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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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YouTube TV Becomes Presenting Sponsor Of World Series

Major League Baseball announced Tuesday that YouTube TV would be the presenting sponsor of this month’s World Series. The partnership is not a streaming deal, per se, as this does not extend the inventory of baseball playoff games that will be available on the internet-based, live-TV service. Fox and FS1 are available channels on YouTube […]

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‘My Whole Life Was A Mess’: Rehabbing Vision After Concussions

Only the unidentified voice remains. The baseball game is gone. The drive to the field vanished. That morning’s school day disappeared. The previous weeks, too. Just four words, maybe from the catcher, linger in Jared Schwartz’s memory. “Are you OK, Jared?” Jared, then 12, was standing in the left-handed batter’s box of the local Little […]

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Philadelphia Eagles Bring Panasonic’s Wi-Fi To Lincoln Financial Field

The Philadelphia Eagles have, perhaps more than any other team in football, taken steps to make their home turf, Lincoln Financial Field, as eco-friendly and technologically current as possible. Wind turbines tower over the end zone stands, and solar panels line the stadium’s southern facade and upper deck overhangs. Starting this season, Panasonic will fill […]

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