
Former “Opie and Anthony” radio show host Anthony Cumia was arrested and charged over the weekend for allegedly hitting and strangling a woman who began live-streaming the aftermath of the alleged confrontation on the video streaming app Periscope.
by Kipp Jones21 Dec 2015, 9:58 AM PST0

A Florida woman was arrested over the weekend for drunk driving after live-streaming her trek from the bar via Periscope, which is an app that allows users to stream live video. Whitney Beall, 23, told those watching her live-stream that
by Trent Baker13 Oct 2015, 9:04 AM PST0

“You don’t need to be filming this, put it down, you’re not reporting,” President Obama told reporters he met at a tea shop. The shooter then ended the broadcast of his video, but not before hundreds of viewers had tuned in to watch the president.
by Charlie Spiering29 Apr 2015, 11:00 AM PST0

The battle for the next great social network service has become a neck-and-neck race. The hot new trend–as of this month –is live social video streaming, where users interact in real-time with their favorite Twitter friends, as they record events and conversation. One of the two contenders, Periscope, had the massive promotional power of Twitter itself, but after a brief rise to dominance, has fallen into tight competition with the scrappy startup, Meerkat.
by Ferenstein Wire1 Apr 2015, 9:10 AM PST0