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Method to the Madness: Using Technology to Enhance Your Big Dance Experience

Stanford is one of the Cinderella teams from this year’s tournament.  This post originally appeared on CE.org. Before the NCAA Tournament gets back underway today, let’s take this opportunity to look at some of the effects technology is having on both the sports we watch and how we watch them. While (hopefully) a good number of brackets are still giving fans hope, it only took until the second day of the tournament for all entries in Warren Buffet’s ‘Billion Dollar Bracket’ challenge to be eliminated. Mercer’s first round upset of Duke ruined all but .03 percent of the entries, according to CBSSports.com. While entrants in the challenge are probably wishing that technology could have helped them pick the perfect bracket to...

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MLS MatchDay App Brings Fans Closer to the Action

MLS MatchDay is the perfect app for soccer fans. Available in the app store, it has numerous different sections within it that bring fans closer to the game. When opening MLS MatchDay for the first time, users are given the option of selecting a favorite international club (United States or Canada) as well as a favorite MLS club. Fans can set notifications for breaking news, new videos, lineups, match start, half, end, goals scored, misconduct calls, and substitutes for each match.

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The Bike, Some Tech, and a Thin Line

This article was originally published in Issue 6 of the Sports Performance and Tech Magazine.  As soon as the modern bicycle was created racing quickly followed and Cycling became so popular it was included in the first Olympic games in 1896 in Athens, Greece.  Since then it may not seem like the sport has transformed […]

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Warriors Partner with Sonic Notify to Implement Proximity Marketing

With the tech companies that Silicon Valley has produced it should be no surprise that the two franchises in the NBA that are closest to it, the Sacramento Kings and Golden State Warriors, are among the most tech savvy teams in sports. Recently, the Warriors added to their tech-friendly resume by launching a new partnership with […]

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