Sports
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The NHL Will Use GoPros To Make Hockey Into Awesome Television
As the video above shows, hockey from the vantage point of a hockey players is nuts. The stick work! The speed! That’s why the NHL and GoPro are teaming up to fill NHL broadcasts with hot, first-person action cam footage. It’s going to be awesome.
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Garmin’s Slim Vívoactive Bridges Smartwatches And Fitness Trackers
At one time, we all carried separate mobile phones and MP3 players because there just wasn’t a single device that did both well — and then the iPhone arrived. The same problem exists between fitness trackers and smartwatches. Neither does the other one’s job particularly well, but it doesn’t have to be that way. At…
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Qatar Pays Migrant Workers $1 An Hour To Be Fake Sports Fans
The life of most migrant workers in Qatar is bleak — so bleak, it’s a human rights violation. The latest report from Doha reveals a new twist in the sad story. When they’re not toiling away at building stadiums for the 2022 World Cup, many workers are being paid impossibly small wages to be fake…
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‘4D’ Broadcasts Will Let Hockey Fans Feel Every Hit From Their Couch
Sitting rink-side at NHL games affords an unparalleled view of the action, especially when someone gets lit up on the boards right in front of you. But now fans of the San Jose Sharks will be able to recreate that bone-jarring experience in the comfort of their own homes.