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10,000 Google Cardboard Virtual Reality Headsets Were Given To Patriots Fans On Sunday

New England Patriots fans finally got the chance to “Travel Inside the Game” to Patriots’ training sessions with Google Cardboard virtual reality headsets this weekend. Bank of America and Visa handed out 10,000 Google virtual reality cardboard headsets at Gillette Stadium, in Massachusetts before the Patriots-Eagles game on Sunday as a part of their Travel Rewards Visa […]

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Mixed Talents Is An Interesting Initiative That Took A Fresh Approach To A Major Sports Issue

Mixed Talents is a Samsung global initiative that takes experts in two different fields and sits them down for a conversation on how to solve very real problems in today’s world. Recently, Mixed Talents turned its sights towards the sports technology world. The following is an interesting discussion between industrial designer, Braden Wilson, and Google Senior Interaction Designer, […]

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Google To Compete With Amazon And Stream eSports Via YouTube

Last year Google attempted to purchase Twitch, the most popular live streaming video platform for gamers. They were denied because of antitrust laws. Amazon would go on to acquire the less than 5 year old company a few months later, leaving Google without a platform to harness the massive growth of eSports. But Google took […]

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DAYTONA 500: The 2015 Tech State of America’s Iconic Race Track

The race to takeover the automobile industry by the tech giants in Silicon Valley accelerates by the day… Whether it’s electric cars or completely autonomous ones, the ambition and capital exists to drastically disrupt an age-old space. Lately, the movement surrounding such an endeavor has ramped up–at least the conception of it starts to become […]

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New York City Startup OpenSponsorship Opens Up the Sports Sponsorship World

The inundation of competing companies within the various verticals has only increased through the years. Incumbents have to maintain their respective market share as startups vie for the top position. Technology, naturally, has served as the gateway for direct penetration, especially as the barrier to entry is minimal due to software developments. The number of […]

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