid-State Drive 330 Read More>>

JockTalk Gets Pub, Plans to Enter Crowded Sports Social Network Field
April 19, 2012 By Paul Kapustka
Since we haven't yet talked to the folks behind JockTalk it's hard to surmise exactly how their proposed sports social media network is going to be better than anything out there today. We read some of the stories, we get the basic idea -- create a space for athletes and fans to hang out, and monetize on the traffic -- but so far we have seen nothing in any of the stories in the media rounds the Read More>>

Watching Golf This Week: Texas Time on the Tour
April 19, 2012 By Paul Kapustka
Did you know that this is the 90th version of the Valero Texas Open? Does that history mean anything to you? Probably not. It may mean a lot to the fine folks in San Antonio who are hosting this week's PGA Tour stop, but for golf fans this is one of those in-between weeks, where the big names take some time off. No Tiger, no Phil, no Rory, no Bubba... maybe Rich Beem will resurface and be the big Read More>>

Oakley Developing Connected Sports Glasses
April 19, 2012 By Paul Kapustka
A while back we mentioned that Google was developing glasses in an effort named Project Glass that would provide real time feedback for users-well it seems that they are not the only one and Oakley is in tests with technology that could rival Google’s efforts. Oakley executives said that they have been working on connected eyewear since 1997, which makes them quite the visionaries, and that the Read More>>

Volvo Ocean Race Coverage Brings Excitement to Sailing Event
April 19, 2012 By Paul Kapustka
An odd thing happened last night while searching for a baseball game on television, I found a boat race on Root Sports (who came up with that name?) and actually became engrossed in what was happening and the outcome. The event was part of an event called the Volvo Ocean Race 2011-2012, formerly called the Whitbread Round the World Race and the current race started last October with a departure Read More>>

NBC Launches Olympics Site, Pledges to ‘Stream Everything’ Online
April 18, 2012 By Paul Kapustka
Call it the fully online Olympics: In a news release today NBC said it would put as many events as possible from this year's Summer Olympics online, often live as they happen from London. “If cameras are on it, we’ll stream it,” said Rick Cordella, vice president and general manager of NBC Sports Digital Media, in a report from the New York Times. The content will be offered free at Read More>>

Will Google’s Android Issues Benefit Windows 8?
April 18, 2012 By Paul Kapustka
The just started Oracle vs Google legal battle has been billed by one observer as "The World Series" of IP lawsuits and while I know that many do not pay much attention to the legal battles between tech giants, this one could have a very direct impact on any user of an Android device and possible app developers as well. On the flip side other rivals may prosper. The reason goes to the crux of Read More>>