For episode 14 of the SportTechie Podcast with Bram Weinstein the Cleveland Cavaliers VP of Digital, Mike Conley, explains what it is like to work with LeBron James from a digital perspective and what the future of digital marketing looks like from a team perspective. Plus, we explore why Facebook isn’t going all in on live […]
The Atlanta Falcons are helping to encourage elementary and middle school kids to get involved in science, technology, engineering and math fields. The team partnered with Georgia Tech and the NCR Corporation to send Ricardo Allen, Justin Hardy, Falcons cheerleaders and its mascot to spend the day with students at the Hollis Innovation Academy in Atlanta […]
During the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series race Sunday at Talladega Superspeedway, Snapchatters were able to get up-close-and-personal with Daniel Suarez’s No. 19 car in pit row. Team jackman Trey Burklin wore Snap Inc.’s new Spectacles during pit stops, showing fans what it’s like to operate on a race car via a first-person perspective. According to Bryan Cook, […]
The Kentucky Derby is dubbed as “the most exciting two minutes in sports.” By the same token, it also may be the most difficult two minutes in sports to predict. That’s why artificial intelligence is now being used to handicap the annual race. Churchill Downs, Silicon Valley-based Unanimous A.I. and TwinSpires have combined efforts to produce some of the […]
The latest to make the sacred pilgrimage to the serene Pebble Beach Golf Links on California’s Monterey Peninsula is Watson, otherwise known as IBM’s accelerated cognitive computing technology. The Pebble Beach Company in collaboration with IBM launched its first mobile app Tuesday. The app represents an interactive approach by the world-famous golf resort regarding its guest […]
