Tag: sports
5 ways technology is improving sports
Zidane reveals Adidas 99g adizero football boot, Smart Ball
Adidas are keen to promote their tech nous these days, recently showing Tech Digest cycling warm-up hot pants and super-bouncy running shoes. Today, at a special press preview at their pop-up Adidas Lab in London, they've turned their attention to…
CES 2013: Sony's new one-piece waterproof sports Walkman offers an hour of tunes from a 3-minute charge
MP3 players and PMPs are old-hat in this day of smartphone "one device to rule them all" dominance, but Sony have still managed to pique our interest at CES 2013 with the NWZ-W273 W Series Walkman Sports. Aimed at fitness…
Epson prepping budget GPS sports watch
The name Epson may conjure images of flashy projectors and all-in-one printer scanners, but the company look set to be expanding into a fairly unexpected avenue: sports watches. To be precise, Epson are looking to take on the Nike+ SportWatch…
Goal-line technology to hit Premier League next season?
Goal-line technology may be headed to the Premier League as soon as the start of the 2012-2013 season. That's according to Alex Horne, the FA's general secretary, who has revealed that the Football Association have begun trialing a number of…
Sky's 3D channel gets launch date
Looks as though the 3D content drought may be about to end, as broadcasters Sky have today announced that their 3D TV channel will officially launch on October 1st of this year. Those with a 3D ready TV, Sky+HD and…
UK consumers set to splash the cash on electricals during World Cup finals
With proof that World Cup fever is set to hit our pockets as much as our brains, price comparison site Kelkoo have revealed new research showing that British spending is set to go through the roof during the world's greatest…
This week's top iPhone and iPad apps
Who wants to see this week's must have iPhone apps? Sorry, silly question, or course you do, and being the thoughtful, caring, giving type of tech blog we are we're going to throw in this week's best iPad apps as…
App Store Round-Up: Iron Man 2, Linkin Park and more!
Linkin Park are "Crawling" (sorry) onto Apple's App Store this week, alongside an Iron Man 2 game, an official FA application to track the England World Cup football squad and Square Enix's latest handheld RPG, Chaos Rings. Check the gallery…
MWC 2010: Puma Phone unleashed
The Puma Phone, designed to encourage an active lifestyle, has been revealed at MWC 2010. The Sagem-built phone packs a solar panel onto its back for outdoor charging in the sunshine, a 2.8 inch touchscreen, GPS tracker, stopwatch, pedometer and…