If you ever find yourself in an endless maze of ‘reply all’ emails, as you slowly start to regret taking on the organizer’s role for your friends’ weekly game of b-ball, well, Huddlers is here to help....
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Huddlers wants to take the pain out of organizing sports you play with friends 0
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Apple's iPad to handle Little League World Series scorekeeping 0
July 16th at 8:51pm / AppleInsider / 0 opinionsApple's iPad will serve as the official scoring and record recording device used by officials during the 2013 Little League Baseball and Softball World Series, replacing the traditional pen-and-paper method currently in use..
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Diveboard: Meet the Scuba startup using citizen science to monitor underwater species 0
July 5th at 4:28pm / The Next Web / 0 opinionsLaunched out of Paris back in 2011, Diveboard began as a simple online logbook for Scuba divers, available on the Web and as an app for Android and iOS....
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Yahoo to shutter ancient search engine AltaVista as part of a larger mid-summer cleaning 0
June 29th at 4:08am / The Next Web / 0 opinionsYahoo has announced that it will be shutting down “a few products”, including the ancient search engine AltaVista. The company has deemed 12 products unfit for service and will be ceasing support for them as early as today. Specifically, AltaVista is being shut down on July 8....
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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 Sports Redesigned for Android and iOS, Including iPad Support 3
June 13th at 9:28pm / The Next Web / 0 opinionsYahoo today launched redesigned versions of its Sports app for Android and iOS. You can download the new apps now directly from Apple’s App Store and Google Play....
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ESPN interested in subsidizing mobile data plans to ensure users can stream video 1
May 10th at 5:31pm / AppleInsider / 0 opinionsWith iPhone owners restricted by capped data plans on the largest U.S. carriers, cable sports network ESPN has expressed interest in potentially subsidizing those data plans to allow users to stream video without worrying about overage fees.
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Kindle for iOS gets VoiceOver capabilities, AT&T U-Verse customers gain WatchESPN, Fox Now 0
May 1st at 9:11pm / AppleInsider / 0 opinionsAmazon updated the iOS version of its Kindle reading app on Wednesday, adding features that leverage Apple's VoiceOver technology to make Kindle content more accessible to the visually impaired.
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Beyond The Box Launches A TweetDeck For Sports To Bring Realtime News And Analysis To Your iPad 0
April 28th at 3:48am / TechCrunch / 0 opinionsLike many avid sports fans, Shailo Rao, Sagar Savant and Vam Makam are well-familiar with how frustrating it can be to find quality, relevant sports content — especially on Twitter and other social media. Rao tells me over coffee that, as a PhD student at Stanford, he spent years trying to create and maintain a single realtime feed of content he actually cared about. Because no company or…
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Sports News App Aggregates Tweets Related to Your Favorite Teams 1
April 26th at 3:03am / Mashable / 0 opinionsSports fans that use a tablet or smartphone — the "second screen" — during live game broadcasts are becoming more and more common these days. For this year's Super Bowl, a Century 21 Real Estate survey found that 36% of polled viewers said they would use a second screen to supplement the game-viewing experience. A Palo Alto, Calif.-based startup is catering to that trend with a new tablet app that aggregates real-time tweets from 1,000 media sources and 2,000 players.
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Watching the Champions League semi-final tonight? Check out Vubooo for iOS 0
April 23rd at 3:43pm / The Next Web / 0 opinionsI may be a bit late to the party, but I’m comforting myself with the fact that the first UEFA Champions League semifinal is still a few hours away from kick-off (Visca el Barça!)....
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Vubooo’s take on the second screen: Less talk, more gooooooals 0
April 22nd at 10:41am / GigaOM / 0 opinionsForget badges, trivia and long-winded discussions: The soccer-centric second screen app Vubooo is all about a whole lot of virtual shouting.
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Hitpost Nabs Crowdstar Leader Courtland Alves As New CEO, Launches Sports Bet Game 0
April 16th at 12:00pm / TechCrunch / 0 opinionsHow do you make sports gambling more addictive? Make it role playing game where you level up by completing quests of placing specific fake-money bets. And how does a sports community app like Hitpost build such a smart game? It hires lead producer Courtland Alves from games giant Crowdstar as its new CEO. After four years in sports, Hitpost is making a play for the social gaming big leagues.
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March Madness Gets A Full Court Press From The Tech World, As Pickmoto, IFTTT, & More Cater To Hoop Lovers Online 0
March 20th at 11:00pm / TechCrunch / 0 opinionsAs you’ve no doubt heard by now, March Madness is upon us, with the NCAA tournament officially kicking off tomorrow. Yes, March Madness brings April gladness, as the saying goes. In fact, difficult as it may be to fathom, but the NCAA men’s basketball tournament is turning 75-years-young in 2013.
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Report: ABC Is Making an App For Streaming Live TV 0
March 19th at 2:22pm / Gizmodo / 0 opinionsABC is reportedly planning an app that will let cable subscribers stream live network TV to a tablet or smartphone, the New York Times says....
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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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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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Apple's Passbook to be accepted at 13 MLB stadiums in 2013 season 0
February 27th at 7:11am / AppleInsider / 0 opinionsMajor League Baseball announced on Tuesday that it will adding nine new locations to the roster of ballparks that accept digital tickets stored and presented through Apple's Passbook iOS app.
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MLB at Bat 13, Timbre, and More 0
February 22nd at 11:00pm / Gizmodo / 0 opinionsApps are supposed to make your life easier, though they don't always live up to that. However, here are five that actually will, whether you're organizing your schedule, following baseball, or trying to find new music....
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MLB.com At Bat ready to play ball for 2013 2
February 22nd at 5:42am / Macworld / 0 opinionsMajor League Baseball is getting its mobile app into shape for the coming season, and video looks to hold down a key spot in the lineup....
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MLB at Bat 13: Catch Every Game on Your Phone or Tablet 0
February 21st at 11:00pm / Gizmodo / 0 opinionsJust in time for the return of baseball season, MLB has updated its line of mobile apps so you can listen to more games for less moolah....
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MLB pitches its updated iOS, Android apps for Opening Day 2
February 21st at 9:09pm / GigaOM / 0 opinionsThis year’s mobile app for iOS and Android app can be used on both platforms and has a new deal bundling GameDay Audio subscriptions for free.
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TalkSport Live Lands on iOS & Android 0
February 18th at 9:08pm / The Next Web / 0 opinionsWay back in August last year, we reported that UK-based radio station TalkSport was to broadcast every English Premier League match globally from this season, via a Web-based portal that was also optimized for mobile devices. The one big caveat, however, was that due to rights-related reasons, TalkSport Live could only be offered outside of Europe, which was a major bummer for many....
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BBC Sport’s iOS app is now available globally, Android coming soon 0
February 6th at 6:08pm / The Next Web / 0 opinionsAlmost a month to the day since the BBC launched a native Sports app for iPhone and iPod touch, the British broadcaster’s commercial arm, BBC Worldwide, has launched the app for international users....
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BBC Launches First Sports App for International Fans 0
February 6th at 4:05pm / Mashable / 0 opinionsThe BBC on Wednesday launched its first mobile app for international audiences, looking to capitalize on the increasing tendency of sports fans to turn to their smartphones for analysis and information.