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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On Wi-Fi Day, a Warning: Find Wi-Fi if You Want Sports on Your Phone
Attention, mobile sports fans: If you are thinking of watching a game anytime soon on your portable device, be prepared to find yourself some Wi-Fi -- or get ready to pay Peyton Manning-like dough to stay connected. Since today is officially "Wi-Fi Day" since the numerical date, 8-02-11 neatly corresponds with the IEEE designation for the Wi-Fi protocol (802.11) it's a good time as any to start Read More>>
Options Abound to Follow MLB Trades This Week
One of my favorite days in the baseball season will soon be upon us, as will my least favorite day, oddly they are the same, the first of the two trade deadline days. For those that are not quite clear on the deadline days there are two in baseball. The first, July 31, is for straight trades, player A for player B or money, or draft picks or some combination of these scenarios. The second Read More>>
Women’s World Cup Final Available on Sprint Phones
Want to watch the women's World Cup soccer final game this Sunday but won't be near a TV? Sprint smartphone users are covered thanks to the carrier's ability to provide a live stream of the game (which starts at 2:15 p.m. Eastern time) via its ESPN Mobile TV channel on its Sprint TV app. To watch the U.S. vs. Japan game Sprint users will need to have the "Sprint Everything" data plan which Read More>>
MLB to allow players to Tweet during Home Run Derby
Major League Baseball’s All-Star week is upon us once again and as usual I have mixed feelings about the event. I much preferred it when I was younger and not because of any nostalgia about players wanting it more but rather in those days I never saw American League players except in the playoffs and All-Star game. Overall, games of this sort do not interest me that much because they do not Read More>>
The Friday Loose Ends
The Smithsonian looks at ways to cheat in baseball Cheating in baseball is a time honored tradition except when it annoys the sports writers, who are after all the arbitrators of the sports unwritten rule book. The Smithsonian took a scientific look at a couple of the more popular topics in this space such as the impact that using a corked bats or confining baseballs to a humidor can have on the Read More>>
Online Voting Allows for Informed Selections in MLB All-Star Game
The Major League Baseball All-Star game is just around the corner, with voting ending today for the July 12 event, so as they used to say in Chicago, vote early and vote often! The game will be broadcast on FOX and is being played at Chase Field in Phoenix. It is interesting how the Internet and the online community has changed the way in which people vote and actually provides them with the Read More>>
Hewlett-Packard Seeks Results from Palm Purchase with TouchPad Tablet
Hewlett-Packard is on the verge of releasing the TouchPad tablet as it seeks to stake out a section of the increasingly competitive tablet market and show that its costly purchase of Palm will pay solid dividends. HP will be following the Apple roadmap in supplying both the hardware and operating system for its tablet, something that the Android and Windows-based systems are not able to do, but Read More>>
2011 Tour de France Features All Access, GPS
All cycling, all the time, for a price. NBC Sports plans expanded mobile sports coverage of the 2011 Tour de France, with $14.99 Android, iPhone and iPad applications that provide unlimited live video streaming and Global Positioning System (GPS) tracking of every rider in every race. According to an AllThingsD report, NBC recognizes that sports coverage must expand every year to meet Read More>>
