Ed Ball is back in Seattle after spending 10 days traveling to the World Cup in Qatar. But his legacy lives on on the internet. Ball is the creator of… Read More
Seattle has proven itself to be a premier location for soccer in the United States. Now it will show the world. The city has been selected as one of the… Read More
Seattle is among the contenders to be one of the host cities in the United States for an all-North American FIFA World Cup in 2026, and on Thursday a brand… Read More
News Brief: Computer scientists have trained a neural network to transform the action from pre-recorded videos of soccer games into immersive augmented-reality “holograms” you can shrink down onto a tabletop.… Read More
TAYLOR’S TAKE ON THE WEEK IN SPORTS TECH: It was Christmas morning on Thursday for soccer fans as the World Cup kicked off in Russia. The host country breezed by Saudi… Read More
Google released its year-end report of what was most searched for in 2014. And, as Gawker already so astutely pointed out, it sure was an incredibly depressing year. Robin Williams… Read More
Microsoft Bing’s prediction technology was perfect in the World Cup knockout stage — depending on how you look at it. Bing was 15 for 15 in picking the winners of… Read More
Microsoft Bing’s prediction engine continued its incredible performance in the World Cup, correctly picking Argentina to win over Netherlands in today’s rather boring semifinal matchup. That brings Bing’s streak to 14 —… Read More
When a World Cup team loses by six goals in a semifinal match — while playing in its home country, no less — many people will likely have something to say… Read More
Microsoft Bing’s prediction engine was not impressive in the World Cup group stage, correctly picking 60 percent of the winning teams that advanced. But its performance in the knockout round has been perfect… Read More
World Cup fever is rippling through the GeekWire offices, and the rest of the planet. And while the Yanks couldn’t pull out the win in extra time Tuesday against Belgium,… Read More
Microsoft’s prediction technology has been perfect thus far in the World Cup knockout round, correctly picking Holland, Costa Rica, Brazil, Colombia, and most recently France, as winners. But Americans will… Read More
Google+ may be slowly going bye-bye, but that isn’t stopping the social media service from getting in World Cup spirit. Google+ unveiled a cool feature today that automatically paints your face in… Read More
OK, soccer fans, you can finally take a deep breath. The 16 teams are now set in the knockout stage of the World Cup, including an amazing run by the… Read More
It’s harder to forecast World Cup matches than reality TV contests, it turns out. Microsoft Bing’s prediction engine, which was dead-on its past predictions for The Voice and Dancing with the Stars, is emerging… Read More
Another huge U.S. soccer match, another ESPN online streaming record. There were more than 1.7 million concurrent viewers using WatchESPN during today’s U.S. vs. Germany World Cup match, breaking a previous record that… Read More
If my Twitter feed is any indication, World Cup fever has gripped the U.S. People who wouldn’t ordinarily care about soccer are suddenly wrapped up with newfound love for the… Read More
Soccer and streaming seem to go well together. ESPN announced today that Sunday’s thrilling roller-coaster World Cup match between the U.S. and Portugal set a new record with 1.37 million viewers who… Read More
This week’s Name that Tech Tune challenge has a World Cup theme, with a great prize up for grabs: We’re giving away one pass to MozCon, the annual inbound marketing conference… Read More
Streaming live sporting events is becoming more popular than ever. The opening match of the World Cup on Thursday attracted 1.1 million unique viewers on ESPN’s online streaming platform —… Read More
Google is making it easier than ever to follow the World Cup action — with a little help from The Worldwide Leader in Sports. The search giant has partnered with ESPN… Read More
For many Americans, soccer is a weird sport. You can’t use your hands, matches that end in ties are common, and the game clock increases — not decreases — as time goes… Read More
Microsoft’s Bing search engine, after using data to successfully forecast the results of American Idol, Dancing with the Stars and The Voice, will now test its predictive abilities on a contest with an even more passionate fan… Read More
Every four years, for one month, soccer fans around the globe crowd around a TV to watch all the exciting matches happening on the World Cup pitch. Nowadays, though, TVs aren’t the only way… Read More
Have you ever wondered what it’d be like if soccer followed similar rules to those found in the wireless industry? No, you probably haven’t. But T-Mobile is having a little fun… Read More
Do you have World Cup fever? We do! And now you can join the greatest four-week spectacle in sports as a participant in GeekWire’s World Cup Challenge, a fun competition in… Read More
EA Sports’ prediction for the 2010 World Cup was pretty spot on, as its FIFA computer simulation correctly picked Spain to win the soccer tournament four years ago. Now, EA Sports… Read More
Soccer fans who own an Xbox One will have plenty of content to play around with this month as the FIFA World Cup kicks off in three weeks. Microsoft made a… Read More
Microsoft is getting in the World Cup spirit. Soccer — er, fútbol — fans will like a slick new website built by ESPN and Microsoft’s Internet Explorer team that just… Read More