Last week, Fitbit announced two new updates. The first was SmartTrack, an automatic exercise recognition system and the second was Exercise Goals, a new service on the Fitbit app. In addition to these two new features, Fitbit also enhanced its real-time heart rate tracker. SmartTrack was introduced to two of Fitbit’s devices, the Fitbit Charge […]
New technology from startup ventures is transforming the sports industry. The mission of this series will be to introduce startup companies in the sports technology space to a broader audience and allow CEO’s of promising new ventures to tell their story. Company: StatRow CEO: DJ McDuffie Headquarters: Alpharetta, GA 1. What is your elevator pitch? StatRow […]
Social media is a powerful force. It can be utilized as a deadly weapon, mighty enough to take the world’s most famous athletes from eminence and adulation and banish them to a life of scorn and irrelevance with just the click of a button. All it took was one photo of Olympic hero, Michael Phelps, […]
SeatGeek has added another feature to the already popular ticket-scoring platform it operates. Now, anybody can sell their tickets on SeatGeek, making it a complete ticket marketplace, in competition with big names like StubHub. Before turning itself into a marketplace, the New York based company founded in 2009, garnered its recognition by being a ticket […]
In the past, GoPro has released experimental 360-degree virtual reality (VR) videos of sand dune jumping and skiing. The videos allowed viewers to feel like they are in the moment by having a unique viewing experience and gave a glimpse into the future of how virtual reality videos will be a major focus of video […]
