Freefly Systems, a Seattle-area company that makes toys for drone photographers, just released a video of your new favorite sport you didn’t know existed. Dronesurfing is kind of like wakeboarding without the wake — or the boat. Water sports fans will be instantly jealous of the video’s star, as he skids along the glassy surface without the noise of an engine or the smell of fumes. Freefly hasn’t floated much information about the video or whether it has a strategy to bring dronesurfing to the masses. Instead, the post says, simply, “The team at Freefly closed out the summer with the introduction… Read More
Amazon wants to stream sports with worldwide followings such as soccer, tennis, rugby, golf and auto-racing, in a move that could help the online retail giant grow its appeal abroad, according to a report from Bloomberg. Amazon struck out in its quest to land an NFL streaming deal, with Twitter ultimately securing an agreement to air 10 games this season. Amazon is pursuing other U.S. sports like basketball and baseball, Bloomberg reports, but exclusive rights contracts with networks could make it tough for Amazon to get into those sports. Amazon could also come to agreements with league streaming networks like MLB.tv to add them to its $99-per-year Prime subscription service.… Read More
Bo Daly was trained as an engineer, with early experience in databases and technology consulting, and an internship at Microsoft’s Redmond campus. But he always wanted to make games. As he puts it, he “desperately needed to make games.” He succeeded in that quest, working at companies including Rockstar Games in San Diego, on the “Red Dead Revolver” and “Red Dead Redemption” games. The experience at Rockstar showed him the power of a company that has a clear vision and strong sense of identity — and a built-in audience of gamers that faithfully follows and plays everything the company releases. Today, Daly is the CEO of Super Evil Megacorp, based in San… Read More
The Denver Broncos and the Carolina Panthers kick off the NFL season tonight in a rematch of Super Bowl 50, and based on a Bing prediction that gives Carolina a 57 percent chance of winning, quarterback Cam Newton may actually stick around for the full post-game press conference. Microsoft’s search engine is back with weekly predictions for all the NFL games thanks to Bing Predicts, which uses “search, social, and other relevant data to make intelligent predictions about upcoming events.” Scanning the schedule shows a few lopsided predictions in the week one mix. The Seattle Seahawks are a 78 percent favorite… Read More
Levi’s Stadium now has the first-ever food farm atop a professional sports venue. Home to the NFL’s San Francisco 49ers, the high-tech stadium today unveiled its new vegetable and herb garden named the Faithful Farm. A rotation of nearly 40 organic crops — from tomatoes to peppers to eggplants to herbs — will be harvested at the 4,000 square-foot farm and used in dishes served at club spaces and private events at Levi’s Stadium. The Faithful Farm will produce an average of 150 pounds of produce per week, or 7,500 pounds of produce per year. “We’re proud to reinforce Levi’s Stadium as an industry… Read More
