We first heard the news a few weeks back, and well, it looks like the Boxee Live TV dongle is officially available for pre-order. The tuner is a USB device and comes packaged in with an antenna. The Boxee Live TV dongle is priced at $49 and is expected to begin shipping in January 2012. more »

Boxee will soon be able to alleviate one of the big problems with the Boxee Box: the lack of live TV. Boxee has started pre-orders for a USB dongle for the Boxee Box which will bring free, unencrypted networks to your Boxee Box. The Boxee Live TV stick connects to one of the USB ports more »

What’s this? Another daily deals site? Well fortunately, Crowd Seats takes a different approach to the daily deals business model. Unlike other deal sites, Crowd Seats exclusively sells tickets to sporting events such as NBA, NHL, and MLS games. The tickets sell at 50-90% discount compared to their normal prices.

With devices like the upcoming Boxee Box and Apple TV it’s easy to say that you’d willingly cancel your cable subscription and use their services for media consumption. The one thing most of these boxes lack, however, is live sports, which is increasingly the one reason to continue subscribing to cable. Today Boxee has announced more »

There’s plenty of ways to shoot HD video now, between dedicated camcorders, DSLRs, high-end point-and-shoot cameras and even smartphones. The only problem with all of them is that, for the most part, the camera can’t really go with you when say scuba diving, or snowboarding. Liquid Image has a solution for that small niche. At more »

These days if you’re introducing a GPS, you’ve got to have a hook. Satsports is bringing its Satsports GPS to North America and wants it to be the GPS for all sports. It runs Windows CE 5.0, has an internal speaker, some built in memory with 256MB or storage, Micro SD slot for real storage, weighs 125g, and has a 2.7-inch QVGA screen (320 x 240). This GPS also has apps made for golfers, runners, street nav, and skiing.

What do these apps do? “Pocket Caddy” lets you see golf courses in a fly over mode so you can see the hole before you hit the ball. It will even tell you yardages so you can figure out how hard to swing. You can also record data like what kind of club you used so you can learn from your mistakes.

“Satski” gives you ski maps, real time data on speed, and rescue services data. “Satsports Log” will probably have the most wide appeal as it it is for cyclers, runners, and hikers. You can find out altitude, distance, and speed. Data for both Satsports Log and Satski are sycnable to your computer.

The NFL has announced that beginning this season, players, coaches, and league officials will be banned from tweeting or posting Facebook updates starting 90 minutes before games and until all post-game interviews are completed. The ban extends to anyone who represents a player or coach on any such accounts as well. But wait, there’s more. more »

Sporting News Pro Football application, developed by Sporting News and Zumobi, is a new app designed to give football fans the latest information. For instance, users will have the ability to find out the latest stats, scores, standings, headline stories, breaking news, and insights and analysis. Team customization allows for specific information updates based on more »

Forget in car cams. Forget spying on coded cell phone conversations between rider and coach. Twitter is the hottest place to get the inside scoop on what is happening inside the Tour that you won’t find anywhere else. For example, you won’t find Phil Liggett commenting on Levi Leipheimer’s slippers. Twitter is the perfect venue more »

The new iPhone 3.0 software gives a lot of extra functionality to apps. As a result, MLB plans to use the iPhone’s streaming capability to allow for full game streaming straight to your iPhone or iPod Touch. Basically, owners of the $9.99 app could listen to an audio feed, watch a Gameday update of the game, and view in-game video highlights. There have been rumors of MLB supporting full streams of a game, but that hasn’t been confirmed until today.

The iPhone 3.0 software begins rolling out to users today, so as soon as you upgrade your device, you can use the MLB At Bat to watch out-of-market games starting tomorrow. The first game set to be streamed on the iPhone will be the Chicago Cubs-White Sox game at 2:20PM ET. In addition, they will be streaming the Tigers-St. Louis Cardinals which takes place at 8:15PM ET.