For a sport that’s been around over 100 years, Major League Baseball is on top of its digital game. After a pilot program last September, the league announced that 13 stadiums will accept mobile tickets through Apple’s Passbook App this season. The Mets, Giants and Royals, three of last year’s test teams, will be ...
San Francisco 49ers’ New Stadium’s Wi-Fi Will Be Champion-Caliber
on 3.19.13
When the San Francisco 49ers' new stadium opens for the 2014 NFL season, it is quite likely to have the best publicly accessible Wi-Fi network a sports facility in this country has ever known. The 49ers are defending NFC champions, so 68,500 fans will inevitably walk into the stadium for each game. And every single one of ...
ESPN and IFTTT Team Up For Sports Notifications
on 3.18.13
Sports nuts — they’re everywhere. And now they can be even more attuned to the comings and goings and winnings and losings of their beloved teams. A partnership between the Web app configuring service IFTTT and ESPN will allow people to get emails, push notifications, calls, instant messages and more to alert them to ...
Cable Subscribers: You Can Stream (For Free!) All March Madness Games
on 3.18.13
This year's version of the NCAA March Madness Live app is live in the iOS App Store (an Android version is scheduled to arrive on Google Play this weekend) and unlike last year the apps are free. Unfortunately there's still a catch, since while the games aired on CBS will be streamed registration free via the web and apps, ...
MLB Mobile App Lets Fans Upgrade Their Seats While at the Game
on 3.13.13
It used to be one of the perennial joys of going to the ballpark. You find your seats in the nosebleed rows above right field, wait patiently for a few innings, then scope out some unused seats in the pricier sections below and sneak down when the ushers have left their posts. Well, you can pretty much forget about that ...
iOS Passbook Will Be Used in 13 MLB Stadiums This Season
on 2.27.13
For the 2013 baseball season, Major League Baseball is more than tripling the number of stadiums that will accept mobile tickets via Apple’s Passbook app. This year there will be 13 stadiums that will enable paperless ticketing via Passbook, MLB announced at a fan event in New York City Tuesday night. That’s up from ...
NFL to Use iPads In-Game to Test Concussions
on 2.27.13
“Where are we?” “Who did we play in the last game?” “What is the date today?” Those are some of the questions N.F.L. players are asked after they are hit in the head during a game. Next season, they are coming to an iPad. The mandatory postinjury sideline concussion assessment tool, instituted for the 2012 ...
Shelly Palmer Radio Report – February 27, 2013
on 2.27.13
It’s a great time to be a baseball fan. Spring Training has begun and opening day is little over a month away. Major League Baseball is helping you stay more connected to your team with its updated At Bat app on Android and iOS. The app will also be ready for BlackBerry 10 by opening day. Android users from last year ...
MLB At Bat 13 App Charging Unsuspecting Users $125, Bypassing Apple Purchase Security
on 2.22.13
For many followers of Major League Baseball, the February 21st update of the MLB.com At Bat application heralded the arrival of baseball for the 2013 season. But for an unknown number of At Bat app users, it also meant an unexpected charge of $124.99 on their credit card. In 2012, the At Bat app changed formats and became a ...
MLB At Bat 13 App Updated to Feature Cross-Platform Subscriptions
on 2.21.13
One of our favorite sports apps on any platform, MLB At Bat 13, is getting a nice update with the release of its spring training edition. An initial set of features is live in the app, but it will be updated with even more on the start of the regular season. Last year there was a split because Android phones couldn’t ...
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