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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RotoWire Readies Fantasy Apps ahead of MLB Season Opener
RotoWire ready for Major League Baseball to start. With one of the most important days of the New Year to baseball fans already passed earlier this week with pitchers and catchers reporting one of the next important milestones for fans is preparing for their fantasy baseball draft. To help fans prepare and follow their teams RotoWire has released four apps that can help a fan do everything Read More>>
World Golf Match Play, Live Online
It's somewhat under the radar -- did you hear any promos on TV? -- but the PGA does have a pretty good online option for a short list of tournaments, including the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championships currently underway. The Live@ tour coverage is available for mobile platforms as well as online. Tourneys like the match play are perfect for online watching -- this thing stretches with Read More>>
Battle of the E-Reader Tablets: Nook vs Kindle Round II
Barnes & Noble has unveiled its next generation Nook tablet Barnes & Noble, seeking to provide a much more cost effective product to the market, has released its next generation Nook e-reader that will feature 8GB of memory in a 7-inch format with a $199 price tag, significantly lower than its $249 previous offering. The tablet will feature a 1020 by 600 pixel display, has 1GB of RAM and a Read More>>
The Viva! Vision: Former NFL Players Create ‘App Enablement’ Firm for Athletes, Celebs
Anytime you go to a "developer's conference" hosted by some large firm, you can pretty much count on at least several instances where groups of geeks are shepherded to the stage for their 15 seconds of fame. Look! The big-company execs will say. Developers who believe in us! At the recent AT&T Developers Summit ahead of CES, however, there was a twist: During the meet-the-developers segment Read More>>
CEA Working to Smoothly Combine Apps, Content and Devices
The Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) has formed a new working group called the Device, Apps and Content working group (DAC) that will serve as a form of open air forum for members interested in working together and solving joint issues. The move is a first by the organization in this area, it has seen a tremendous upsurge in interest in how apps are developed, distributed, collected and Read More>>
Daytona 500 features Huge Mobile and Social Media Push
The Daytona International Speedway (DIS), home of this week’s 54th Daytona 500 has been working to expand the sports appeal to the users of social media and has launched a series of programs that will enable fans both at the track and at home to follow the race. The effort actual started last Saturday night with the first event of the NASCAR season, the Budweiser Shootout, which kicks off its Read More>>
Mobile Sports Report TechWatch: Apple Files New Complaint Against Motorola
Congress approves spectrum sale The US Congress has approved of the sale of spectrum that had formerly been allocated to television. The move will enable an increase in the amount of spectrum available for use by telcos in supporting greater bandwidth for mobile phones, especially smartphones. Are Facebook’s numbers not what they appear? Shel Israel over at Forbes does a nice takedown on Read More>>
United Way Seeks to Leverage NFL’s Social Media Strength
The United Way, one of the largest charities in the United States is partnering with the NFL in an effort to leverage the football league's huge social presence into heightened awareness of the charity and what it does. The two entities are already long term partners, having worked together for almost four decades and it has been a common sight during NFL broadcasts to see one star or another Read More>>
