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Nike teams with TechStars for a sports-themed startup accelerator
venturebeat.com
Everyone and their dog has got a tech incubator these days, and far be it from Nike to let the trend pass it by. The Nike+ Accelerator program was announced today; it uses the TechStars infrastructure to lure more developers to the Nike+ platform. On the program’s website, we...
Nike-backed accelerator to support a new wave of digital fitness startups
gigaom.com
Sports giant Nike is launching the Nike+ Accelerator program — a three-month program to foster startups — in conjunction with Boulder, Colo.-based TechStars. According to Monday’s announcement, the program targets companies that use Nike+ technology, including the FuelBand and Nike+ Running app, to create products and services for athletes to get help in...
Nike+ Selects Ten Finalists For The Accelerator Program Powered By TechStars
techcrunch.com
Back in December, Nike unveiled the Nike+ Accelerator program, powered by TechStars. After going through hundreds of applications, TechStars and Nike selected ten finalists. They will now begin a three-month program and take advantage of the Nike+ API and SDK to develop and release new companion products for the Nike...
Nike Announces Nike+ Accelerator, Powered By TechStars, To "Fuel" Nike+ Innovation
techcrunch.com
Nike has just announced its first Nike+ Accelerator program, powered by TechStars, aimed at cultivating companies interested in leveraging Nike+ technology. TechStars will provide the accelerator model, which has managed to raise $275 million in venture capital for its graduates over the past six years of operation. The program begins...
E3 2012: Nike+ Kinect Training brings in-depth fitness measuring to Xbox 360
venturebeat.com
Nike’s trainers and coaches have helped Microsoft Game Studios develop a Kinect fitness game that will tap into the athletic-equipment company’s huge stable of workout products. Regular fitness nuts may already be familiar with Nike+. A smartphone app that tracks running and other exercises. Nike+ Kinect Training will bring...
You Can’t Improve What You Can’t Measure
www.wired.com
NEW YORK — When Nike first got into the data-collection game it stuck sensors to elite athletes running, jumping, spinning and generally doing those impossible things they do. The idea was that the data collected would point Nike designers and engineers toward building better shoes. It did that, but...
How Jimmy Fallon Uses the Nike FuelBand
allthingsd.com
The fitness and gaming industries are getting more and more serious about gathering data about their customers. But that doesn’t mean comedian Jimmy Fallon isn’t going to poke fun at them. Moderating a SXSW panel today called “Digital Sport: Know More, Do More,” Fallon asked a group of execs, as...
Meet the 10 companies of the Nike+ Accelerator powered by TechStars
www.geekwire.com
Inside the Nike+ Accelerator office in Portland. Three months ago, Nike and TechStars announced the formation of the Nike+ Accelerator, with 10 startup companies invited to participate in the three month startup program. And as the journey to startup stardom starts today, we now know what each company is building: FitDeck: Digital decks of exercise...
Announcing Airbnb co-founder Joe Gebbia to speak at RoadMap
gigaom.com
Our list of awesome speakers for our RoadMap conference keeps growing! We’re excited to announce that Airbnb co-founder and Chief Product Officer Joe Gebbia will join our line up for a conversation with GigaOM Senior Writer Mathew Ingram on how Airbnb has been using design as a competitive advantage, and...
Our RoadMap connected design conference is two weeks away!
gigaom.com
In exactly two weeks, GigaOM will be hosting its second annual RoadMap conference in San Francisco, which will spend a day focused on design in the age of connectivity. What does that mean? In an era of big data and always-on wireless connections, design, user experience and user interfaces will...
Future-shapers: Wired 2012 lineup revealed, and you can get your tickets now [discounts]
thenextweb.com
WIRED 2012 is coming to the The Brewery in London in October. You might think this is a bit of an early call but the magazine’s first event last year sold out with more than 440 delegates in the mix, so best to get in early. This year’s event looks set...
Kinect takes center stage at E3 with Madden, FIFA franchises
arstechnica.com
Ars at E3 EA press conference, live from E3 Microsoft E3 press conference liveblog Sony E3 press conference liveblog: Monday, June 4 Ubisoft E3 press conference liveblog: Monday, June 4 Pre-emptive trailers show off some of E3's biggest titles Microsoft's E3 press conference today was littered with new Kinect...
Nike's Olander: "Democratizing sports data a tremendous opportunity"
gigaom.com
Data collection is still primarily limited to pro sports, Nike vp, digital sport Stefan Olander said Monday at GigaOM RoadMap. But everyday athletes — people who run for fun — want “simpler ways of harnessing all that activity information” and still want to be motivated and inspired. So the company...
Meet the 10 digital fitness startups in the new Nike, TechStars accelerator
gigaom.com
Sports giant Nike has picked its winners. Three months after announcing the launch of a new TechStars-powered accelerator for digital fitness startups, the company on Monday said it had chosen the 10 companies that will participate in its first class. Nike said the 10 startups, which were culled from “thousands,”...
Study: wearable computing will be a $1.5B business by 2014
gigaom.com
There’s big money ahead for Fitbit and Google’s Project Glass: Wearable computing will grow to a $1.5 billion business within the next two years, according to a new Juniper study that is identifying 2014 as the watershed year for the wearable device sector. Juniper believes that the wearable computing industry...
It's around the corner: RoadMap is this Monday!
gigaom.com
As this crazy week closes, we wanted to give you a reminder that our annual RoadMap event will kick off bright and early on Monday morning in San Francisco. The day will be focused on design in the age of connectedness and will feature a really great list of thought...
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