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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Mobile Devices Catching on with Wider Audience
The makeup of the owners of tablets and eReaders is undergoing a major change in the United States, according to the latest report from nielsonwire. Just a year ago it was dominated by young males but that is quickly changing as the technology is finding acceptance on a much broader scale. Among other things that the survey found was that women went from 47% of eReader users in Q3 2010 to Read More>>
“In-running” future of sports betting, newspaper says
Imagine a Super Bowl Sunday in the near future. You are sitting in the stands with 70,000 or more hardcore fans. Your team's star wide receiver goes into the slot. On your smartphone, a betting proposition comes up. Do you take three-to-one odds that there will be a completion to your team's stud? The technology is already available to make that experience a reality, and the future of the $2.76 Read More>>
Sports Media Pages Load Too Slow, Researcher Says
Technology performance company Gomez Benchmarks said Friday Aug. 26 that only one in 12 sports media websites can load pages in five seconds or less, disappointing millions of sports fans every time they use their smartphones to get news and buzz. A division of Compuware Corporation, Gomez Benchmarks measured four carrier/device combinations -- AT&T/iPhone, Sprint/HTC Hero, T-Mobile/HTC Read More>>
Can We Just Kill the Tim Tebow News for a bit?
Is a third string QB really worth a daily update? There seems to be one story that is dominating the preseason NFL news this year. It is not the question of if Green Bay can repeat, if the Eagles will play in the Superbowl, or will an NFC West team make the playoffs again with a losing record. No it revolves around a backup quarterback and where he will end up in the depth charts. Poor Tim Read More>>
A Fluffy Friday Roundup
Big Changes at Apple with Jobs out As by now every geek in the Western world knows, Steve Jobs, Apple’s co-founder, chairman and CEO has stepped down as CEO due to health reasons. Many are praising him as possibly one of the greatest CEOs of modern times and say that he has performed the greatest corporate turnaround in history. Hard to argue with this and in any case I am not well Read More>>
Bleacher gets $22 million cushion
Bleacher Report continues its onslaught on the traditional Internet sports domains, winning on Thursday Aug. 25, a $22 million cash infusion from Oak Investment Partners, Crosslink Capital and Hillsven Capital. The money will be used to expand Bleacher's production and distribution of sports videos and mobile applications. The move is significant because Bleacher is already a leader in Read More>>
Journal notes sports bar transformation
Geeks are taking over sports bars, according to the Wall Street Journal (WSJ). It says live Internet broadcasts of professional science-fiction war games are proving a key revenue stream for sports bar owners, edging out traditionalists who prefer football, baseball, basketball and hockey games when they tilt back a few brews. WSJ said "Starcraft III" is the latest game drawing geeks to Read More>>
Is 49ers vrs Raiders Fan Fight a Sign of the Times?
By now everybody that watches pro football is aware of the debacle that occurred at last weekend’s game between the San Francisco 49ers and the Oakland Raiders; two shootings and a beating, with fan fights continually breaking out all over the stadium. Sad to say I am not surprised. This is not an indictment on the fans of either team, but rather for one of the rare moments I am in agreement Read More>>
