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Five apps to help you follow the 2013 baseball season

by Kelly Hodgkins (Apr 6th, 2013)

Major League Baseball kicked off its 2013 season last Sunday and we are entering our first full weekend of games. If you are ready to fill your iPhone or iPad with apps to follow every home run, then check out our list of some the best baseball apps available for iOS. MLB.com apps [iPhone or ...

Out of the Park Baseball gets updated for the new season

by Mike Schramm (Apr 5th, 2013)

Spring is here in the US. My Cubs are losing, and that must mean it's finally time for baseball season! MLB's official At Bat app is already out in the App Store if you want to listen to the real thing, but if you would rather have your pitching and hitting simulated, Out of the Park Baseball ...

MLB expands Passbook to 13 ballparks this season

by Michael Grothaus (Feb 27th, 2013)

Major League Baseball announced in New York City on Tuesday night that nine more ballparks will support Apple's Passbook ticketing system this season, according to GigaOm. The ballparks include the homes of the Minnesota Twins, Baltimore Orioles, Milwaukee Brewers, Oakland A's, Pittsburgh ...

Daily Update for February 22, 2013

by Steven Sande (Feb 22nd, 2013)

It's the TUAW Daily Update, your source for Apple news in a convenient audio format. You'll get all the top Apple stories of the day in three to five minutes for a quick review of what's happening in the Apple world. You can listen to today's Apple stories by clicking the inline player ...

Apple's Passbook: Helping to make baseball tickets extinct

by Steven Sande (Oct 9th, 2012)

According to a post on MarketWatch today, Major League Baseball would love to stop selling paper tickets. It turns out that Apple's Passbook might very well help them to accomplish that goal during the next year. Traditional ticket sales have been dropping quite a bit anyway -- from 55 percent ...

MLB At Bat adds Ford Sync integration, more

by Kelly Hodgkins (Sep 3rd, 2012)

Major League Baseball is entering its final month of regular season play and the playoffs are right around the corner. If you don't subscribe to MLB.com At Bat 2012, now might be a good time to grab the iOS app and sign up for the service. A price decrease lets you subscribe to the rest of the ...

Pro baseball players and staff eager for new iPad

by Steven Sande (Mar 16th, 2012)

Major League Baseball spring training is well underway, and the 2012 season starts up in less than two weeks. We're anxious for the first pitch on opening day, but USA Today is reporting that MLB players and staff are excited about today's "season opener" for the new iPad. USA Today ...

MLB At Bat 12 now available on the App Store

by Steven Sande (Feb 29th, 2012)

Another sign that baseball season is just around the corner -- MLB At Bat 12 is now available on the App Store for iPhone and iPad. The app is free, but that only gives you access to scores. If you want all of the goodies that make MLB At Bat the powerhouse app that it is, you need to do a in-app ...

MLB simplifies iPhone, iPad app pricing for MLB TV subscribers

by Steven Sande (Feb 22nd, 2012)

For baseball fans, there's no happier day than Super Bowl Sunday, since we know that means that in a few weeks catchers and pitchers will be reporting for early Spring Training. Well, the pitchers and catchers are warming up and now another sign of spring has appeared -- news about pricing of Major ...

MLB may implement subscription next season

by Kelly Hodgkins (Nov 15th, 2011)

Major League Baseball has embraced social media and mobile devices in a big way and it looks like this early adoption is paying off. The MLB At Bat app was downloaded 1.6 million times across all mobile platforms and is reportedly the highest grossing app in the iTunes App Store, according to a ...

MLB introduces mobile-phone-only subscription

by Mike Schramm (May 2nd, 2011)

Major League Baseball has switched up the pricing on its streaming MLB.tv service, and while most of the changes lately have been sending prices upwards (the iOS apps went up in price again this year), these changes are somewhat of a discount. The premium and regular packages have dropped in ...

MLB.com CEO Bob Bowman talks about selling content on the iPhone

by Mike Schramm (Apr 5th, 2011)

Major League Baseball Advanced Media is one of the most powerful developers on the App Store -- every spring, when the new version of the MLB app arrives, the company picks up a sizable chunk of income just from the mobile app, not to mention the subscription service that fuels the live game ...

MLB offers free MLB.tv trial during April for buying app

by Mike Schramm (Apr 3rd, 2011)

Baseball season started this week, and things are already off to a rip-roaring start, with the Yankees in first place. My Cubs are, well, losing as I write this (Dempster's grand slam on Friday didn't help my fantasy baseball team, either). We've already reported that the terrific MLB apps for ...

Apple TV update adds MLB, NBA streaming

by Michael Rose (Mar 9th, 2011)

It's not just the mobile iOS devices that got some update love today. The current-model Apple TV also has a software update (to version 4.2), which adds some intriguing features for sports fans. The marquee features of this update are the additions of MLB.TV and NBA Game Time as streaming ...

Case study: Griping about signal quality can produce results

by Steven Sande (Sep 9th, 2010)

For most iPhone owners, it seems like AT&T is deaf to our complaints about signal quality. It appears, however, that griping loudly and repeatedly to the company does have an effect. I live in the suburbs south of Denver and my signal quality is pretty good. However, whenever my wife and I ...