The Sacramento Kings will be the first NBA team to use Fundraising with Facebook Live with a special livestream during a halftime performance from rapper Lil Jon at Wednesday’s season opener. During the performance, viewers will have the opportunity to easily donate directly to the American Red Cross to support relief efforts. The Facebook Live stream will enable the […]
The tech scene in Austin has been thriving for more than a decade, evidenced by the crowded hallways of the South By Southwest tech and music festival where Twitter blew up in 2007 and Meerkat (a rival to Twitter’s Periscope) stole headlines in 2015. Apparently it’s thriving so much, in fact, the San Antonio Spurs […]
The Sacramento Kings, whose new uniform design last season received rave reviews, are launching this year’s update with a twist — and a zoom and a spin and an in-home photo opp. Already ranked as SportTechie’s most tech-savvy franchise in sports, the Kings are launching their new Nike threads with an augmented reality feature in their […]
Sports teams are building new venues across the United States and are increasingly looking to technology as a way to further engage fans with the team and the game. The trend is especially visible in stadium renovation projects like that of Philips Arena in Atlanta. Now, two digital tech companies — Built.io and BeyondCurious — […]
Considering he markets an NBA franchise in the midst of its third straight NBA Finals appearance and includes global icon LeBron James, Michael Conley — the Cleveland Cavaliers’ vice president of digital — is rarely, if ever, short on material. But the value digital marketing professionals like Conley drives by engaging with fans has become […]
