T-Mobile’s partnership with MLB expands for this year’s All-Star Game
For this year’s MLB All-Star Game in Cincinnati, Ohio, T-Mobile is elevating its participation. The carrier announced today that its partnership with Major League Baseball would expand, making T-Mobile the Presenting Sponsor of the event. What will that role entail for T-Mobile? Its brand will have “marquee stadium presence inside Great American Ballpark, on-air integrations throughout the All-Star Game broadcast on FOX and FOX Deportes and in social media.” And, just like the last two years, T-Mobile will host All-Star FanFest in the days leading up to the game from July 10-14.
John Legere, T-Mobile CEO, commented on the carrier’s partnership expansion:
“It’s All-Star Week and we’re going to go big and paint the town magenta! As the first-ever presenting sponsor of the All-Star Game, and the returning title sponsor of T-Mobile All-Star FanFest, I’ve got some surprise Un-carrier style plans to make this year’s All-Star Game a fantastic experience for fans across the country Stay tuned!”
T-Mobile has a true commitment to sports and more specifically baseball. The carrier already sponsors the Los Angeles Angels, Minnesota Twins, Washington Nationals, and Seattle Mariners. T-Mobile also offers its customers access to the premium features of the MLB At Bat app at no cost.
The 2015 MLB All-Star Game will be televised on FOX on July 14 at 8:00PM ET.
T-Mobile Named as First-ever Presenting Sponsor of MLB All-Star Game
July 8, 2015 – Cincinnati, OH Major League Baseball (MLB) and T-Mobile USA (NYSE: TMUS), today announced an expansion of their partnership that will make T-Mobile the first-ever Presenting Sponsor of the MLB All-Star Game on FOX. Under the agreement, T-Mobile will have marquee stadium presence inside Great American Ballpark, on-air integrations throughout the All-Star Game broadcast on FOX and FOX Deportes and in social media. T-Mobile will also conduct a national fan promotion connected to the All-Star Game with details available soon. The MLB All-Star Game presented by T-Mobile will be broadcast live on FOX on Tuesday, July 14 at 8:00 pm ET.
“T-Mobile is an innovative partner that is always looking for new ways to reach fans and provide value for their customers,” said Bob Bowman, MLB President, Business & Media. “The expansion of our partnership is a great example of T-Mobile’s commitment to baseball and we are looking forward to T-Mobile’s creativity on display at the Midsummer Classic.”
“It’s All-Star Week and we’re going to go big and paint the town magenta!” said John Legere, president and CEO of T-Mobile. “As the first-ever presenting sponsor of the All-Star Game, and the returning title sponsor of T-Mobile All-Star FanFest, I’ve got some surprise Un-carrier style plans to make this year’s All-Star Game a fantastic experience for fans across the country Stay tuned!”
T-Mobile has been deeply involved with Major League Baseball for several years now and after sponsoring T-Mobile All-Star FanFest in 2013 and 2014, the Un-carrier™ returns as title sponsor of this year’s fan-focused event in Cincinnati at the Duke Energy Convention Center, from July 10-14. T-Mobile also sponsors the Cincinnati Reds, hosts of the 2015 All-Star Game, along with several other MLB teams including the Los Angeles Angels, Minnesota Twins, Washington Nationals and their hometown Seattle Mariners. Team sponsorships include player appearances, retail promotions, T-Mobile title nights at the ballpark and other fan activities. T-Mobile also has a license agreement with the Major League Baseball Players Association.
Earlier this season T-Mobile brought back its offer to customers for free access to the premium features in the hugely popular MLB.com At Bat for the 2015 MLB season ($19.99 value). At Bat, the official app of MLB, offers premium features such as live home and away radio broadcast feeds, the MLB.TV Game of the Day and up-to-the-moment pitch tracking. Customers can download At Bat through Google Play or the Apple App Store where it is available across all supported Android smartphones and tablets, iPhone and iPad.
At Bat Offer: Ltd offer; subject to change. 2015 At Bat 15® season subscription only; addit’l in-app purchases not included. Data usage applies.
About the 2015 Major League Baseball All-Star Game
The 86th Major League Baseball All-Star Game will be played on Tuesday, July 14th at Great American Ball Park in Cincinnati and will feature the best of the American League taking on the top players of the National League. Building up to the excitement of the All-Star Game, Major League Baseball will conduct a wide variety of special events and charitable activities for fans both inside and outside of GABP. At the ballpark, the events will include All-Star Sunday on July 12th featuring the SiriusXM All-Star Futures Game and the All-Star Legends & Celebrity Softball Game, and Gatorade All-Star Workout Day on Monday, July 13th featuring the Gillette Home Run Derby presented by Head & Shoulders on ESPN, ESPN Deportes and ESPN Radio. Outside of the ballpark, fans will have an opportunity to experience All-Star Summer through a variety of special events including T-Mobile All-Star FanFest, the five-day interactive fan festival; and the MLB All-Star Red Carpet Show presented by Chevrolet, a free parade of All-Stars. The Midsummer Classic will be televised nationally on FOX, broadcast on ESPN Radio and will be shown around the world by Major League Baseball International. For more information about 2015 All-Star Summer, visit AllStarGame.com.About T-Mobile
As America’s Un-carrier, T-Mobile US, Inc. (NYSE: TMUS) is redefining the way consumers and businesses buy wireless services through leading product and service innovation. The Company’s advanced nationwide 4G LTE network delivers outstanding wireless experiences to approximately 57 million customers who are unwilling to compromise on quality and value. Based in Bellevue, Washington, T-Mobile US provides services through its subsidiaries and operates its flagship brands, T-Mobile and MetroPCS. For more information, please visit http://www.t-mobile.com.
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Uber is going to get a lot faster with “Suggested Pickup Points”
Uber fans will be happy to know that pickup points will be improving. As anyone who has used Uber knows that sometimes it’s difficult to be picked up as you dropped the pin slightly off where it should of been. Uber is currently testing “suggested pickup points” which should make that problem go away.
It won’t account for your destination, but does avoid all the small problems. It will now ask you to do things like go to a corner if the middle of the street is busy etc. Other things it may suggest is go to a main road if you are on a small side street. All these little changes should add up to much faster pick ups that will save you time over the long run. We are unsure at this time if this feature will be on all the time or only in certain situations.
Source: Techcrunch
Via: Engadget
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[Deal] Best Buy has the Champagne Gold Moto 360 for $199
Hurry before it’s too late! Only 9hrs left from when this was posted to get a Champagne Gold Moto 360 for $199. It’s one of the most stylish smartwatches out and the Champagne Gold makes it look even nicer. Regular price is $230 making this a $30 savings. Not a huge deal, but if you were planning on buying one anyways mine as well get it while it’s on sale. One thing to note is this is the 18mm band which is usually for very small wrist or ladies.
Source: Best Buy
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Samsung Galaxy S6 VS Pepsi
There seems to be a lot of guys on YouTube now a days breaking phones and it has turned into huge profits for them. It’s no wonder more and more YouTubers are always trying to break phones in the most unique way. Today we have a strange one. YouTuber adrianisen has created a video where he puts a regular Samsung Galaxy S6 into a bowl and pours a bottle of Pepsi on it. Why Pepsi you may ask? Well he says he has already done a Coke VS S6 test, but not everyone likes Coke so why not try Pepsi?
I don’t care what his reason is, but I guess it’s a good test? The video is in 4K if that makes it any better. I have to say the S6 is a lot more waterproof than I would have thought.
Click here to view the embedded video.
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Madfinger Games’ Shadowgun: Deadzone is gaining full modding support
Video game developer Madfinger Games has just announced a special edition version of the hit mobile shooter Shadowgun: Deadzone that puts users in control. Entitled Shadowgun: Deadzone GM Edition (Game Master’s Edition), this title will allow players to create new maps, modify weapons and characters, and even create their own game elements.
What this essentially means is that the game is getting full modding support, allowing players to change many more aspects of the game than most other titles with modding support. If you take a look at the video and screenshots attached to this post, you can see that it seems relatively easy to create and modify maps and characters, which is definitely a nice addition to the already advanced title.
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Players interested in modding with the new GM’s kit can download it from the Unity link attached below. The kit comes with 2 full maps, 21 different weapons and can be played by up to 12 players at one time. Each player can also create their own gaming server to play on, as well.
If you’ve never played Shadowgun: Deadzone, now may be a good time to do so. And who knows, if you like the game, maybe you’ll eventually start modding it with the new GM’s kit. Be sure to head to the Play Store link below if you’re interested.
YouTube millionaire PewDiePie responds to his haters
Felix Kjellberg, better known as PewDiePie, made a lot of money last year. His company, PewDiePie Productions, brought in about $7 million in revenue, mainly off of Kjellberg’s YouTube videos where he plays video games and reacts in silly ways. With those videos, he’s also raised more than $1 million for charity over the years. Kjellberg has 37.7 million subscribers on YouTube and about 9 billion views overall — considering that he receives ad revenue based on the number of views his videos get, it makes sense that he’s making serious bank. However, When news of Kjellberg’s revenue hit the ‘net, quite a few people responded with anger, outrage or thinly veiled jealousy, as they do any time that PewDiePie’s revenue goes public. This year, Kjellberg made a video addressing the money issue, including a brief description of his not-so-glamorous life before YouTube.
“Whenever it comes out how much I made a certain year, people just get so shocked,” Kjellberg says. “A lot of people also, which I saw, were very, very angry. They thought it was unfair. They thought I just sit on my ass all day and I just yell at the screen over here — which is true.” He laughs. “But, there’s so much more to it than that.”
Before hitting it big on YouTube, Kjellberg worked at a hot dog stand. He started making videos because he saw a hole in the YouTube market — no one had the video game audience on lock — and because he thought it was fun, he says.
“I am just as happy as I am now as I was five years ago,” Kjellberg says. “I’m very happy that I don’t have to worry about paying rent, because that was a huge issue…. To see so many people being upset about this whole thing, it’s so sad. It’s such a waste.”
Hear more of Kjellberg’s thoughts on money and haters below (and watch him read some of the weirdest comments he’s received over the past few days).
Even Mount Fuji is getting WiFi
After making the 12,000-foot trek up Japan’s Mount Fuji, you’ll probably have a few priorities: Get some serious rest; reload on carbs; and take a killer Instagram pic. Okay, that last one might not be so much of a priority, but it’s exactly what the Japan government is hoping for by bringing free WiFi to the mountain this summer. NTT Docomo and local prefectures are setting up eight hotspots along Mt. Fuji, including the summit, several cottages and a resort facility, which will be accessible with a special password. (Though we wonder why they’re worried about anyone leeching off WiFi connections in remote spots.) The WiFi access isn’t just about inducing FOMO in your friends — it also gives hikers the ability to check weather and potentially request help in areas where there’s no cell service. Just be ready to move quick, as you’ll only be able to use the WiFi service for 72 hours after you first log in. (Again, we ask, why?!)
[Photo credit: Getty/SHOSEI/Aflo]
Filed under: Networking, Internet
Via: Time
Source: Asahi Shimbun
Yamaha’s Reface mini keyboards put classic sounds in compact instruments
New keyboards and synthesizers that carry not only classic tones, but some classics stylings as well, are becoming quite popular. Despite leaking a bit early, Yamaha officially debuted its Reface line of mini keyboards at the summer session of NAMM this week. The compact instruments are meant to be used on the go, whether it’s in the backseat or in a dressing room before a show. Members of the group include the CS analog modeling synth, DX FM synth, CP electric piano and YC combo organ. For the sake of our discussion, we’ll focus on the two synthesizers. The Reface CS is an 8-note polyphonic “Virtual Analog” synth that’s said to be capable of sounds comparable you’d normally get from both analog and digital instruments. The FM (frequency modulation) synthesizer, the Reface DX, is the only one of the four with built-in patch memory, and it also packs in mulit-touch controls. In terms of audio, the DX offers sounds that range from “retro 80s to cutting edge modern at the flick of a switch.”
While that lack of patch memory may be a deal breaker for the other three, all four instruments are compatible with a Capture iOS app for tweaking knobs and presets on a mobile device. They’ll play nice with Web MIDI too, connecting directly to Google Chrome thanks to Soundmondo. It’s more of a social network than an app, but it’ll allow you to upload sounds to YouTube and SoundCloud by pulling audio from the mini keyboards via USB connection. The entire Reface line can also run on battery power, should the need arise, with on-board speakers that make for easy jam sessions. While the compact size and on-the-go features may make these attractive options, they’ll hit your wallet for $800 when the gear and the accompanying mobile app arrive in September.
Filed under: Misc
Via: Fact Magazine
Source: Yamaha
3D-printed car contest winner is road ready by design
Earlier this year Local Motors set forth a challenge for the 3D printing community to design a road-ready vehicle, and now there’s a winner. What you’re looking at above is the Reload Redacted – Swim and Sport from Kevin Lo. It beat out over 60 other designs and Local Motors says that the Swim and Sport was chosen in part because it reflects the benefits of the company’s Direct Digital Manufacturing, like the chance at a totally customizable vehicle with removable body panels. The outfit says a Low Speed Electric Vehicle (LSEV) version should ship to consumers early next year, and a prototype is on deck for a September release.
That 3D-printed doggie in the window will run you between $18,000 and $30,000 and a highway-ready version of the ride’ll tentatively be ready next year. Will we see this get printed at any upcoming auto shows? Given the company’s history I wouldn’t rule it out, but manufacturing is set for Local Motors’ Knoxville microfactory.
Filed under: Transportation, Alt
Source: Local Motors (1), (2), (3)
Kaspersky claims that the ‘Google Effect’ is real and dangerous
Kaspersky, a company specializing in software security, has released a report claiming the existence of the ‘Google Effect’ or, as they like to call it, ‘Digital Amnesia’.
They define Digital Amnesia as the experience of forgetting information that you trust a digital device to store and remember for you.
The research
In order to prove the existence of this phenomenon, Kaspersky commissioned an Opinion Matters survey of 1,000 US consumers aged 16 and up.
“The results suggest a direct link between data available at the click of a button and a failure to commit that data to memory. Kaspersky Lab has termed this phenomenon Digital Amnesia: the experience of forgetting information that you trust a digital device to store and remember for you.“
In a lengthy report containing a bunch of percentages, Kaspersky concludes that too many people t
rust their electronic devices with all of their information without protecting that information.
Kaspersky, as a software security company, is more worried that consumers aren’t running some sort of anti-virus/anti-malware software on their smartphones and computers. Heh, go figure.
For those worried about the security of their smartphones, I recommend you check out Benton’s article about the iOS v Android security debate.
The most profound thing I found in this study was the Google Effect. While we all knew it was happening subconsciously, there is something about it being a proven fact that makes it even more worrisome.
Professional opinions
If you don’t utilize your memory, links will weaken and your memory will get worse over time. If you actively recall information, your memory will strengthen and be there for you when you need it.
Dr. Maria Wimber argues that by passively repeating information, looking things up on the internet instead of recalling information previously learned, will result in shallow, moment to moment memory.
By not actively recalling information, we are unable to develop long-term memory. Instead, we will have to resort to looking up the information every time as we will no longer be able to retain the information for extended periods of time.
“ Past research has repeatedly demonstrated that actively recalling information is a very efficient way to create a permanent memory. In contrast, passively repeating information (e.g. by repeatedly looking it up on the Internet) does not create a solid, lasting memory trace in the same way.“
“The act of forgetting is not inherently a bad thing. We are beautifully adaptive creatures, and we don’t remember everything because it is not to our advantage to do so! Forgetting becomes unhelpful when it involves losing information that we need to remember. The act of memorization is a skill, and its importance as one the tools in our cognitive toolkit is dependent on how relevant memorization is for us to effectively navigate our world. In other words: being able to memorize is an important skill to have only if we need it.” Dr Kathryn Mills, UCL Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience, University College London
The statistics
Kaspersky’s report details the various methods used in order to gain information.
In an unsurprising surprising twist, 50% of the people asked said that they were most likely to search online in order to find information leaving 39.3% to actually try to recall the information first.
This goes to show how much we depend on the internet and mobile devices for knowledge.
Even more solidifying the fact that we are overdependent on our electronic devices, 24.9% of people admit that they would panic if they were to lose access to the data stored on their devices. However, 22.7% of people claim that they would be able to remain calm in such a situation because they have enough of their information memorized.
There are some other stats like how 67.4% of people could call the number of the house they lived in when they were 15, but only 44.2% of people could call their siblings without having to look up the number.
I must admit that I cannot call my house from when I was 15, but I have a pretty good excuse for that. I didn’t have a home phone to call!
Conclusion
Kaspersky’s take away from this survey was that more people need to protect their digital memories with security software. I largely disagree.
The dangers of the Google Effect or Digital Amnesia are way more pressing than the dangers of not having security software on electronic devices.
There is a very real possible future where people can’t remember anything. Everyone will be running around with Google Glass variants that have facial recognition software that will alert the wearer of the name of the person they are talking to.
We should be trying to prevent the Google Effect, not make sure that our memories are safe in a machine. I believe that the best course of action would be to slowly rely less on technology.
Instead of using your contact list to quick dial your sister, try to manually input the number to see if you remember it.
It might take a little longer, but I feel like the extra time is worth the saved memory capabilities.
Source: Kaspersky via: Information Week
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