Just before the puck drops on the inaugural season of Seattle Kraken hockey on Tuesday night, the team and its home base, Climate Pledge Arena, have dropped a new app to help fans with a variety of services and experiences. The combined Kraken + Climate Pledge Arena mobile app is the first in the National Hockey League to be developed in house rather than through the league. Instead of focusing heavily on content, the app aims to drive efficiency around such things as transportation, ticketing and transactions. And because the redeveloped arena will be home to much more than professional hockey,… Read More
A search on YouTube for “youth sports drills” returns an endless scroll of every type of practice workout you could imagine. All levels of athletic skill and coaching style are on display in a dizzying stream of content aimed at players and parents looking for a better way to kick a soccer ball or pitch a baseball. A new mobile app backed by Seattle Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson, former Zillow CEO Spencer Rascoff and others is looking to become a singular, simplified destination for parent coaches and families of young athletes. MOJO launched Tuesday as a “one-stop, coach-in-a-box” format that… Read More
Two Microsoft veterans are building apps to help people put down their mobile devices and engage with others in the real world through sports. Seattle-based Mavengo, which launched in 2016, helps sports enthusiasts find and communicate with other players and set up games and matches. The software uses artificial intelligence to manage the monotonous task of organizing and scheduling games and re-matching the winners and losers. Co-founder and CEO Imran Aziz calls it a “personal assistant for sports.” The startup last year raised $400,000 and has been testing an initial version of its app for squash players at three Seattle-area… Read More
Only a privileged few get to raise the official 12 flag at Seattle’s CenturyLink Field and hear the roaring crowd chant SEA-HAWKS. But thanks to an update to the Seahawks official app, fans everywhere can virtually get in on the ritual of raising football fandom’s most recognizable flag. Since the Seahawks will be on the road in Atlanta to take on the Falcons in a divisional playoff game this Saturday, there will be no ceremony at the team’s home stadium. But fans armed with a smartphone and a 12 flag or 12 rally card can experience the flag raising in… Read More
It feels like a warm front just blew in over your favorite ski destination. REI has quietly shut down its Snow Report app, a popular mobile information source for winter sports enthusiasts. The app, which provided weather information and snow depths for various resorts, was turned off this fall before skiers and snowboarders had a chance to get excited about the new season. “We retired the REI Snow Report on Oct. 24,” a spokesperson for the outdoor retailer told GeekWire. “With the rise of resort-specific snow apps, we’ve decided to focus on apps for backcountry skiing (Powder Project), hiking, climbing, national parks and… Read More
