DETROIT, July 9, 2014 (Korea Bizwire)–Chevrolet and Manchester United fans worldwide today are celebrating Chevrolet’s debut on the football club’s 2014-15 season shirt. Fans are invited to upload photos of themselves wearing a digital version of the new shirt at www.chevroletfc.com, and share it via their social channels. Putting fans at the center of the [...]
LOUISVILLE, Ky. June 24, 2014 (Korea Bizwire)–When the U.S. soccer team takes on Germany Thursday, they will be playing for much more than the chance to advance to the knock-out stage of the tournament, they will be playing for the chance for half-price pizza for the third straight match. If the U.S. team scores two [...]
BEIJING, June 20, 2014 (Korea Bizwire)–Tencent, China’s leading online communications, social and entertainment services company, kicked off its World Cup Channel when the games began the morning of June 13 in Brazil, bringing real-time coverage and a host of World Cup-related features to hundreds of millions of Tencent users via their mobile terminals and PCs. [...]
PHILADELPHIA, June 11, 2014 (Korea Bizwire)–Comcast today announced it will make every 2014 FIFA World Cup match available in Spanish via the company’s latest On Demand innovation, Instant On Demand. Available for the first time ever in Spanish and only through Xfinity TV, this is the first time the company has leveraged the new technology [...]
SEATTLE, June 11, 2014 (Korea Bizwire)–Learning financial skills is as easy and fun as playing a video game. Just in time for the 2014 FIFA World Cup, Visa, Inc. has released Financial Soccer, a new version of its fast-paced multiple-choice question game. The updated game, which features improved graphics and new questions, tests players’ money [...]
RIO DE JANEIRO, June 6 (Korea Bizwire) – Explosive new videos on alleged FIFA corruption from Andrew Jennings British investigative journalist Andrew Jennings has released exclusive stories on the eve of the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil. The renowned author speaks candidly about his investigations into the alleged endemic corruption of the FIFA leadership and [...]
LOS GATOS, Calif., May 22 (Korea Bizwire) – Zepp Labs, a leader in sports sensor technology and new leader in tennis data, today released the first ever consumer technology that enables tennis players and coaches to capture and analyze serves in 3D on their smartphone or tablet. Simply attach the Zepp™ multi-sport sensor to the handle of any racket, serve [...]
LOS ANGELES, May 12 (Korea Bizwire) — Final preparations continue for the America’s largest solar-powered boat competition with 40 teams of high school students throughout Southern California entering the home stretch for three days of racing this weekend as part of Metropolitan Water District’s Solar Cup™. Beginning Friday (May 16), teams from high schools (see [...]
MANCHESTER, N.H., April 27, 2014 (Korea Bizwire) – This week, more than 12,000 students from around the globe traveled to St. Louis, Mo., to put their engineering skills to the test at the annual FIRST® (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) Championship, held at the Edward Jones Dome. The three-day event came down to a [...]
OAKLAND, Calif., April 17, 2014 (Korea Bizwire) – Do you know someone who is committed to making every day “Bike to Work Day”? Does this person epitomize the health, environmental, social and economic benefits of bicycling? Share their story and nominate them for a Bike Commuter of the Year award by end of day Friday, [...]