The latest to make the sacred pilgrimage to the serene Pebble Beach Golf Links on California’s Monterey Peninsula is Watson, otherwise known as IBM’s accelerated cognitive computing technology. The Pebble Beach Company in collaboration with IBM launched its first mobile app Tuesday. The app represents an interactive approach by the world-famous golf resort regarding its guest […]
The NFL Players Association through NFL Players Inc., the union’s licensing and marketing arm, tapped ride-sharing company Lyft for a 2017 season partnership, which kicked off last week in Philadelphia as part of the NFL Draft. At the end of February, the NFLPA’s deal with Uber expired, the union confirmed to SportTechie on Monday. For […]
Melbourne, Australia-based 776BC makes athletic apparel, mostly for runners and rowers, but now the company has pushed into the sports technology sector with its new Motion line. Two years in the making, 776BC’s Motion System hopes to help enhance athletic performance through the use of biomechanics. But Motion’s athletic tops and bottoms are not tech-filled […]
A new sports content app and website has launched in Australia called 20FOUR. The company hopes to pump out a ton of behind the scenes athlete-related content for an array of sports. The Sydney-based startup, which has been in the works for the last 18 months, plans to deliver mostly video content for fans of Australian rules football, […]
National Hockey League playoff teams in the Chicago Blackhawks, Boston Bruins, New York Rangers, Toronto Maple Leafs, Calgary Flames and Edmonton Oilers partnered with Canadian tech company Mazu to create youth-focused junior club apps. Built within a secure environment with technology that filters out negative and abusive language, the apps are equipped with unique challenges, games, […]
