It’s almost 2013 and you’d think that at this point every NBA team has probably had its own official mobile app for a few years now, but that’s not exactly the case. The Portland Trail Blazers, for example, just launched their own official mobile app for iOS in late November. Earlier this month, I sat down with Dan Harbison, the team’s senior director of Interactive Media, to talk about how the…
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Fanatic App Helps You Find Kindred Sports Fans in Any City 0
August 10th at 8:05am / Mashable / 0 opinionsFanatic's concept isn't complicated, but it could save you from another lonely game-day experience.
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Fanmode Lets Sports Fans Share Their Emotions From The Couch To The Stadium 0
August 11th at 5:03pm / TechCrunch / 0 opinionsSport is an emotional business. But, as it stands, there arguably exists a disconnect between fans watching at home or in the many sports bars around the world, and those who are actually at the stadium during a game — as I was yesterday for the Community Shield football, as a guest of Fanmode, a newly launched startup that has set out to solve this ‘problem’.
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Overtime app helps users find (or become) the hightlight reel 0
July 26th at 8:45pm / Mashable / 0 opinionsIf ball is life, this app wants you to live yours to the fullest.
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100+ Free Sports Apps for the iPhone 0
February 6th at 10:14am / Mashable / 0 opinionsThe iPhone and iPod Touch have numerous applications for just about every hobby and desire, especially when it comes to sports apps. There are tools for tracking scores in...
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NCAA March Madness Live: Watch the Entire NCAA Tournament on Your Phone for Cheap 0
March 12th at 10:05pm / Gizmodo / 0 opinionsWe've all seen the stats for the gross amount of lost productivity during the NCAA tournament every March. But, like, where the hell do those people work? Certainly nowhere with a good firewall or sysadmin. The NCAA has you covered again this year, but now it'll cost you (a bit). The NCAA March Madness Live app is a free download that lets you check scores and follow your bracket and even listen to in-game radio for every game in the tournament. Last year you got livestream video of all the games, too,...
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How to use your smartphone to get a better seat during a baseball game 4
March 13th at 8:47pm / GigaOM / 0 opinionsBy connecting its smartphone app with real-time ticket inventory, MLB will let baseball fans in four cities (at first) find better seats after arriving at a game.
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NBA Game Time for iPad gets seasonal refresh, Yahoo! Sportacular goes universal 0
October 1st at 5:31am / AppleInsider / 0 opinionsSport-loving iOS device owners got a pair of updates on Monday in the form of a new version of the NBA's Game Time app and a redesign for Yahoo's Sportacular Pro app.
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5 can't-miss apps: ESPN, GroupMe, Darkroom and more 1
February 14th at 7:05pm / Mashable / 0 opinionsThis week's list includes the revamped ESPN app, GroupMe's latest update and an Android app that lets you message friends from your lock screen.
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10 Canadian Apps for the iPhone & iPad 0
December 31st at 6:43am / The Next Web / 0 opinionsWe thought we’d give Canadian developers & app creators a shout-out so we’ve rounded up some iOS apps from various categories — all 100% Canadian made. Hootsuite iPhone & iPad…
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The New Essential Apps September 2012 0
September 28th at 10:00pm / Gizmodo / 0 opinionsiPhones. iPads. Android. Windows Phone. We've updated all of our essential apps lists to include a few forgotten favorites, some long awaited arrivals and, as always, even more amazing apps. Check them out!...
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Anyone for tennis? Wimbledon’s very first iPad app arrives ahead of 2013 championships 0
June 20th at 5:48pm / The Next Web / 0 opinionsThe very first official dedicated iPad app to provide Wimbledon tennis championship coverage is now available to download for free, joining a new version of its iOS and Android apps updated in time for this year’s tournament....
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Yahoo refreshes its Sports app for iOS 7, unveils new animated GIF creation feature 1
January 5th at 11:48pm / The Next Web / 0 opinionsYahoo’s Sports app for iOS is receiving an update today that allows users to create animated GIFs of their favorite sports moments. When watching a sporting event or video, you can now capture a piece of history and apply your own caption, effects, and comments....
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The PGA Tour Gets Its First Over-The-Top Subscription Service 0
July 29th at 10:23pm / TechCrunch / 0 opinionsIt’s been a good week for cord-cutting sports fans. Word has it that CBS will livestream the Super Bowl commercials for the first time. Disney is considering its options for making ESPN a standalone service (well…maybe five years from now.) And now, golf fans are getting a digital subscription service of their own, with the debut of the PGA TOUR LIVE’s new online and…
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5 Essential Apps for Olympic Fanatics 0
July 27th at 10:16am / Mashable / 0 opinionsEntertainment Keeping up with Olympic events and your favorite athletes has never been easier. Even in the past four years since the Beijing summer games, technology has expanded...
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The Week’s Best iPad Apps 0
May 27th at 9:00pm / Gizmodo / 0 opinionsJackass: Tens Years of Stupid: Jackass: Ten Years of Stupid for iPad is a behind the scenes look of the biggest Jackasses we know: Knoxville, Steve-O, Pontius, Wee-Man, etc. There's video clips, gross photos, and essays on the entire history of Jackass. It's awesome to re-watch some of the epic skits, look back on the history and see the creative-yeah, I said creative-process behind the show. There's also two super simple games to waste your time on too. $5 Hound: Hound is a voice recognition app that'...
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The Week in iOS Apps: Look to the skies 0
August 31st at 9:00am / Macworld / 0 opinionsThis week’s roundup of iOS apps will help you read a little better, play a little harder, and look to the skies....
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Skype for iPad adds HD video calling, CBS Sports gains live video 2
August 12th at 8:51pm / AppleInsider / 0 opinionsSkype users that own the newest iPad can now take advantage of its HD front camera, as the app saw an update today, and meanwhile the CBS Sports app has added the ability for viewers to stream live video of events.
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Highly Anticipated Smart Contacts App Now Available for iPhone 2
August 15th at 7:05am / Mashable / 0 opinionsHumin, the app that wants to take over your phone, in now in the App Store.
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Rio 2016 Olympics: how, when, and where to watch 1
August 5th at 10:09pm / The Verge / 0 opinionsThree weeks of Olympic competition begin tomorrow in Rio, and there has never been more ways to tune in. That's a good thing, because NBC will be broadcasting 6,755 hours of the games. It all starts with the opening ceremony tonight â which, mind you, is going to be broadcast on a tape delay (but also in HDR!). No matter whether you're a cable subscriber, a cord-cutter, or prefer to follow along just on social media, we've got you covered....
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100+ iPhone Games That Use the Accelerometer 0
December 3rd at 12:00pm / Mashable / 0 opinionsThe iPhone's built-in accelerometer has opened up a new world of mobile gaming, introducing fun, engaging, and interactive applications from virtual golf to racing games,...
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The New Essential Apps February 2012 0
February 29th at 11:00pm / Gizmodo / 0 opinionsiPhones. iPads. Android. We've updated all of our essential apps lists to include a few forgotten favorites, some long awaited arrivals and, as always, even more amazing apps. Check them out! If you want to jump to see the best apps in a specific platform, click here: The end of the month is here, and that means it's time to do a little housekeeping on our list of the absolute best iPhone apps. Who will be inducted? Buzz Contacts: Buzz Contacts puts the traditional iOS contacts system on its head,...
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Simple Bracket for iPhone Makes March Madness Easy 0
March 18th at 4:48pm / The Next Web / 0 opinionsIf you haven’t filled out your bracket for the annual NCAA March Madness basketball extravaganza, you’ll want to check out the Simple Bracket iPhone app from Studio Neat....
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The Football App for iOS gets revamped to show off some new UI and social skills 0
October 2nd at 4:08pm / The Next Web / 0 opinionsThe Football App, a repository of news and fan site for individuals all energized by ‘the beautiful game’, has been redesigned for iOS to bring deeper social integration, the option of setting up a user profile and an overhauled interface....
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What Your Favorite Apps Look Like On Apple Watch (Plus New Ones!) 0
March 10th at 12:03am / TechCrunch / 0 opinionsIn preparation for Apple’s first wearable device, mobile developers have been busy creating all kinds of applications designed especially for the Apple Watch’s small screen. The watch, which is said by early testers to be so usable that they found they were no longer pulling out their iPhone as often, allows you to interact with a variety of apps and notifications, ranging…