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Melbourne's footy mecca the MCG is offering free pies this September to AFL fans who have downloaded a voucher using their Android or iPhone devices, thanks to an iBeacon trial.

Content delivery specialist Akamai says the recently-concluded FIFA World Cup set a new record for live sports events and contributed to the highest-ever total traffic peak.

Australia's biggest telco Telstra has unveiled plans to turn Adelaide Oval into one of the country's most technically advanced connected stadiums, through a boost in mobile capacity and a 'Telstra Plaza' upgrade.

Mobile devices such as smartphones and tablets are being used for an increasing proportion of online video consumption according to a new report.

The NRL is this year following in AFL’s footsteps to broadcast matches live to subscribers on mobile phones and tablets, and Roy Morgan Research has studied which footy fans are so far using AFL Live Official App.

Man has taken on machine in various battles over the years and it's always an interesting battle - this one pits one of the world's best table tennis players, Timo Boll, against an extremely fast ping-pong playing robot.

Racing fever has gripped the Australian public but also our museums, with racing legend Phar Lap to be virtually immortalised using CSIRO technology.

Symantec used its sponsorship of the Norton Hornets Nissan Factory V8 Racing Team to highlight a $300,000 donation to beyondblue. For this weekend's Bathurst 1000, one of the team's cars was renumbered from 36 to 300 to mark the software maker's pledge.

The role of IT in winning the America's Cup - and in particular Oracle's technological contribution - has been acknowledged by the victorious Oracle Team USA.

Chinese communications giant Huawei has signed on as A-League club Wellington Phoenix's principal partner for the next three years.

Wearable tech is taking another step forward with Sensoria, a pair of 'smart socks' for your feet.

Dick Smith will be a major sponsor of the Melbourne Stars cricket team in the Big Bash League.

An Australian-designed iOS and Android app helps sports teams deliver information to players and spectators without the burden of developing a custom app.

From today all Foxtel sport subscribers will be able to watch every game of the home and away 2013 Toyota AFL Premiership Season live on the go.

Free-to-air TV is finally taking it to Foxtel in the app stakes, with Yahoo!7 today announcing its 7Sport app for iPhone.

The Lotus Formula 1 team is in the middle of a three-phase implementation of the Microsoft Dynamics AX ERP system. A sign of the success of the project is that the partnership has been extended to 2016.

Racegoers at Melbourne's Flemington racecourse will get Wi-Fi thanks to a deal between the Victoria Racing Club and Cisco. The bad news is that it is scheduled to be up and running in time for next year's Melbourne Cup, not tomorrow's.

GolfBuddy's latest GPS rangefinder - the GolfBuddy Platinum - sports several new features.

While Australian athletes are tirelessly pursuing gold, at least one big winner has already delivered, and that’s Foxtel.

One of the definitions of a bogan involves owning a TV that's wider than your washing machine, and if that's true there are an awful lot of bogans in Australia (including this writer).