Articles about world cup

Seattle soccer fan became toast of the internet with his map for where to find alcohol at the World Cup

Ed Ball is back in Seattle after spending 10 days traveling to the World Cup in Qatar. But his legacy… Read More

Seattle selected as one of 11 U.S. host cities for World Cup soccer matches in 2026

Seattle has proven itself to be a premier location for soccer in the United States. Now it will show the… Read More

Amazon, Microsoft, Sounders execs to promote Seattle’s bid to be 2026 World Cup soccer host city

Seattle is among the contenders to be one of the host cities in the United States for an all-North American… Read More

Dive into World Cup action: AI researchers turn soccer videos into 3-D ‘holograms’

News Brief: Computer scientists have trained a neural network to transform the action from pre-recorded videos of soccer games into… Read More

2018 World Cup: How to live-stream the matches; controversial video replay; more sports tech news

TAYLOR’S TAKE ON THE WEEK IN SPORTS TECH: It was Christmas morning on Thursday for soccer fans as the World Cup… Read More

Death, disease and naked pics: Top Google searches for 2014

Google released its year-end report of what was most searched for in 2014. And, as Gawker already so astutely pointed… Read More

Microsoft Bing beats Google in World Cup predictions

Microsoft Bing’s prediction technology was perfect in the World Cup knockout stage — depending on how you look at it.… Read More

Microsoft Bing’s flawless World Cup prediction engine picks Germany to win it all

Microsoft Bing’s prediction engine continued its incredible performance in the World Cup, correctly picking Argentina to win over Netherlands in today’s… Read More

Germany’s thrashing of Brazil was the most-tweeted about sports event ever

When a World Cup team loses by six goals in a semifinal match — while playing in its home country,… Read More

Microsoft Bing’s prediction technology is 13-0 in the World Cup knockout round

Microsoft Bing’s prediction engine was not impressive in the World Cup group stage, correctly picking 60 percent of the winning teams… Read More

A ride-sharing deal in Seattle; Bezos autographs an iPhone; other top posts of the month

World Cup fever is rippling through the GeekWire offices, and the rest of the planet. And while the Yanks couldn’t… Read More

Microsoft’s Cortana, expert World Cup predictor, picks Belgium to beat USA

Microsoft’s prediction technology has been perfect thus far in the World Cup knockout round, correctly picking Holland, Costa Rica, Brazil,… Read More

Support your World Cup squad: Google+ lets users paint faces in flag colors

Google+ may be slowly going bye-bye, but that isn’t stopping the social media service from getting in World Cup spirit.… Read More

Make your knockout-round picks in the GeekWire World Cup pool

OK, soccer fans, you can finally take a deep breath. The 16 teams are now set in the knockout stage… Read More

How Microsoft Bing is doing with its World Cup predictions

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… Read More

U.S. vs. Germany match sets another ESPN streaming record with 1.7M viewers

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.… Read More

App of the Week: Onefootball offers the World Cup on the go

If my Twitter feed is any indication, World Cup fever has gripped the U.S. People who wouldn’t ordinarily care about… Read More

World Cup record: U.S. vs. Portugal match was ESPN’s most-streamed event ever

Soccer and streaming seem to go well together. ESPN announced today that Sunday’s thrilling roller-coaster World Cup match between the U.S.… Read More

Name that Tech Tune: Chance to win a pass to MozCon

This week’s Name that Tech Tune challenge has a World Cup theme, with a great prize up for grabs: We’re giving… Read More

World Cup opener was ESPN’s most-watched streaming live event ever

Streaming live sporting events is becoming more popular than ever. The opening match of the World Cup on Thursday attracted… Read More

Google partners with ESPN to show World Cup highlights, match info for related search queries

Google is making it easier than ever to follow the World Cup action — with a little help from The Worldwide… Read More

Don’t understand soccer? Here’s a World Cup 101 guide in GIF form

For many Americans, soccer is a weird sport. You can’t use your hands, matches that end in ties are common, and the… Read More

Can a search engine predict the World Cup? Microsoft Bing is giving it a try

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… Read More

How to watch the World Cup for free online, without a cable subscription

Every four years, for one month, soccer fans around the globe crowd around a TV to watch all the exciting matches happening on the… Read More

What if the World Cup was like the wireless industry? T-Mobile imagines the outcome

Have you ever wondered what it’d be like if soccer followed similar rules to those found in the wireless industry? No,… Read More

The madness begins: Join GeekWire’s World Cup pool

Do you have World Cup fever? We do! And now you can join the greatest four-week spectacle in sports as… Read More

FIFA 14 simulates World Cup, and the winner is … (not USA)

EA Sports’ prediction for the 2010 World Cup was pretty spot on, as its FIFA computer simulation correctly picked Spain to… Read More

Xbox One to launch ‘Brazil Now’ app for World Cup, debuts original soccer TV series

Soccer fans who own an Xbox One will have plenty of content to play around with this month as the FIFA… Read More

Microsoft, ESPN team up for slick World Cup website

Microsoft is getting in the World Cup spirit. Soccer — er, fútbol — fans will like a slick new website… Read More