IBM Widget
Join Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal and Andy Roddick and start using the widget today!
When fans visit AustralianOpen.com at tournament time, they will find an IBM developed widget designed to give them a richer, more individual experience of the tournament, giving fans access to scores, the tennis schedule, news, photo's and video highlights. Simple but informative widgets like these extend the tournament's digital presence and engage fans who may never visit the official site.
In 2009 the widget is available in English, French, Spanish, Korean, Japanese and Mandarin; and is "share-able" via Facebook, iGoogle and downloadable via Yahoo. Get started with the widget below to enhance your grand slam experience.
Get started with the widget below to enhance your grand slam experience. Simply click on 'grab it' in the image below and you are on your way.
Fast Facts:
- The widget gives fans access to scores, the tennis schedule, news, photo's and video highlights.
- Widget translated into 5 other languages, available for download
- Last year there were 8267 downloads of the widget with approximately 790 people using the widget each day of the 2008 tournament
IBM Products & Solutions:
The widget is developed in Flash and deployed using the Clearspring framework (all 3rd party tools) but implemented by IBM.
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