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Arccos Now Gives Users Analytics for Every Swing

Arccos, the golf analytics startup that works as a digital caddie, deepened its partnership with Microsoft this week. A new version of its app will offer golfers real-time swing strategies and analyses for every shot on any course in the world. Through an updated feature in the company’s app called Arccos Caddie 2.0, the Microsoft […]

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Nexus App Hopes to Use Push Band to Make CrossFit Social

A new social platform called Nexus is launching this weekend at the CrossFit central regional tournament in Nashville. The app aims to do for functional fitness athletes what services like Strava and MapMyRun already do for cyclists and runners: provide athletic insights and build a digital community. The Nexus app is free, but to use it, […]

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NHL Smart Puck Will Bring Big Data to the Ice

The NHL is embedding technology into its pucks that will allow it to track movement on the ice at a rate of roughly 200 times a second, according to David Lehanski, the NHL’s senior vice president of business development and global partnerships. The smart puck will aid in the league’s development of live data, which […]

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STATS Unveils New GPS Training Tool With Textile Sensors

STATS, a sports data and analytics company, announced a new GPS-based athlete training tool with textile heart rate sensors on Monday that will offer users new insights into performance. Stats GPS is a vest embedded with textile sensors that will measure an athlete’s workout in real time based on data from GPS, heart rate and […]

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