The Amazon Echo’s intelligent personal assistant, Alexa, dishes out its fair share of topical humor. With the NBA Finals in full swing, the Golden State Warriors and Cleveland Cavaliers are not above Alexa’s comedic fodder. Alexa will tell you — if you ask for “a Warriors burn” or “a Cavaliers burn” — a variety of […]
For teams and leagues, finding a match made in heaven with a startup or entrepreneur is no easy task. By the same token, it can be challenging for a startup to find an organization with a need that they can satisfy. The Olympia Zone Innovation Center, opening in a few weeks in Tel Aviv, will serve […]
For the third consecutive year, the Cleveland Cavaliers and Golden State Warriors meet in the NBA Finals, but for the time first time, highlights from the series will be available in virtual reality. As part of NBA Digital’s partnership with NextVR, which included a regular schedule of live virtual reality programming this season through NBA […]
Virtual and augmented reality. They’re still two new pieces of technologies continuously being woven into how professional teams activate in-arena and engage with fans, but for Michael Conley, it’s especially the latter which he’s seen has been accepted by everyone, regardless of age. On this week’s SportTechie Podcast, the Cleveland Cavaliers Vice President of Digital said […]
For episode 14 of the SportTechie Podcast with Bram Weinstein the Cleveland Cavaliers VP of Digital, Mike Conley, explains what it is like to work with LeBron James from a digital perspective and what the future of digital marketing looks like from a team perspective. Plus, we explore why Facebook isn’t going all in on live […]