1 00:00:04,400 --> 00:00:07,800 Speaker 1: Welcome to tech stuff, a production from I heart radio. 2 00:00:11,720 --> 00:00:14,080 Speaker 1: Hey there, and welcome to tech stuff. I'm your host, 3 00:00:14,120 --> 00:00:16,960 Speaker 1: Jonathan Strickland. I'm an executive producer with I heart radio, 4 00:00:17,079 --> 00:00:19,720 Speaker 1: and how the Tech Are you? It is a Friday. 5 00:00:19,800 --> 00:00:23,120 Speaker 1: It's time for a classic episode. This episode is called 6 00:00:23,160 --> 00:00:26,080 Speaker 1: how periscope works. That's how you know it's a classic, 7 00:00:26,360 --> 00:00:30,240 Speaker 1: because it don't work no more. But back on August 8 00:00:30,280 --> 00:00:34,800 Speaker 1: two fifteen, when this episode originally aired, it did work 9 00:00:35,200 --> 00:00:38,800 Speaker 1: in a manner of fashion, and so let's dial back 10 00:00:38,880 --> 00:00:42,360 Speaker 1: the clock and remember a periscope in this episode. How 11 00:00:42,560 --> 00:00:47,160 Speaker 1: periscope works. So live streaming has been around for a while. 12 00:00:47,240 --> 00:00:49,920 Speaker 1: It's not that new um and it's been growing in 13 00:00:49,960 --> 00:00:52,559 Speaker 1: popularity for quite some time, and in some circles it's 14 00:00:52,640 --> 00:00:55,360 Speaker 1: kind of old news. There were a lot of early examples, 15 00:00:55,400 --> 00:00:58,520 Speaker 1: like you stream and Justin TV, which I've talked about 16 00:00:58,560 --> 00:01:01,680 Speaker 1: before on tech stuff, and those allowed users the chance 17 00:01:01,720 --> 00:01:05,559 Speaker 1: to broadcast using a simple setup of a computer, a microphone, 18 00:01:05,680 --> 00:01:07,840 Speaker 1: a Webcam and as long as you had a good 19 00:01:07,880 --> 00:01:12,440 Speaker 1: Internet connection, you were good to go. Then came twitch. 20 00:01:13,240 --> 00:01:15,640 Speaker 1: Twitch is really I think we have to thank twitch 21 00:01:15,920 --> 00:01:21,040 Speaker 1: for truly bringing live streaming to a new level. It 22 00:01:21,160 --> 00:01:23,480 Speaker 1: started off as kind of a spinoff of Justin TV, 23 00:01:23,959 --> 00:01:26,800 Speaker 1: but it went on to be so incredibly successful that 24 00:01:26,880 --> 00:01:31,520 Speaker 1: it eclipsed Justin TV, got way bigger and eventually it 25 00:01:31,640 --> 00:01:35,560 Speaker 1: replaced it completely. Justin TV went away, twitch stayed. Twitch 26 00:01:35,680 --> 00:01:38,479 Speaker 1: is a service designed to allow gamers to stream their 27 00:01:38,480 --> 00:01:42,120 Speaker 1: gaming activities live to an audience, and Gamers can use 28 00:01:42,200 --> 00:01:44,520 Speaker 1: various setups to broadcast not only the game they're playing 29 00:01:44,520 --> 00:01:47,680 Speaker 1: but a video of themselves as they play. It very 30 00:01:47,720 --> 00:01:51,200 Speaker 1: popular service out there. At the same time there were 31 00:01:51,320 --> 00:01:55,320 Speaker 1: video calling services that became popular, stuff like skype, facetime, 32 00:01:55,400 --> 00:01:58,000 Speaker 1: Google hangouts, all of these making it easier to use 33 00:01:58,040 --> 00:02:00,120 Speaker 1: a mobile device to do a live video call with 34 00:02:00,160 --> 00:02:03,720 Speaker 1: someone else, and you could do a live broadcast hangout 35 00:02:03,720 --> 00:02:06,080 Speaker 1: from Google to stream through youtube if you wanted to. 36 00:02:06,240 --> 00:02:09,480 Speaker 1: But there wasn't really a streamlined way to use a 37 00:02:09,520 --> 00:02:13,760 Speaker 1: mobile device to live stream content to a broad audience. 38 00:02:13,919 --> 00:02:17,840 Speaker 1: It just wasn't easy. So back in two thousand thirteen 39 00:02:18,200 --> 00:02:21,680 Speaker 1: there was a man named Cavin B core who was 40 00:02:21,720 --> 00:02:24,720 Speaker 1: traveling to Istanbul and at the time he was the 41 00:02:24,760 --> 00:02:29,320 Speaker 1: general manager and senior executive of Blackboard Mobile. He had 42 00:02:29,320 --> 00:02:32,120 Speaker 1: become a member of the senior executive team after his company, 43 00:02:32,280 --> 00:02:36,440 Speaker 1: terribly clever design, had been acquired and his interest up 44 00:02:36,440 --> 00:02:38,560 Speaker 1: to that point had been in developing apps that made 45 00:02:38,560 --> 00:02:41,440 Speaker 1: it easy for students and faculty to access and use 46 00:02:41,600 --> 00:02:46,600 Speaker 1: campus data. Also, around that time, Istanbul was not a 47 00:02:46,760 --> 00:02:50,799 Speaker 1: terribly safe place to be. There were these escalating political protests. 48 00:02:51,120 --> 00:02:53,440 Speaker 1: They were getting violent, they were going on in the 49 00:02:53,480 --> 00:02:57,600 Speaker 1: city and he wanted to know if these protests were 50 00:02:57,600 --> 00:03:01,000 Speaker 1: happening in geographic regions close to where he was planning 51 00:03:01,040 --> 00:03:04,079 Speaker 1: on staying when he traveled Istanbul. And he was having 52 00:03:04,120 --> 00:03:07,480 Speaker 1: trouble finding that information online and news outlets. He said 53 00:03:07,639 --> 00:03:10,040 Speaker 1: they moved too slowly, they were too general, they weren't 54 00:03:10,040 --> 00:03:12,639 Speaker 1: specific enough. He wanted to be able to look in 55 00:03:12,760 --> 00:03:17,079 Speaker 1: on very particular places within Istanbul and he used twitter 56 00:03:17,120 --> 00:03:20,080 Speaker 1: to keep an eye on the situation in real time, 57 00:03:20,120 --> 00:03:22,320 Speaker 1: but found himself wishing that there was some way he 58 00:03:22,360 --> 00:03:25,600 Speaker 1: could view live video of the scene from there. Now 59 00:03:25,760 --> 00:03:29,440 Speaker 1: you could watch recorded video after he'd been uploaded and processed, 60 00:03:29,560 --> 00:03:33,720 Speaker 1: but by then it's it's pretty late. So after all 61 00:03:33,760 --> 00:03:38,040 Speaker 1: of that, knowing that tons of people have smartphones, tons 62 00:03:38,040 --> 00:03:41,240 Speaker 1: of people have the ability to shoot video and record video, 63 00:03:41,600 --> 00:03:44,480 Speaker 1: why not have a live streaming app that combines something 64 00:03:44,560 --> 00:03:47,560 Speaker 1: like a video recording program with a video calling service 65 00:03:47,600 --> 00:03:50,000 Speaker 1: and make it live streaming. So he would go on 66 00:03:50,120 --> 00:03:53,880 Speaker 1: to partner with a guy named Joe Bernstein to create 67 00:03:53,880 --> 00:03:56,520 Speaker 1: such an APP. Now they knew that it would need 68 00:03:56,560 --> 00:03:59,440 Speaker 1: to give people the opportunity to turn a phone into 69 00:03:59,440 --> 00:04:03,880 Speaker 1: a camera and broadcasts that live across the Internet. They 70 00:04:03,920 --> 00:04:06,360 Speaker 1: also saw the need to make the experience interactive rather 71 00:04:06,400 --> 00:04:10,920 Speaker 1: than a simple stream to viewer experience. So they also 72 00:04:11,000 --> 00:04:13,480 Speaker 1: knew that the experience needed to be interactive and not 73 00:04:13,640 --> 00:04:16,920 Speaker 1: just a simple stream to viewer experience. So, for example, 74 00:04:17,040 --> 00:04:20,240 Speaker 1: I'm streaming right now on periscope as I record this, 75 00:04:20,600 --> 00:04:23,479 Speaker 1: and I can look on my app and see responses. 76 00:04:23,520 --> 00:04:26,120 Speaker 1: I can see people chatting about what's happening, I can 77 00:04:26,160 --> 00:04:29,679 Speaker 1: see people giving me hearts if they enjoy it, and 78 00:04:29,920 --> 00:04:34,039 Speaker 1: as as people are saying it's awesome and howdy back 79 00:04:34,120 --> 00:04:38,360 Speaker 1: you PS shaggy. So anyway, these two envisioned and APP 80 00:04:38,400 --> 00:04:41,640 Speaker 1: that would allow people to share anything from an historic 81 00:04:41,680 --> 00:04:47,160 Speaker 1: event unfolding in real time to just simple everyday activities 82 00:04:47,200 --> 00:04:49,719 Speaker 1: of their daily lives. They also wanted to include features 83 00:04:49,720 --> 00:04:52,320 Speaker 1: that would allow viewers to interact in some way by 84 00:04:52,360 --> 00:04:56,599 Speaker 1: giving feedback or questions or just generally expressing love for 85 00:04:56,680 --> 00:05:00,799 Speaker 1: what's going on. So the two founded periscope in February 86 00:05:01,080 --> 00:05:05,159 Speaker 1: two thousand fourteen. And what's the first thing you do 87 00:05:05,279 --> 00:05:08,599 Speaker 1: when you've found a new Internet startup company? That's right, 88 00:05:08,960 --> 00:05:12,000 Speaker 1: you beg for money. They sought a round of seed 89 00:05:12,080 --> 00:05:15,600 Speaker 1: investment from Angel Investors, which included Scott Belski of adobe, 90 00:05:15,800 --> 00:05:18,760 Speaker 1: and they raised a few million bucks to start off. Now, 91 00:05:18,760 --> 00:05:22,520 Speaker 1: their pitch included describing periscope as being similar to teleporting 92 00:05:22,560 --> 00:05:24,800 Speaker 1: to a distant location to see what is going on 93 00:05:24,839 --> 00:05:28,000 Speaker 1: at that exact moment, and it held a little bit 94 00:05:28,040 --> 00:05:32,440 Speaker 1: more of a exciting prospect than just watching a prerecorded video. 95 00:05:32,520 --> 00:05:36,080 Speaker 1: You could actually be there live while it's happening. Now, 96 00:05:36,080 --> 00:05:39,880 Speaker 1: in lateen they met with Jessica Ver really, the director 97 00:05:39,960 --> 00:05:43,520 Speaker 1: of corporate development and strategy for twitter, and for really 98 00:05:43,640 --> 00:05:48,000 Speaker 1: was impressed and introduced them to twitter CEO Dick Costolo 99 00:05:48,120 --> 00:05:51,279 Speaker 1: and Twitter Co founder Jack Dorsey, who were in turn 100 00:05:51,920 --> 00:05:57,200 Speaker 1: also impressed. So this goes on. They end up having 101 00:05:57,240 --> 00:06:00,520 Speaker 1: a great conversation and before long twitter make an offer 102 00:06:00,600 --> 00:06:04,080 Speaker 1: to buy periscope, to acquire the company, and apparently some 103 00:06:04,200 --> 00:06:07,839 Speaker 1: other entities were also interested in buying periscope, so that 104 00:06:07,920 --> 00:06:11,000 Speaker 1: helped push up the price. The founder said that it 105 00:06:11,040 --> 00:06:15,839 Speaker 1: was a fortuitous timing. The amount itself was not made public, 106 00:06:16,440 --> 00:06:18,480 Speaker 1: but a lot of early reports said it was somewhere 107 00:06:18,480 --> 00:06:21,719 Speaker 1: in between seventy five and a hundred million dollars, so 108 00:06:21,800 --> 00:06:25,840 Speaker 1: not chump change. Periscope accepted twitter's offer and the company 109 00:06:25,920 --> 00:06:29,280 Speaker 1: was acquired in January two thou fifteen. But twitter kept 110 00:06:29,279 --> 00:06:31,760 Speaker 1: it quiet for a little bit longer for reasons I 111 00:06:31,800 --> 00:06:34,640 Speaker 1: will get into in a moment. Let's just say it 112 00:06:34,680 --> 00:06:38,120 Speaker 1: was a Gotcha kind of approach. See Net reported that, 113 00:06:38,240 --> 00:06:42,880 Speaker 1: according to a regulatory filing, twitter had spent eighty six 114 00:06:42,920 --> 00:06:47,080 Speaker 1: point six million dollars total on two acquisitions. That was 115 00:06:47,160 --> 00:06:50,720 Speaker 1: periscope as acquisition number one, and a social media startup 116 00:06:50,720 --> 00:06:54,119 Speaker 1: company called Niche, or niche if you prefer, and people 117 00:06:54,120 --> 00:06:57,280 Speaker 1: in Niche said the purchase was about thirty million dollars 118 00:06:57,320 --> 00:06:59,400 Speaker 1: for their company. So that had put periscope in around 119 00:06:59,440 --> 00:07:02,760 Speaker 1: fifty six million dollars or so, so less than what 120 00:07:02,880 --> 00:07:06,560 Speaker 1: some reports were saying, and honestly, there are a lot 121 00:07:06,600 --> 00:07:08,760 Speaker 1: of different accounts for this and it hasn't been made 122 00:07:08,800 --> 00:07:12,160 Speaker 1: completely public. So somewhere between fifty six million dollars and 123 00:07:12,200 --> 00:07:16,880 Speaker 1: a hundred million dollars. That's a small margin of error right. Anyway, 124 00:07:17,520 --> 00:07:19,680 Speaker 1: another live streaming APP was getting a lot of buzz 125 00:07:20,280 --> 00:07:26,480 Speaker 1: right around spring of this year, called mere cat. So 126 00:07:27,400 --> 00:07:30,640 Speaker 1: mere cat launched in late February, two fifteen, and it 127 00:07:30,760 --> 00:07:35,040 Speaker 1: was built by a group called life on Air Incorporated. 128 00:07:35,800 --> 00:07:38,640 Speaker 1: That was a team headed by Ben Ruben, and mere 129 00:07:38,680 --> 00:07:42,040 Speaker 1: cat was leveraging twitter's social graphs. So you could sign 130 00:07:42,080 --> 00:07:45,680 Speaker 1: into mere cat through twitter and access your followers. That way, 131 00:07:45,720 --> 00:07:48,800 Speaker 1: followers could get alerts whenever you were going live on merecat. 132 00:07:49,120 --> 00:07:52,920 Speaker 1: They could comment on videos, but those videos, those comments 133 00:07:52,960 --> 00:07:55,640 Speaker 1: were going through twitter, so actually the comments on mercat 134 00:07:55,720 --> 00:07:59,880 Speaker 1: would get published onto twitter to everybody. Not everyone was 135 00:08:00,040 --> 00:08:03,800 Speaker 1: crazy about that. Merket made a particularly big splash at 136 00:08:03,800 --> 00:08:06,800 Speaker 1: a little event called South by southwest, and if you're 137 00:08:06,800 --> 00:08:11,360 Speaker 1: not familiar with south by southwest, it's a gigantic festival 138 00:08:11,400 --> 00:08:15,040 Speaker 1: that takes place in Austin. It incorporates music and movies 139 00:08:15,160 --> 00:08:20,800 Speaker 1: and what they call interactive or Internet based UH, stuffed 140 00:08:20,880 --> 00:08:24,040 Speaker 1: lost startup companies end up using south by southwest is 141 00:08:24,080 --> 00:08:26,440 Speaker 1: a place to either launch a new product or to 142 00:08:26,480 --> 00:08:30,440 Speaker 1: announce new features to existing products. It's really a place 143 00:08:30,560 --> 00:08:32,600 Speaker 1: if you aren't going to interactive. It's really a place 144 00:08:32,600 --> 00:08:36,520 Speaker 1: for you to network, literally, to meet other people and 145 00:08:36,520 --> 00:08:40,320 Speaker 1: convince them that your stuff is the important stuff and 146 00:08:40,440 --> 00:08:42,959 Speaker 1: that people should really pay attention to you. It's if 147 00:08:43,000 --> 00:08:44,839 Speaker 1: you can get people on board with your product of 148 00:08:44,920 --> 00:08:48,320 Speaker 1: south by southwest that usually spills over to a lot 149 00:08:48,360 --> 00:08:52,400 Speaker 1: of attention immediately following it. We'll be back soon with 150 00:08:52,480 --> 00:08:55,800 Speaker 1: a little bit more about how periscope works after these messages. 151 00:09:05,040 --> 00:09:07,920 Speaker 1: So mere cat raised about twelve million dollars in March, 152 00:09:08,080 --> 00:09:11,920 Speaker 1: two thousand fifteen. But that same month, that's when twitter 153 00:09:12,280 --> 00:09:16,320 Speaker 1: announced that it had purchased periscope and had done that 154 00:09:16,360 --> 00:09:19,000 Speaker 1: back in January but kept it quiet until March, and 155 00:09:19,040 --> 00:09:21,400 Speaker 1: I think a big reason for it was to steal 156 00:09:21,480 --> 00:09:23,679 Speaker 1: a lot of thunder from mere cat. Twitter also did 157 00:09:23,720 --> 00:09:25,600 Speaker 1: something else that some people thought was kind of dirty. 158 00:09:25,640 --> 00:09:31,560 Speaker 1: Pool twitter cut the social graphic access off of mere cat. 159 00:09:32,400 --> 00:09:35,760 Speaker 1: So mere cat had been depending upon twitter to use 160 00:09:36,240 --> 00:09:40,520 Speaker 1: that that platform to leverage the value of their service, 161 00:09:40,640 --> 00:09:42,800 Speaker 1: and now twitter saying, yeah, you know, we're going to 162 00:09:42,920 --> 00:09:45,079 Speaker 1: come out with our own now so you don't get 163 00:09:45,120 --> 00:09:47,720 Speaker 1: to do that, and that caused a bit of a stir. 164 00:09:48,240 --> 00:09:50,920 Speaker 1: So mere cat and periscope do similar things. They both 165 00:09:50,920 --> 00:09:53,720 Speaker 1: allow users to live stream from their mobile devices and 166 00:09:53,800 --> 00:09:57,200 Speaker 1: both allow followers to watch and comment on them. But 167 00:09:57,640 --> 00:10:00,320 Speaker 1: mere cats comments at the time all went through twitter. 168 00:10:00,559 --> 00:10:03,000 Speaker 1: So some people would be reluctant to comment on a 169 00:10:03,080 --> 00:10:05,560 Speaker 1: video as it's happening because they know that the entire 170 00:10:05,640 --> 00:10:09,679 Speaker 1: world could see the messages. And mere cats broadcasts, at 171 00:10:09,720 --> 00:10:12,839 Speaker 1: least at first, were truly live. So if you missed it, 172 00:10:13,240 --> 00:10:16,240 Speaker 1: they were gone. You had no opportunity to see that stuff. 173 00:10:16,280 --> 00:10:19,000 Speaker 1: You had to be there. Uh. Now you can use 174 00:10:19,000 --> 00:10:21,720 Speaker 1: some additional tools to expand mercats features so that you 175 00:10:21,720 --> 00:10:24,640 Speaker 1: can watch videos after they've happened, or you can comment 176 00:10:24,720 --> 00:10:28,160 Speaker 1: outside of twitter. You can actually comment within mere cat itself, 177 00:10:28,440 --> 00:10:31,760 Speaker 1: but at the time that was not the case. Periscope, 178 00:10:31,760 --> 00:10:34,080 Speaker 1: when it launched, had a few more bells and whistles. 179 00:10:34,480 --> 00:10:36,800 Speaker 1: So let's talk about what the APP looks like and 180 00:10:36,840 --> 00:10:39,240 Speaker 1: what it's features are. So this is gonna be really 181 00:10:39,240 --> 00:10:41,560 Speaker 1: boring to the people who are watching right now because 182 00:10:42,040 --> 00:10:45,040 Speaker 1: you already know you're doing it, but for everybody else, 183 00:10:45,200 --> 00:10:47,120 Speaker 1: here's what periscope is all about. Oh and by the way, 184 00:10:47,160 --> 00:10:50,400 Speaker 1: tech crunch really dissed mere cat when it came out, 185 00:10:50,920 --> 00:10:53,880 Speaker 1: tech crunch called it a rough shot APP built in 186 00:10:54,040 --> 00:10:58,800 Speaker 1: ten days. Ouch H in fact it took about eight weeks, 187 00:10:58,800 --> 00:11:01,640 Speaker 1: according to Ruben told it, but still, and it took 188 00:11:01,720 --> 00:11:05,880 Speaker 1: years of developed development beyond that. So let's talk about periscope, 189 00:11:05,880 --> 00:11:09,000 Speaker 1: what it looks like and the features it has. First, 190 00:11:09,040 --> 00:11:11,880 Speaker 1: obviously the most important thing is you can live stream 191 00:11:11,880 --> 00:11:14,240 Speaker 1: from your mobile device. You can do this to the 192 00:11:14,240 --> 00:11:17,000 Speaker 1: general public, like I am doing right now. Anyone who 193 00:11:17,000 --> 00:11:19,680 Speaker 1: has a link to that periscope can see what you 194 00:11:19,720 --> 00:11:22,679 Speaker 1: are doing, or you can broadcast to just your followers 195 00:11:22,760 --> 00:11:26,240 Speaker 1: or a subset of your followers. Viewers can watch live 196 00:11:26,280 --> 00:11:28,719 Speaker 1: streams on computers, but if they do that they can 197 00:11:28,760 --> 00:11:31,480 Speaker 1: only be passive viewers. There's no interactivity built into the 198 00:11:31,520 --> 00:11:34,280 Speaker 1: browser version of periscope right now. If you want that 199 00:11:34,320 --> 00:11:37,000 Speaker 1: interactivity you have to download the APP to your smartphone 200 00:11:37,320 --> 00:11:39,680 Speaker 1: and if you watch a live stream through the periscope APP, 201 00:11:39,720 --> 00:11:42,280 Speaker 1: you can interact by chatting or you tap the screen 202 00:11:42,320 --> 00:11:45,800 Speaker 1: and that sends hearts. Now the hearts show up on screen. 203 00:11:45,880 --> 00:11:47,880 Speaker 1: Can Anyone? Can anyone send me some hearts while I 204 00:11:47,920 --> 00:11:50,720 Speaker 1: talk about this? Makes me feel better. But the hearts 205 00:11:50,720 --> 00:11:53,520 Speaker 1: show up on screen and indicate that people are enjoying 206 00:11:53,520 --> 00:11:57,440 Speaker 1: what they see. Hearts have also come into play in rankings, 207 00:11:57,480 --> 00:11:59,520 Speaker 1: so accounts that get a lot of hearts get more 208 00:11:59,600 --> 00:12:03,480 Speaker 1: visible in the periscope APP. Um when you start looking 209 00:12:03,559 --> 00:12:06,360 Speaker 1: for periscopes to watch, the ones that accumulate a lot 210 00:12:06,360 --> 00:12:09,280 Speaker 1: of hearts are the ones that go to the top 211 00:12:09,320 --> 00:12:13,880 Speaker 1: of those lists. I am so far behind the leaders 212 00:12:13,880 --> 00:12:18,040 Speaker 1: in this space that unless you just obsessively tap the 213 00:12:18,080 --> 00:12:21,320 Speaker 1: screen every time I go on periscope, I won't ever 214 00:12:21,400 --> 00:12:25,000 Speaker 1: show up on that list, which is okay. And unlike Merecat, 215 00:12:25,000 --> 00:12:27,560 Speaker 1: the chatting doesn't go to twitter. All of that chat 216 00:12:27,600 --> 00:12:29,760 Speaker 1: remains in the periscope APP, so you don't have to 217 00:12:29,800 --> 00:12:34,480 Speaker 1: worry about broadcasting your questions or comments to the whole world. 218 00:12:34,520 --> 00:12:37,320 Speaker 1: It's just the people who are watching, although if you 219 00:12:37,360 --> 00:12:41,680 Speaker 1: do watch the video stream after it goes offline, then 220 00:12:41,880 --> 00:12:44,440 Speaker 1: you still have that issue. Oh and I see that 221 00:12:44,480 --> 00:12:47,199 Speaker 1: I'm stuttering a bit online, so that's fun. Once a 222 00:12:47,240 --> 00:12:50,640 Speaker 1: stream is done, it stays available for twenty four hours 223 00:12:50,679 --> 00:12:53,040 Speaker 1: before disappearing. So you can save a stream to your 224 00:12:53,040 --> 00:12:55,400 Speaker 1: mobile device, if you have enough storage on your device 225 00:12:55,440 --> 00:12:57,160 Speaker 1: to do that, and then you can upload it to 226 00:12:57,200 --> 00:13:01,040 Speaker 1: it to Youtube or some other service if you wanted to. Now, 227 00:13:01,080 --> 00:13:03,920 Speaker 1: if you haven't download the periscope APP, you probably aren't 228 00:13:03,920 --> 00:13:07,520 Speaker 1: really aware of how it looks or or you know 229 00:13:07,600 --> 00:13:10,240 Speaker 1: what it looks like rather or how it works. First 230 00:13:10,280 --> 00:13:12,240 Speaker 1: you have to download the APP and install it. Obviously 231 00:13:12,280 --> 00:13:14,160 Speaker 1: that's your first step, and then you have to sign 232 00:13:14,160 --> 00:13:16,360 Speaker 1: into periscope. You can do that either by using your 233 00:13:16,360 --> 00:13:19,600 Speaker 1: twitter handle and password or through your phone number. So 234 00:13:19,679 --> 00:13:22,439 Speaker 1: if you don't have twitter, you don't. You don't have 235 00:13:22,520 --> 00:13:24,880 Speaker 1: to have it to use periscope. It's just a lot 236 00:13:24,880 --> 00:13:27,400 Speaker 1: of functionality will be taken out if you don't have twitter. 237 00:13:28,240 --> 00:13:31,360 Speaker 1: So I'm going to concentrate on the android version because 238 00:13:31,640 --> 00:13:35,040 Speaker 1: I own an android phone, so that's what I'll be 239 00:13:35,080 --> 00:13:37,520 Speaker 1: talking about. But the IOS one is very similar to 240 00:13:37,559 --> 00:13:40,480 Speaker 1: the same features. I just can't necessarily say the layout 241 00:13:40,520 --> 00:13:43,480 Speaker 1: is exactly the same. They may be slightly different. But 242 00:13:43,800 --> 00:13:46,680 Speaker 1: on the android version you've got three icons at the 243 00:13:46,720 --> 00:13:48,800 Speaker 1: top left of the screen when you log in. One 244 00:13:48,880 --> 00:13:52,080 Speaker 1: lists any live streams from the folks you follow on periscope. 245 00:13:52,800 --> 00:13:55,079 Speaker 1: It also lists any streams from the past twenty four 246 00:13:55,080 --> 00:13:58,040 Speaker 1: hours that came from those accounts, including your own. Then 247 00:13:58,040 --> 00:14:01,040 Speaker 1: there's a globe icon that let that the live streams 248 00:14:01,080 --> 00:14:03,240 Speaker 1: from around the world that you might be interested in, 249 00:14:03,440 --> 00:14:05,800 Speaker 1: and then there's a little cluster of people icon. That 250 00:14:05,880 --> 00:14:08,000 Speaker 1: list the people you follow on twitter who are also 251 00:14:08,000 --> 00:14:10,720 Speaker 1: on periscope, so you can follow them on periscope as well, 252 00:14:11,360 --> 00:14:14,520 Speaker 1: assuming you logged into periscope through twitter, that is. And 253 00:14:14,679 --> 00:14:17,720 Speaker 1: under that list of the folks you know is a 254 00:14:17,800 --> 00:14:20,200 Speaker 1: list of the most loved accounts, and those are the 255 00:14:20,240 --> 00:14:23,200 Speaker 1: accounts that have accumulated the most hearts. That's the list 256 00:14:23,200 --> 00:14:26,920 Speaker 1: I'm never ever going to be on. Now in the 257 00:14:26,960 --> 00:14:29,920 Speaker 1: upper right corner of the people page is a link 258 00:14:29,960 --> 00:14:32,000 Speaker 1: to your accounts, so you can click on that and 259 00:14:32,080 --> 00:14:34,600 Speaker 1: see how you stack up, like how many people do 260 00:14:34,640 --> 00:14:37,640 Speaker 1: you follow? How many people follow you? How many hearts 261 00:14:37,680 --> 00:14:41,040 Speaker 1: have you accumulated as of this recording right now? This 262 00:14:41,120 --> 00:14:45,000 Speaker 1: is my third periscope broadcast I've ever done and before 263 00:14:45,000 --> 00:14:47,520 Speaker 1: I started recording I had around a hundred fifty followers 264 00:14:47,520 --> 00:14:50,640 Speaker 1: and just over eight hundred hearts. So we'll see how 265 00:14:50,640 --> 00:14:53,200 Speaker 1: many I have at the end. UH, probably not that 266 00:14:53,240 --> 00:14:56,920 Speaker 1: many more, but that's that. That tells you I'm at 267 00:14:56,960 --> 00:15:02,400 Speaker 1: eight hundred. The top periscopers have millions and millions of hearts, 268 00:15:02,960 --> 00:15:06,120 Speaker 1: so I'm not in that league. There's also a camera 269 00:15:06,320 --> 00:15:08,800 Speaker 1: icon on the screen and that initiates the live stream. 270 00:15:08,840 --> 00:15:11,360 Speaker 1: So if you touch that icon it'll prompt you to 271 00:15:11,400 --> 00:15:13,880 Speaker 1: make a few more choices. One thing is you can 272 00:15:13,880 --> 00:15:16,800 Speaker 1: set the live stream to either public or private. A 273 00:15:16,880 --> 00:15:19,240 Speaker 1: private livestream can go out to all your followers or 274 00:15:19,280 --> 00:15:22,440 Speaker 1: just specific people you designate. So I could do a 275 00:15:22,480 --> 00:15:26,160 Speaker 1: periscope livestream to a single person if I wanted to. UH, 276 00:15:26,360 --> 00:15:28,000 Speaker 1: and it won't all show up to the public. They 277 00:15:28,000 --> 00:15:31,840 Speaker 1: won't be able to view that stream, at least the 278 00:15:31,960 --> 00:15:34,520 Speaker 1: video stream won't show up to the public. There was 279 00:15:34,560 --> 00:15:38,520 Speaker 1: a problem in periscope's early design that involved twitter and 280 00:15:38,560 --> 00:15:42,160 Speaker 1: private video titles. So if the twitter option was on 281 00:15:42,960 --> 00:15:46,000 Speaker 1: and you created a private event, the title of the 282 00:15:46,040 --> 00:15:49,720 Speaker 1: Stream would get tweeted out. Only the people you authorized 283 00:15:49,720 --> 00:15:51,960 Speaker 1: would actually be able to watch the stream, but the 284 00:15:51,960 --> 00:15:56,080 Speaker 1: title went to everyone. So if you made a title 285 00:15:56,200 --> 00:16:01,760 Speaker 1: that was Oh Raunchy, or you know, you were making 286 00:16:01,760 --> 00:16:03,280 Speaker 1: an in solder or something and you thought it was 287 00:16:03,280 --> 00:16:05,600 Speaker 1: funny because only the people who are following you were 288 00:16:05,640 --> 00:16:08,120 Speaker 1: going to see it, here's the problem. It would go 289 00:16:08,160 --> 00:16:10,440 Speaker 1: out on your twitter feed if you had that activated, 290 00:16:10,480 --> 00:16:12,960 Speaker 1: and everyone would see the title. They couldn't see the video, 291 00:16:13,000 --> 00:16:15,200 Speaker 1: but they would know what you were talking about, so 292 00:16:15,280 --> 00:16:18,160 Speaker 1: that was an issue. If your periscope account is linked 293 00:16:18,160 --> 00:16:19,760 Speaker 1: to twitter, you can choose to tweet out the live 294 00:16:19,760 --> 00:16:22,040 Speaker 1: stream to your followers, which I did at the beginning 295 00:16:22,040 --> 00:16:24,840 Speaker 1: of this stream, and you also need to give your 296 00:16:24,840 --> 00:16:27,280 Speaker 1: stream a name, so you have to title it. My 297 00:16:27,320 --> 00:16:30,800 Speaker 1: first pair of SCOPE was, I think, called walking timbalt. Tibled, 298 00:16:30,920 --> 00:16:33,560 Speaker 1: by the way, is the name of my puppy dog, 299 00:16:34,200 --> 00:16:36,320 Speaker 1: and he is a puppy, and I think that's where 300 00:16:36,360 --> 00:16:39,280 Speaker 1: seven hundred of the eight hundred hearts I have came from. 301 00:16:39,320 --> 00:16:41,520 Speaker 1: So those hearts really don't belong to me. They belonged 302 00:16:41,560 --> 00:16:44,760 Speaker 1: to Tibalt and he earned them, so I'm not upset. 303 00:16:45,960 --> 00:16:49,480 Speaker 1: Once you're ready, you hit the start broadcasting button and 304 00:16:49,520 --> 00:16:52,320 Speaker 1: you go. That's it. It's streaming. People who follow you 305 00:16:52,360 --> 00:16:54,640 Speaker 1: on periscope will get a notification, if they have push 306 00:16:54,720 --> 00:16:57,480 Speaker 1: notifications turned on, that you are live, and if you 307 00:16:57,480 --> 00:16:59,800 Speaker 1: send a message through twitter, that will get more folks 308 00:16:59,800 --> 00:17:02,840 Speaker 1: following you and watching you. Now that also means you'll 309 00:17:02,840 --> 00:17:06,240 Speaker 1: get notifications when the people you follow go live as well. 310 00:17:06,280 --> 00:17:09,399 Speaker 1: Those notifications will pop up on your mobile device. You 311 00:17:09,400 --> 00:17:11,960 Speaker 1: can open the APP and watch and interact at that point, 312 00:17:12,320 --> 00:17:14,800 Speaker 1: and periscope can use both the forward facing and rear 313 00:17:14,880 --> 00:17:17,320 Speaker 1: facing cameras. On a mobile device, you can switch between 314 00:17:17,320 --> 00:17:19,560 Speaker 1: the two either by double tapping on the screen or 315 00:17:19,600 --> 00:17:22,480 Speaker 1: you can swipe down, which pulls up some settings and 316 00:17:22,520 --> 00:17:25,080 Speaker 1: you can change it there. This lets you show people 317 00:17:25,200 --> 00:17:27,000 Speaker 1: your point of view or pull it back so you 318 00:17:27,040 --> 00:17:30,320 Speaker 1: can have a camera focused on your face so you 319 00:17:30,320 --> 00:17:33,480 Speaker 1: can address the camera directly. Some other things to keep 320 00:17:33,480 --> 00:17:36,119 Speaker 1: in mind when you're using periscope. If you have the 321 00:17:36,160 --> 00:17:39,240 Speaker 1: location data on your of your phone turned on and 322 00:17:39,359 --> 00:17:44,040 Speaker 1: you activate that on periscope, it will show where you 323 00:17:44,080 --> 00:17:47,240 Speaker 1: are to people who are viewing the stream. This can 324 00:17:47,280 --> 00:17:50,000 Speaker 1: be a privacy concern to in fact, I think originally 325 00:17:50,080 --> 00:17:52,840 Speaker 1: it was set on by default. Now it's set off, 326 00:17:52,880 --> 00:17:56,439 Speaker 1: at least on mine, by default. So if I want to, 327 00:17:56,480 --> 00:17:58,720 Speaker 1: I can choose that and let people know where I am, 328 00:17:59,000 --> 00:18:00,600 Speaker 1: but some people have pointed out this could be a 329 00:18:00,600 --> 00:18:03,840 Speaker 1: privacy concern. Now, if you were to broadcast where you were, 330 00:18:03,960 --> 00:18:06,440 Speaker 1: then that could be a safety issue, depending upon who 331 00:18:06,440 --> 00:18:10,400 Speaker 1: you are and who's watching, especially if you're broadcasting from 332 00:18:11,000 --> 00:18:14,720 Speaker 1: your home and you don't generally make that information publicly available, 333 00:18:15,040 --> 00:18:17,000 Speaker 1: it could be a big issue. Some other things to 334 00:18:17,040 --> 00:18:19,199 Speaker 1: keep in mind when using periscope. If you have the 335 00:18:19,240 --> 00:18:22,600 Speaker 1: location data on your phone turned on and uh and 336 00:18:23,040 --> 00:18:26,280 Speaker 1: you don't want people to know exactly where you are, 337 00:18:26,320 --> 00:18:28,159 Speaker 1: you should switch that off. You should also keep in 338 00:18:28,240 --> 00:18:32,480 Speaker 1: mind that maybe the neighbors around you don't want the 339 00:18:32,520 --> 00:18:36,840 Speaker 1: world to know where they live. So just courtesy is 340 00:18:36,880 --> 00:18:39,320 Speaker 1: something that you have to keep in mind. Also, there 341 00:18:39,400 --> 00:18:41,320 Speaker 1: is a limit on how many people can chat on 342 00:18:41,400 --> 00:18:43,439 Speaker 1: a stream. Not that I'm ever going to hit that, 343 00:18:43,520 --> 00:18:46,720 Speaker 1: but once that limit is reached, anyone else trying to chat, 344 00:18:46,760 --> 00:18:49,600 Speaker 1: we'll see that they can't say anything. They're blocked from chatting, 345 00:18:49,640 --> 00:18:52,080 Speaker 1: and that's to make sure that the video isn't completely 346 00:18:52,119 --> 00:18:55,399 Speaker 1: drowned out by chat messages for these super popular feeds, 347 00:18:55,400 --> 00:18:59,720 Speaker 1: the ones that get millions of hearts in a particular stream. 348 00:18:59,800 --> 00:19:02,239 Speaker 1: So mother features that are useful in periscope include the 349 00:19:02,280 --> 00:19:04,879 Speaker 1: ability to block someone in chat, which is really helpful 350 00:19:04,920 --> 00:19:07,119 Speaker 1: if you find someone to be particularly annoying, and you 351 00:19:07,160 --> 00:19:09,960 Speaker 1: can also block someone in general so that they won't 352 00:19:09,960 --> 00:19:12,880 Speaker 1: see you when you go live from that point forward. 353 00:19:13,320 --> 00:19:17,000 Speaker 1: Also important if someone's trolling you. Unfortunately, there are a 354 00:19:17,040 --> 00:19:23,160 Speaker 1: lot of female users who have loved the functionality of periscope, 355 00:19:23,160 --> 00:19:26,520 Speaker 1: but I've received some terrible harassment, and it's a good 356 00:19:26,560 --> 00:19:28,919 Speaker 1: thing that that feature exists so that they can at 357 00:19:29,000 --> 00:19:33,399 Speaker 1: least address that themselves. It's unfortunate that it happens, uh, 358 00:19:33,440 --> 00:19:35,480 Speaker 1: and I certainly hope that all of my tech stuff 359 00:19:35,520 --> 00:19:37,680 Speaker 1: fans are the type who would never do that sort 360 00:19:37,680 --> 00:19:40,000 Speaker 1: of thing. I'm pretty sure you're not. You always are 361 00:19:40,119 --> 00:19:42,440 Speaker 1: awesome to me. We've got a bit more to say 362 00:19:42,440 --> 00:19:45,840 Speaker 1: about how periscope works, which still feels weird to say 363 00:19:45,840 --> 00:19:59,639 Speaker 1: in the present tense after these messages. So how does 364 00:20:00,040 --> 00:20:03,840 Speaker 1: roscope work? We've got the what it does, but how 365 00:20:03,960 --> 00:20:08,000 Speaker 1: does it work? Well, not everything has been revealed, but 366 00:20:08,040 --> 00:20:12,040 Speaker 1: I imagine that it's relying upon a specific protocol. It's 367 00:20:12,040 --> 00:20:15,120 Speaker 1: called H t t p live streaming, also known as 368 00:20:15,320 --> 00:20:18,760 Speaker 1: H L S. it's kind of a real time communications 369 00:20:18,760 --> 00:20:23,240 Speaker 1: protocol and that allows for the transmission of video streams. UH, 370 00:20:23,280 --> 00:20:27,679 Speaker 1: generally speaking, it works by using a very common approach. 371 00:20:27,720 --> 00:20:30,760 Speaker 1: I mean it's your basic web server approach. You've got 372 00:20:30,840 --> 00:20:34,840 Speaker 1: a Web server that's designed to distribute video content. So 373 00:20:34,960 --> 00:20:38,000 Speaker 1: you start broadcasting from your mobile device the data that 374 00:20:38,080 --> 00:20:41,120 Speaker 1: you are creating goes out over the network, whether that's 375 00:20:41,119 --> 00:20:45,760 Speaker 1: a cellular network or a Wifi Network, and then travels 376 00:20:45,800 --> 00:20:49,440 Speaker 1: to the Web Server, the periscope web server. The web 377 00:20:49,480 --> 00:20:52,800 Speaker 1: server then encodes the stream, probably in an h dot 378 00:20:52,840 --> 00:20:55,640 Speaker 1: to six four format for the video and then some 379 00:20:55,720 --> 00:20:59,600 Speaker 1: standard file format for the audio, MP three or a 380 00:20:59,720 --> 00:21:03,480 Speaker 1: c three, something like that. That gets encapsulated by the 381 00:21:03,560 --> 00:21:07,359 Speaker 1: impact to transport stream to be carried out to periscope viewers, 382 00:21:08,119 --> 00:21:10,439 Speaker 1: and the viewers are using either the APP or the 383 00:21:10,440 --> 00:21:12,840 Speaker 1: browser interface to watch the streams, and these are the 384 00:21:12,880 --> 00:21:18,080 Speaker 1: clients in the basic classic server client relationship. You probably 385 00:21:18,160 --> 00:21:21,200 Speaker 1: have heard that phrase a thousand times to talk about 386 00:21:21,200 --> 00:21:24,640 Speaker 1: the Internet. So the client in this case would either 387 00:21:24,680 --> 00:21:27,919 Speaker 1: be the browser or the APP on your smartphone, and 388 00:21:27,920 --> 00:21:31,000 Speaker 1: typically the client has the resources necessary to assemble the 389 00:21:31,080 --> 00:21:34,720 Speaker 1: broadcast data, those bits that are coming into the device, 390 00:21:35,040 --> 00:21:39,360 Speaker 1: into a viewable flow of video. So on mobile devices 391 00:21:39,400 --> 00:21:41,680 Speaker 1: that would be the APP. On your laptop, that would 392 00:21:41,720 --> 00:21:43,960 Speaker 1: be a browser or desktop. I don't know why I 393 00:21:44,000 --> 00:21:46,080 Speaker 1: just said Laptop. I guess they just assume people don't 394 00:21:46,160 --> 00:21:49,960 Speaker 1: use desktops anymore. Sorry, Gamers, I love you. I have 395 00:21:50,000 --> 00:21:53,000 Speaker 1: a desktop at home too. As the APP becomes more popular, 396 00:21:53,040 --> 00:21:56,440 Speaker 1: scalability becomes an issue. So as the system gets used 397 00:21:56,440 --> 00:21:59,040 Speaker 1: more heavily, it can dynamically adjust the quality of the 398 00:21:59,040 --> 00:22:01,560 Speaker 1: transmitted video. So, in other words, if a lot of 399 00:22:01,560 --> 00:22:04,520 Speaker 1: people are periscoping from a particular location at a time 400 00:22:04,520 --> 00:22:07,600 Speaker 1: where a lot of people are are loading up the service, 401 00:22:08,320 --> 00:22:12,360 Speaker 1: the quality of the video can be downgraded to adjust 402 00:22:12,359 --> 00:22:15,240 Speaker 1: for that. But obviously that only works for a little 403 00:22:15,240 --> 00:22:18,760 Speaker 1: while before people start getting upset at the lower quality. 404 00:22:19,000 --> 00:22:21,640 Speaker 1: So you definitely want to be able to scale up 405 00:22:21,680 --> 00:22:25,359 Speaker 1: the operation as it gets more popular. Uh, and that 406 00:22:25,400 --> 00:22:28,920 Speaker 1: could be an issue. Periscope itself is incredibly popular. After 407 00:22:29,040 --> 00:22:33,440 Speaker 1: ten days of launch they had hit a million users, 408 00:22:34,119 --> 00:22:38,359 Speaker 1: so very popular service. Now I'M gonna wrap this up 409 00:22:38,400 --> 00:22:43,000 Speaker 1: pretty quickly to talk about how periscope has become, uh, 410 00:22:43,119 --> 00:22:45,880 Speaker 1: this big popular thing and some of the concerns people 411 00:22:45,920 --> 00:22:49,520 Speaker 1: have had. So already mentioned, it got really popular really 412 00:22:49,560 --> 00:22:52,159 Speaker 1: fast and continues to grow. Second, a lot of that 413 00:22:52,200 --> 00:22:54,320 Speaker 1: growth has been fueled by people in the public eye 414 00:22:54,600 --> 00:22:56,840 Speaker 1: using it to connect with fans or with an audience, 415 00:22:57,160 --> 00:23:01,480 Speaker 1: and I'm talking like legit famous people. So, UH, they're 416 00:23:01,520 --> 00:23:03,960 Speaker 1: they're using it in a way to show behind the 417 00:23:04,040 --> 00:23:08,040 Speaker 1: scenes on all sorts of operations, sometimes without clearing it 418 00:23:08,600 --> 00:23:12,320 Speaker 1: with other people first. So if you're an actor and 419 00:23:12,359 --> 00:23:15,159 Speaker 1: you're in a movie or a TV series and you 420 00:23:15,280 --> 00:23:17,320 Speaker 1: use periscope because you think it's a great way to 421 00:23:17,359 --> 00:23:19,600 Speaker 1: connect with your fan base, that might be true, but 422 00:23:19,680 --> 00:23:23,520 Speaker 1: you also might be broadcasting stuff that the studio would 423 00:23:23,520 --> 00:23:28,680 Speaker 1: prefer you not to show the entire world. I appreciate it, 424 00:23:28,760 --> 00:23:32,040 Speaker 1: but the studio might not same thing with writers or 425 00:23:32,080 --> 00:23:35,879 Speaker 1: really anyone who deals with any you know, stuff that 426 00:23:35,920 --> 00:23:41,200 Speaker 1: could be sensitive material, for instance here and how stuff works. 427 00:23:41,320 --> 00:23:44,080 Speaker 1: I'm I'm since I'm periscoping right now, I wanted to 428 00:23:44,080 --> 00:23:46,440 Speaker 1: make sure that everyone I came into contact with knew 429 00:23:46,560 --> 00:23:49,520 Speaker 1: I was periscoping so that they would have the opportunity 430 00:23:49,560 --> 00:23:52,600 Speaker 1: to put on their best face so that we don't 431 00:23:52,680 --> 00:23:56,520 Speaker 1: get any moments of someone having a maybe a moment 432 00:23:56,560 --> 00:23:59,600 Speaker 1: they don't want broadcast to the entire world. So it's 433 00:23:59,600 --> 00:24:03,440 Speaker 1: it's actual requiring us to think about being courteous online. 434 00:24:04,200 --> 00:24:05,679 Speaker 1: And you don't have to be famous to get a 435 00:24:05,720 --> 00:24:07,639 Speaker 1: following on periscope, or at least you don't have to 436 00:24:07,680 --> 00:24:10,600 Speaker 1: start off being famous to get a following. You could 437 00:24:10,640 --> 00:24:13,240 Speaker 1: get a big following and become famous that way. A 438 00:24:13,240 --> 00:24:16,560 Speaker 1: couple of people have actually already and it's not even 439 00:24:16,600 --> 00:24:19,320 Speaker 1: that old of an APP. Some people are even using 440 00:24:19,359 --> 00:24:23,600 Speaker 1: it to create live entertainment events. So they're making up 441 00:24:23,720 --> 00:24:27,520 Speaker 1: like almost like a live television show, complete with effects 442 00:24:27,560 --> 00:24:32,159 Speaker 1: and different characters, and it's really incredible to think, like 443 00:24:32,240 --> 00:24:36,480 Speaker 1: it's like the old days of live radio and live TV. Uh, 444 00:24:36,560 --> 00:24:40,560 Speaker 1: there's something really special about being present when something is 445 00:24:40,600 --> 00:24:43,520 Speaker 1: happening for real, like when it's happening at that time 446 00:24:44,240 --> 00:24:46,680 Speaker 1: and uh, I really love that's my favorite, one of 447 00:24:46,720 --> 00:24:49,320 Speaker 1: my favorite things about live theater and now it's one 448 00:24:49,320 --> 00:24:52,480 Speaker 1: of my favorite things about this live streaming. But there 449 00:24:52,560 --> 00:24:54,680 Speaker 1: is this big concern about privacy, and it's not just 450 00:24:54,800 --> 00:24:57,840 Speaker 1: about the location data. It's also about those people around 451 00:24:57,840 --> 00:25:00,639 Speaker 1: you who may not want their faces or voices broadcast 452 00:25:00,720 --> 00:25:04,320 Speaker 1: to the general public. So, personally, what I've I've taken 453 00:25:04,400 --> 00:25:06,480 Speaker 1: upon myself is when I'm walking through a neighborhood. I 454 00:25:07,640 --> 00:25:10,480 Speaker 1: the second live stream I ever did was my walk 455 00:25:10,520 --> 00:25:13,120 Speaker 1: to work. So if you cut to watch that, boy, 456 00:25:13,640 --> 00:25:15,760 Speaker 1: it was riveting. And when I would walk through a 457 00:25:15,800 --> 00:25:19,880 Speaker 1: public space, like a little area of Atlanta called little 458 00:25:19,920 --> 00:25:22,560 Speaker 1: five points, Super Funky neighborhood, when I was walking through 459 00:25:22,600 --> 00:25:25,840 Speaker 1: that I had the camera facing forward, Um, as in 460 00:25:25,920 --> 00:25:28,880 Speaker 1: a rear facing camera really, because it was the view 461 00:25:28,960 --> 00:25:31,360 Speaker 1: I had so you could see the streets. But then 462 00:25:31,359 --> 00:25:33,600 Speaker 1: I would turn down a neighborhood and I would reverse 463 00:25:33,680 --> 00:25:36,199 Speaker 1: the camera view to be on me to protect the 464 00:25:36,240 --> 00:25:39,439 Speaker 1: privacy of the neighbors. That's generally what I was doing, just, 465 00:25:39,480 --> 00:25:43,080 Speaker 1: as you know, thoughtfulness for them. I hope that that 466 00:25:43,119 --> 00:25:46,280 Speaker 1: becomes a regular thing for most people. So if I'm 467 00:25:46,280 --> 00:25:48,480 Speaker 1: in a public space I'll probably switch the camera to 468 00:25:49,320 --> 00:25:52,120 Speaker 1: reflect my view of the world. Uh, and if I'm 469 00:25:52,160 --> 00:25:54,480 Speaker 1: in a space it's not as public, I would have 470 00:25:54,560 --> 00:25:59,760 Speaker 1: it on me instead. There's also a big concern about piracy. 471 00:26:00,960 --> 00:26:05,240 Speaker 1: So you probably heard about some of these events. Um, 472 00:26:05,359 --> 00:26:08,000 Speaker 1: the periscope CEO has said that periscope is a pretty 473 00:26:08,119 --> 00:26:11,240 Speaker 1: terrible tool for piracy because you're getting standard definition video 474 00:26:11,440 --> 00:26:15,760 Speaker 1: and a little bitty screen. Uh. It's forced in portrait mode. 475 00:26:15,800 --> 00:26:17,680 Speaker 1: You can't do it in landscape. I mean you could 476 00:26:17,720 --> 00:26:20,719 Speaker 1: put the phone sideways in landscape, but if you do 477 00:26:20,800 --> 00:26:23,600 Speaker 1: that then everyone else has to turn their device sideways. 478 00:26:23,640 --> 00:26:26,280 Speaker 1: Anyone watching on the Internet has to like through a browser, 479 00:26:26,280 --> 00:26:29,119 Speaker 1: has to turn their head uh, and all the chat 480 00:26:29,160 --> 00:26:35,359 Speaker 1: and hearts will come out sideways too, so not ideal. Uh. Also, 481 00:26:36,320 --> 00:26:40,760 Speaker 1: you you know, you can't really do that. According to 482 00:26:40,840 --> 00:26:43,720 Speaker 1: the terms of service on periscope. The broadcast of any 483 00:26:43,880 --> 00:26:46,600 Speaker 1: material that's under copyright is against the term of service 484 00:26:46,960 --> 00:26:49,480 Speaker 1: and you can be banned as a result of doing that. 485 00:26:50,119 --> 00:26:54,720 Speaker 1: So not a good idea to do that. Uh. It's 486 00:26:54,760 --> 00:26:57,120 Speaker 1: not a great experience, but there have been some big 487 00:26:57,119 --> 00:27:00,159 Speaker 1: televised events that have been broadcast over a periscope that 488 00:27:00,240 --> 00:27:03,320 Speaker 1: kind of raised this question, big one being the, and 489 00:27:03,359 --> 00:27:05,320 Speaker 1: I'm sure you guys have figured this one out already, 490 00:27:05,560 --> 00:27:10,119 Speaker 1: the season five premiere of game of thrones, because of 491 00:27:10,160 --> 00:27:15,359 Speaker 1: course it was game of thrones, being an incredibly piratable material. 492 00:27:15,440 --> 00:27:18,560 Speaker 1: Everyone loves to talk about how it's been pirated so 493 00:27:18,600 --> 00:27:22,760 Speaker 1: many different times. Um, it happened on the season five premiere. 494 00:27:22,800 --> 00:27:25,439 Speaker 1: It also happened during the Floyd Mayweather fight. That was 495 00:27:25,680 --> 00:27:29,600 Speaker 1: a huge deal, where something like ninety different periscope streams 496 00:27:29,640 --> 00:27:32,240 Speaker 1: were going out, but many of them were issued takedown 497 00:27:32,280 --> 00:27:35,879 Speaker 1: notices and of the ones that were not, they ended 498 00:27:35,880 --> 00:27:39,000 Speaker 1: before the fight did, possibly because of hearing about the 499 00:27:39,000 --> 00:27:42,399 Speaker 1: takedown notices that were going out to other people. So 500 00:27:42,480 --> 00:27:45,120 Speaker 1: that was how periscope works and of course, as I 501 00:27:45,160 --> 00:27:49,960 Speaker 1: was mentioning, it, is no more. Twitter shut periscope down 502 00:27:50,080 --> 00:27:56,000 Speaker 1: in March of one, sighting declining user numbers like there. 503 00:27:56,040 --> 00:27:57,920 Speaker 1: No one was using it, so there was no reason 504 00:27:57,960 --> 00:28:01,040 Speaker 1: to support it. Is essentially what it came down to. 505 00:28:01,560 --> 00:28:03,920 Speaker 1: So maybe at some point I'll actually do a full 506 00:28:04,040 --> 00:28:06,320 Speaker 1: update on this to just talk about what happened in 507 00:28:06,320 --> 00:28:11,080 Speaker 1: the years between one when it was shut down. But yeah, uh, 508 00:28:11,920 --> 00:28:15,760 Speaker 1: we we salute you, periscope. We hardly knew you. You 509 00:28:15,840 --> 00:28:18,920 Speaker 1: only stuck around for a few years. But yeah, that's 510 00:28:18,720 --> 00:28:21,359 Speaker 1: a that's this classic episode. If you have suggestions for 511 00:28:21,400 --> 00:28:23,680 Speaker 1: topics I should cover on tech stuff, please reach out 512 00:28:23,680 --> 00:28:25,480 Speaker 1: to me. You can do so on the I heart 513 00:28:25,520 --> 00:28:27,840 Speaker 1: radio APP. Just navigate the tech stuff use a little 514 00:28:27,880 --> 00:28:30,000 Speaker 1: microphone icon. 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