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Sports venues advance goals, enhance fan experience with data analytics

CIO

Sports fans today have more ways than ever to watch their favorite teams beyond the traditional, live stadium experience, including television, streaming services, even highlights on social media. In response, sports teams and venue operators are working hard to improve and differentiate the in-stadium experience.

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Sports betting apps are exploding, and experts worry about young users

The Hustle

Here: Americans wagered $106B+ on sports between January and November 2023. That was made possible by a 2018 Supreme Court ruling that ended a federal ban on sports betting. And sports betting apps are gaining steam: PrizePicks is Apple’s most downloaded free sports app. 12 in Apple’s App Store sports app rankings.

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Niantic tries its hand at sports with NBA All-World

TechCrunch

Being that I’m not much of a sports person — my preferred type of game involves controllers and screens — I hadn’t given All-World much thought until Darrell Etherington, TechCrunch’s managing editor, assigned me to write a first impressions piece. Why’d the studio choose this sport for its next AR venture?

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Social listening app Earbuds raises $3 million in Series A funding

TechCrunch

Ten years later, Earbuds has raised a $3 million Series A round for its social listening app, led by Ecliptic Capital with additional investment from the Andre Agassi Foundation and LFG Ventures. billion in 2018. As streaming services like Spotify grow, social listening apps like Earbuds are emerging too.

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Live video shopping startup Talkshoplive brings in another $6M

TechCrunch

Talkshoplive CEO Bryan Moore said he founded the company with his sister Tina in 2018, after he led social media efforts at Twentieth Television (previously known as Twentieth Century Fox) and CBS Television. Live commerce is today where social media was 15 years ago. Where is the e-commerce app ecosystem headed in 2021?

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10 celebri disastri provocati dall’intelligenza artificiale

CIO

Sports Illustrated potrebbe aver pubblicato articoli di falsi scrittori generati dall’IA Nel novembre del 2023, la rivista online Futurism ha scoperto che Sports Illustrated stava pubblicando articoli di scrittori non in carne e ossa ma generati dall’intelligenza artificiale [in inglese].

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Sneaker enthusiast group SoleSavy raises $2M, setting the stage for a community-driven commerce boom

TechCrunch

SoleSavy’s co-founders Dejan Pralica and Justin Dusanj founded the company in 2018 as a paid community for collectors and enthusiasts seeking pairs that were getting snapped up by bots or resellers. And bets on social token outfits like Zora are also focused on community as the glue that holds together a user base. .

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