Technology is evolving sports. For the last three years, SportTechie has covered this evolution as virtual reality, eSports, wearables, digital media, player tracking sensors and dozens of other technologies have become embedded in the foundations of the global sports industry. Athletes today more closely resemble precisely engineered machines than the average person. Teams run on analytics […]
Sports Illustrated is well known for their magazine and editorial content. But they should also be known for their involvement in youth sports via Sports Illustrated Play, a software platform that connects youth sports. To expand the vision of SI Play, the company has now bought Tourney Machine and has become the Official Technology Partner for USA […]
Virtual reality stories are cropping up more and more in the sports technology world. The tech has been used to engage New York Jets fans in the NFL, embraced the boxing scene and has even more recently been adopted to enhance youth soccer training. So, the next logical step for the use of virtual reality? […]
“Technology is best when it brings people together.” WordPress’ Founder, Matt Mullenweg, told TechCrunch his underlying philosophy throughout its decade-plus run as a company. Coding is arguably the most indispensable and accessible skill to learn in the 21st century. Yet, for the majority of people, code represents a foreign language they can’t comprehend. The work published on this medium, though, gravitates to any number of communities. As an open source blogging platform, WordPress serves as a pillar for journalism everywhere. Mullenweg realized early on, when writing the software, the importance to leave this property open for developers. By doing so, WordPress became a gateway for a lot of them to form their own websites as they desire, which, in turn,...
