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 […]
The Jacksonville Jaguars have announced that they will be one the first North American professional sports teams to partner with ride-share app Uber (the Sacramento Kings had a unique partnership in 2014). The partnership will give Uber users in-app access to promotionally priced tickets for fans taking a ride to the Jaguars stadium for the remaining home games. The […]
As more mobile apps are grabbing the attention of fans, sports teams and marketers are trying everything to keep their fans engaged. Snaps, a mobile messaging app, is making its mark in this mobile and social world with customizable emoji keyboards. Last week Snaps and the New York Cosmos partnered to launch a customized, Cosmos-branded emoji keyboard called Cosmojis. […]
