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CBSSPORTS.com College Network Releases First Series Of Official School Applications For The iPhone & iPod Touch
Posted by Dan in MOBILE on 11-09-09 No Comments
CBS sports is launching iPhone apps for several big time college sports programs. Right now the list includes big time programs like Alabama (BamaMobile), Kansas (KUAthletics), Missouri (MizzouMobile), North Carolina (TarHeelMobile), Oklahoma (SoonerSports), Oklahoma State (OSUTube), & USC (USCAthletics) but eventually will get to more than sixty schools.
Jazz Up That iPhone/Android/Blackberry Eh Whatever You Got
Posted by Jonathan in MOBILE on 11-03-09 No Comments
All this hype over the Android has meant one thing: getting the right sports app for your phone is no longer the chore it once was. Now companies are lining up to stick sports crap apps on your phone. And a hot one right now is Plusmo over at plusmo.com. The operation has built a rapid prototyping language for mobile apps. So it can take data from anywhere and stick it on any phone. So the operation has has thousands of different apps ready to slide right on your phone. And some are not ones for sports. The College Football Live App is not awful. And expect Plusmo to only get better. AT&T just bought the firm earlier this fall. And considering how crappy their network is — iPhone users can feel our pain — this sort of sport content is about the only thing that will keep subs. Let the App wars begin.
Football Night in America in the Car
Posted by Jonathan in MOBILE, TELEVISION on 09-17-09 No Comments
Sure all this Sunday Ticket, MLB.com streaming sports nonsense is cool but what we really want is the effin game in the effin car. Well it looks like sports muckity mucks are finally gettin’ the message. A company called FloTV announced today that is working with in-car electronics company AudioVox to allow for live broadcast TV in your Camry, Sentry or Impala. FloTV uses a digital sideband that cell phones use similar to Verizon TV packages that some phones support.
Direct TV Sunday Ticket Mobile for 2009 Season
Posted by Dan in MOBILE on 09-09-09 No Comments
Direct TV has updated their online options on their NFL Sunday Ticket package for 2009 and the new options look pretty sweet for those of you with smartphones. If you already have the Sunday Ticket package ($299) you can already upload the Super Cast applet that allows you to stream NFL Games to your PC, but for the 2009 season Direct TV has added the SuperCast mobile option for another $50. This new wrinkle will let you stream those games to the iPhone, Palm Pre, and select Windows Mobile and BlackBerry devices.
Keep Up with the US Open Online or with an iPhone App
Posted by Dan in INTERNET, MOBILE on 08-27-09 No Comments
If you can’t get to the US Open tennis tourny this year here in NYC the USTA is making it easier than ever to keep up with all of the action. They will be streaming 150 matches on USopen.org, the earlier round stuff that’s being shown on the Tennis Channel and ESPN 2, later round coverage on CBS will not be shown. There is also a free custom iPhone application available on iTunes. The app will provide live scoring updates, on-demand video, and streaming radio play by play.
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Episode 51: “The Pirates Really Are Broke!”
Seth breaks down the body mechanics for Strasburg’s Tommy John surgery. Yes, he’s effed. Blum takes a peak at the freshly leaked financial data for the Pittsburgh Pirates. Yes, they’re broke. Dan does new technology at the USOpen. Yes, they’re new racquets. And Boise State is a BCS contender. Yes, Blum’s a stone cold idiot. (29.1 MB: [...]
Episode 50: “It really is a woman!”
Blum and Dan get into some sex … the sex of South African runner Caster Semanya, that is. Then Seth chimes in on the new NFL.com fantasy league, complete with in-game video clips. Blum breaks down FanPageList.com, the site that ranks the social networking power of athletes. And finally is oxygen during a mixed martial [...]
Episode 49: “Welker’s Not Cheating … He Really, Truly Is The Bionic Man”
Seth joins us for his take on the BlackBerry sports apps: 212 of em flat out suck. And Dan the Pats Fan only gets a touch defensive breaking down Wes Welker’s “remarkable” return from a torn ACL. While Blum digs into the cutting edge of TV sports technology from IBC2010 trade show. And everyone gets into [...]
Episode 48 — “Spain’s Putting HGH In The Water”
Dan makes it back from the beach alive, so we break down the cutting edge in NFL Preseason analysis: Old school print mags. Blum is agog at the Triple Crown winner in auto racing. Dan talks up the X-Games. And we wonder what drug is in the water in Span. They’re winning everything, everywhere. (24.1 MB. [...]
Episode 47 — “Lance is Gettin’ Screwed”
Dan takes a much needed vacation poolside so Blum flies solo this week. Seth The Technihilist calls in with the latest scoop on tech tools to keep his Pirates awful. Blum plays the Old Course, on Tiger Woods PGA TOUR Online, that is. And we throw a techno-bone to Lance: There’s no way he doped [...]
Episode 46 – “Show Em Your Big Fly Stick”
Dan and Blum give it up to King George Steinbrenner. then Blum breaks down some big bats for big home runs. And Dan gives us the skinny on EA’s NCAA Football 11. And finally what a royal jerk Lebron really is. (7/15/2010. 29.1 minutes)
Episode 45 – “They’re All Takin’ Drugs”
Dan, Blum, and Seth wonder out loud what the world needs with Sirius’ new all fantasy sports channel. Dan gets sucked into the Back to the Future vibe and brings us sports technology in 2015. Blum sees an All-Star conspiracy in Kevin Youkilis not getting on the All-Star team. And with Floyd Landis spilling his [...]
Episode 44 – “The age of free stuff is over”
Can Sports Illustrated save themselves with a fancy iPad app? Plus: Why high school can’t afford to protect their football players with modern helmets, a look at what FIFA could do with goal-line technology, and Jonathan found some “interesting” items at the Outdoor Retailer Show. [7/1/2010, 30:29m]
Episode 43 – “This is the geek’s delight”
Seth, the tech nihlist, thinks 3D television is just going to be a rich guy’s thing and has a long way to go. Plus: Jonathan philosophizes on technology and the ever-changing sports medium, Dan got to play with the Xbox Kinect and wants to have its baby, and a little airplane tech from the Red [...]
Episode 42 – “We make the invisible visible”
TSC brings in Ron Imbriale from Flexxcoach to discuss their innovative software/video solution for regular athletes. Plus: The inflatable motorcycle crash suit, a discussion of Abby Sunderland’s failed around the world sailing trip, and we look at what ESPN on the Xbox really means for sports fans. [6/16/2010, 31:32m]
