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Rakuten Partners With NBA, Brings League Pass To Japan

On the upper left hand corner of the Golden State Warriors’ new Nike jerseys, one will find a small red circle with a white “R” inside and “Rakuten” spelled out beneath. That logo represents the partnership between the Warriors and Rakuten, which will also have Viber be the team’s Official Messaging and Calling App partner. […]

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Access Info On Every NBA Team Via Amazon Alexa Skills

You can access all your NBA information on Amazon’s Alexa starting on the regular season’s opening night on Oct. 17. All 30 teams will be launching via Alexa Skills. The NBA is the first professional league to do so. Want to stay up-to-date on the defending champion Golden State Warriors? Say, “Alexa, enable Warriors.” Instant […]

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Snapchat, Under Armour Create Game Where Users ‘Train Like Curry’

Steph Curry doesn’t drain pregame half court shots by accident, he trains like crazy. A techie himself,  Curry has been linked to multiple training tools that he uses regularly. He’s backed virtual reality, tested out sensory deprivation tanks and focuses on training his hand-eye coordination through FITLIGHT. FITLIGHT trains reaction time and improves function between the eyes […]

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Spurs Pitched Austin As Tech Hub To Lure Iguodala From Warriors

The tech scene in Austin has been thriving for more than a decade, evidenced by the crowded hallways of the South By Southwest tech and music festival where Twitter blew up in 2007 and Meerkat (a rival to Twitter’s Periscope) stole headlines in 2015. Apparently it’s thriving so much, in fact, the San Antonio Spurs […]

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