http://www.raceday360.com/wire/feed en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss R30 jnchapel@gmail.com http://www.r2collective.com/content/2010/05/05/two-tweets-for-integrity/ r2 collective - A horseman feels his horse has a good chance. He has been darkening the horses form – “stiffing” in horse parlance – so he can get a juicy price. He sulks off into the shadows... ]]> Tue, 04 May 2010 22:00:00 -0700 http://www.r2collective.com/content/2010/05/05/two-tweets-for-integrity/ http://www.r2collective.com/content/2010/02/23/more-competition-coming-online/ r2 collective - Buying and selling positions on celebrities, television shows, presidential candidates and the like have been happening... ]]> Tue, 23 Feb 2010 11:04:00 -0800 http://www.r2collective.com/content/2010/02/23/more-competition-coming-online/ http://www.r2collective.com/content/2010/01/31/foursquare-and-seven-years-hence/ r2 collective - I asked a question on Saturday on Twitter: “Do you think blog post frequency has fallen off with the introduction of Twitter?” I feel that the many bloggers out there tend to not post... ]]> Sun, 31 Jan 2010 18:39:00 -0800 http://www.r2collective.com/content/2010/01/31/foursquare-and-seven-years-hence/ http://www.r2collective.com/content/2010/01/18/not-our-old-tv/ r2 collective - As we mentioned below, it seems Conan O’Brien has the Internet cornered; but not by his doing. Social media promotes for you, and that is exactly what it is doing. Currently several of his fans got together and created an “I’m With Coco” avatar to support the ditched NBC late-night… ]]> Mon, 18 Jan 2010 09:15:00 -0800 http://www.r2collective.com/content/2010/01/18/not-our-old-tv/ http://www.r2collective.com/content/2010/01/12/its-time-for-racing-to-partner-with-microsoft/ r2 collective - Bing wants partners If you are like us, getting race results, historical data, replays or pretty much anything else to do with racing is a maze. Equibase is the central de facto source, but DRF has results, as do ADWs. Sometimes YouTube has race replays, sometimes ADWs do, and sometimes… ]]> Tue, 12 Jan 2010 18:31:00 -0800 http://www.r2collective.com/content/2010/01/12/its-time-for-racing-to-partner-with-microsoft/ http://www.r2collective.com/content/2010/01/07/different-ways-to-engage-betting-customers/ r2 collective - I was taking a break for lunch and guess what I was doing? Yep, handicapping. I came across the Tampa first race and I noticed the 7 – Sky Fuse – at 1-5 on the board. This seemed way out of whack to me because she did not look anywhere… ]]> Thu, 07 Jan 2010 09:33:00 -0800 http://www.r2collective.com/content/2010/01/07/different-ways-to-engage-betting-customers/ http://www.r2collective.com/content/2009/12/29/innovations-epilogue/ r2 collective - Our top innovations of the decade are complete. We would like to give everyone on the panel our thanks. It was probably no surprise what was number one. Peer to peer wagering has not only changed horse racing, it has changed the face of gambling. In this summary post, let’s… ]]> Tue, 29 Dec 2009 19:11:00 -0800 http://www.r2collective.com/content/2009/12/29/innovations-epilogue/ http://www.r2collective.com/content/2009/12/27/the-top-innovation-of-the-decade-peer-to-peer-wagering/ r2 collective - With the end of the Aughts rapidly approaching, the r2 collective polled industry insiders, horseplayers, and fans for their top five technological innovations in racing during the past decade. Coming in at #1 is Peer-to-Peer Wagering. In 2000 two men who liked to play card games and make a bet… ]]> Sun, 27 Dec 2009 19:39:00 -0800 http://www.r2collective.com/content/2009/12/27/the-top-innovation-of-the-decade-peer-to-peer-wagering/ http://www.r2collective.com/content/2009/12/25/innovations-of-the-decade-2-race-replays/ r2 collective - With the end of the Aughts rapidly approaching, the r2 collective polled industry insiders, horseplayers, and fans for their top five technological innovations in racing during the past decade. Coming in at #2 is Proliferation of Race Replays. Where would we be without easy to access race replays? I’m sure… ]]> Fri, 25 Dec 2009 07:10:00 -0800 http://www.r2collective.com/content/2009/12/25/innovations-of-the-decade-2-race-replays/ http://www.r2collective.com/content/2009/12/23/innovations-of-the-decade-5-handicapping-software/ r2 collective - With the end of the Aughts rapidly approaching, the r2 collective polled industry insiders, horseplayers, and fans for their top five technological innovations in racing during the past decade. As voted by our panel, #3 is Handicapping Software. Reading a racing form to prepare for a day of racing can… ]]> Wed, 23 Dec 2009 20:06:00 -0800 http://www.r2collective.com/content/2009/12/23/innovations-of-the-decade-5-handicapping-software/ http://www.r2collective.com/content/2009/12/22/innovations-of-the-decade-4-conditional-wagering/ r2 collective - With the end of the Aughts rapidly approaching, the r2 collective polled industry insiders, horseplayers, and fans for their top five technological innovations in racing during the past decade. As voted by our panel, #4 is Conditional Wagering. Horseplayers have many laments: Takeout rates are too high, data costs too… ]]> Tue, 22 Dec 2009 17:26:00 -0800 http://www.r2collective.com/content/2009/12/22/innovations-of-the-decade-4-conditional-wagering/ http://www.r2collective.com/content/2009/12/21/innovations-of-the-decade-5-trakus/ r2 collective - With the end of the Aughts rapidly approaching, the r2 collective polled industry insiders, horseplayers, and fans for their top five technological innovations in racing during the past decade. As voted by our panel, #5 is Trakus. Trakus, in action Developed by Massachusetts-based TKS, Inc., Trakus was initially used by… ]]> Mon, 21 Dec 2009 14:44:00 -0800 http://www.r2collective.com/content/2009/12/21/innovations-of-the-decade-5-trakus/ http://www.r2collective.com/content/2009/12/20/top-innovations-for-racing-in-the-2000s/ r2 collective - We were chatting a little bit here at r2 about the top innovative or technological changes we witnessed since the turn of the century. We thought it might make a good blog post, but we needed some feedback. To get some we thought we would ask some innovators what they… ]]> Sun, 20 Dec 2009 15:31:00 -0800 http://www.r2collective.com/content/2009/12/20/top-innovations-for-racing-in-the-2000s/