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BBC Rolls Out Sports App for Kindle Fire Devices and Updates its Android and iOS App
0By: Jeff Stewart | August 4th, 2013 | Android, iOS, Mobile Apps, News, Sports
After releasing its sports app for Android and iOS platforms, the popular media outlet BBC has now rolled out its sports app for Amazon’s Kindle Fire devices. BBC revealed this news through a post on its blog which made it known that the Fire-optimised app will be first available to residents of the UK, who will be able to get it...
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Canadian Startup SendtoNews Strikes Worldwide Multiyear Digital Deal with Nascar
By: Jeff Stewart | February 25th, 2013 | Business, News, O Canada, Sports
The leading sports video news agency from Canada, SendtoNews, has struck a worldwide multi-year digital deal with Nascar, the family run business that governs and sanctions auto racing events. As a result of this deal, SendtoNew...
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YouTube and the NBA Team to Live Stream 350 D-League Games
By: Talha Bhatti | November 21st, 2012 | Business, Google, News, Sports
YouTube has been on the hunt for original content for quite some time and has been successful in generating a lot of traffic to its site thanks to events like Felix Baumgartner’s space dive. However, the Google owned site has been looking for content that is more than a one off global event...
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Nike+ FuelBand Now Available At Apple Online And Retail Stores
By: Kevin Green | November 1st, 2012 | Apple, Health, iOS, Mobile Apps, News, O Canada, Smartphones, Sports
The California based technology giant, Apple, included the Nike+ FuelBand on its online store. The device will come in two new colors and will be on sale for residents of the U.S., U.K. and Canada. FuelBand will also be sold in Apple Stores and physical retail locatio...
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Make Your Golf Swing Perfect with the SwingTIP App for just $129.99
By: Ali Raza | October 20th, 2012 | Android, Apple, Gadgets, iOS, News, Smartphones, Sports
Golf is an expensive game and difficult game, as many of you can attest to. This fact can also be judged from the statement of founder and CEO of Mobiplex, Vijay Nadkarni, who said that, “If you’re a golfer and want to get your swing analyzed, what you would typically do is go to a studio and have your swing videotaped from different cameras at a few different angles. The entire process can so...
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Amiigo Fitness App Uses Sensors To Provide Detailed Data In Real Time
By: Kevin Green | October 20th, 2012 | Android, Gadgets, Health, iOS, Living, Mobile Apps, News, Sports
There are a plethora of fitness related iPhone and Android apps available on Apple’s and Google’s app store. Most of these do a pretty good job of counting the number of calories burned or distance run however any statistics beyond that are usually inaccurate or not offered at all. Therefor...
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Rogers Plans to Launch Revamped Sports Apps Thanks to Score Media Acquisition
By: Kuljit Grewal | September 11th, 2012 | Business, Mobile Apps, O Canada, Smartphones, Sports, Tablets
Following their acquisition of Score Media Inc. at the end of last month, Rogers Communications Inc. has plans to introduce their own revamped mobile sports apps. According to company media division head Keith Pelley the apps should be introduced come Q1 of 2013. A large part of the $167 mil...
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Rogers Communications Inc. Acquires Score Media
By: Kuljit Grewal | August 25th, 2012 | Business, Mobile Apps, News, O Canada, Sports
Canada’s sports broadcasting world continues to become a smaller place, with Rogers Communications Inc. officially acquiring rival Score Media Inc. The deal which was made public after markets closed yesterday generated enough buzz throughout Friday to raise Score Media’s shares an incredible 47% in ...
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Advancements in Wearable Electronic Technology Could Disrupt Both Medicine and Sport
By: Kuljit Grewal | August 13th, 2012 | Health, Living, News, Sports
Imagine a highly skilled surgeon being able to apply a thin flexible sleeve to a patients beating heart in order to monitor the organ as accurately as possible in real time. Thanks to a cross-culture research team from three universities in two countries, the ability to do so is within grasp. The technology that would allow the above as well as surgical gloves that would eventually al...
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Canada is Going Mobile for Their Olympic Coverage
By: Kuljit Grewal | August 7th, 2012 | Business, Living, Mobile Apps, O Canada, Smartphones, Social Media, Sports, Tablets
Without question we in Canada are absolutely blessed to be able to enjoy the Olympics in full totality thanks to the resources that technology makes available to us. Mobile devices have literally put full entertainment systems in our hands, allowing us to consume coverage spanning from Twitter to live streaming video. Perhaps there is no greater testament to how much technology can ch...
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