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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Who Will Build a Kindle for Sports? Millions of Fans Await the Answer
One great comment I heard at CES in Las Vegas this week was that tablet computers are "the killer app for watching video." To that I would add a caveat: Tablets could also become the complete killer app for watching sports in a mobile fashion, if and only if the leagues, cellular providers and broadcasters could come to some workable agreement on viewing rights. What could make all that happen Read More>>
iBike Delivers Powerhouse Fitness Plans
Velocamp has expanded its iBike platform to help transform it into a tool that everyone from the most casual of riders to ones with dreams of possibly participating in the Tour de France can take advantage of to improve themselves. The latest from the company that has delivered a variety of cycling performance tools is called iBike Powerhouse Fitness plan, and it comes with four different plans Read More>>
Intel Aggressively Pushes Smartphone, Tablet Vision at CES
CEO Paul Otellini brings out Lenovo, Motorola as first smartphone partners Intel president and CEO Paul Otellini used his keynote speech at the International Consumer Electronics Show to roll out new partners, products and reference designs as the chip company ramps up an aggressive push into tablets, smartphones and ultrabooks. While the company has been participating in all of these Read More>>
ESPN Scores with 523,000 Online Viewers for BCS
The game may have been a dud for all but Alabama fans but the BCS Championship was an online success for cable giant ESPN, with 523,000 online viewers tuning in via the various mobile and online platforms and devices. With the regular television audience for the game racking up the second-highest viewer total for a cable program (with 24.2 million viewers, trailing only last year's BCS game Read More>>
Mobile Sports Gamblers Bet More and More Often, Report Says
In 2011, the average gambler using a mobile device to be on sports wagered 30 percent more and 29 percent more often than gamblers using desktop and laptop computers, according to a just-released Sports Agent Blog report. And during the year, sports betting has become 50 percent of the global gaming marketplace. With the price points of mobile phones and tablets declining, mobile sports Read More>>
AT&T Provides Assists to Mobile Sports App Developers
LAS VEGAS -- CES 2012 -- How can a big, established company like AT&T put itself at the center of mobile apps innovation? By giving smaller companies hooks into the cellular giant's extensive wireless network and back-end operations, making it easier for developers to reach a wider audience and earn money faster. For entrepreneurs looking to break into the exploding world of mobile sports Read More>>
Rockchip Hopes to Spark Low-cost Tablet Market
Rockchip Electronics Co., a Chinese company that makes processors for a variety of markets is now focused on the tablet and smartphone market is hoping to create the same type of tablet buying frenzy that accompanied Hewlett-Packard’s TouchPad when its price was slashed and that Amazon is now garnering with its Kindle Fire, but industry wide. It sees its technology the RK2918 chip that is based Read More>>
MSR Editor Gives BCS Viewing Advice to CES
If you are at CES here in Las Vegas (like MSR is) you may be wondering if you can watch tonight's BCS championship game in a mobile fashion. MSR editor in chief Paul Kapustka (me) breaks it down for you over at Light Reading. Enjoy. Read More>>
