George Brett at Kauffman Stadium, where MasterCard will introduce ApplePay at for Game 1 of the 2014 World Series. With any Apple rollout, there are always many talked about new features. But one of the most talked about aspects of the new iOS 8 release, with the new iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus, is the introduction of Apple Pay. Apple Pay simply is a system where, using your Apple device, you can utilize paperless transaction without even opening your wallet. Apple combines enhanced security features, such as touch ID or a passcode, to authorize all payments in the hopes that someday your iPhone 6 is not only your phone, but also your wallet; and your one-stop shopping device. While...
For the last 50 years scientists have conducted numerous studies to understand how baseball players can run, track and catch a fly ball. Many of those studies settle on an explanation that more or less stipulates what every coach will tell you: “Keep your eye on the ball.” Without visual contact of the ball, a […]
By Simon Ogus – Email | Twitter | Articles The 2012 Major League Baseball season kicked off Wednesday night at new Marlins stadium and it got us thinking about who the best teams are at engaging fans through Twitter. It turns out the Philadelphia Phillies blow away everyone with 679,519 followers while posting just over 4,000 tweets, by far the largest “follower to tweet” ratio in all of MLB. The New York Yankees pace the American league with 554,000 followers, but have a very low tweet count of just fewer than 5,000, which is much less than many other teams. The Houston Astros and the Washington Nationals respectively have the league’s lowest and second-lowest amounts of Twitter followers; the only teams to...
