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Global Soccer Star Neymar Wins NBA Finals On Instagram

Golden State Warriors small forward Kevin Durant might have stolen the show on the hardwood during the NBA Finals, winning MVP honors along with his first World Championship, but it was global soccer icon and Barcelona forward Neymar, Jr. who captured everyone’s attention on Instagram. During the Finals, both the most ‘liked’ photo and video — […]

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The World’s Top 20 Most Tech-Savvy Athletes

From founding tech-centric startups and deploying strategic investments to leveraging social media and building a digital brand, today’s athlete, whether active and retired, is continuously redefining what it means to be a professional off the field or court. Athletes aren’t just waiting until they retire to determine what Career 2.0 looks like — they’re figuring […]

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HypSports Is Launching A Fantasy Sports Platform For Esports

In the last decade fantasy sports has boomed. Piecing together your own team brings you closer to the game and for many it creates an increased interest in the sport. Now HypSports is bringing something to the fantasy sports world that has boomed in a similar fashion: esports. Through the HypSports app (available on Apple […]

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STYR Updates Nutrition App To Integrate Voice And Photo Recognition

Used to logging your meals manually into a diary or fitness app? Obsessed with posting pictures of your food to Instagram? Those habits can now come in handy with the introduction of STYR 2.0, the nutrition company’s updated app that integrates voice recognition and image capture. The new app gives consumers an easier way to […]

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Sports Technology Has A Problem: End User Programming

Brad Stenger, is a researcher and journalist, currently at Georgia Tech Wearable Computing Center and NYU Center for Data Science. His articles have appeared MIT Technology Review, Wired.com, Ars Technica and TIME. Twitter: @bradstenger. An athlete performance coach for a professional team showed me her in-season workflow. This was in August 2016, after the season. […]

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