I was behind starting this Thing so
I missed the Rudai 23 Hangout on Air but I have used Hangouts once or twice
myself so am a little bit familiar with the application.
I decided to take the option of
looking at the Periscope application from Twitter. I had never heard of it before reading about
it on the Rudai blog but since then, I have actually had it mentioned to me by
a couple of people so its reach is definitely spreading. It is quite a new tool but I think the fact
that it is used in conjunction with Twitter will mean that it has huge
potential for mass use.
Having downloaded the app to my
phone and played around with it a little bit, it is very easy to use and join
in the broadcasting fun.
There is obvious potential in
using it as a marketing tool and the fact that the broadcasts can be played
later means that it could also be a useful way of broadcasting conferences or
seminars.
It is definitely a great way of
allows its users to be “present” at events that otherwise just would not be possible.
So yes, Periscope is a useful,
easy to use, interesting tool. However,
it is also easy to see how it could be used in not so positive ways. Now
anybody going to a concert or a sports event can effectively broadcast a feed
live to whoever has the app and wants to view it. Because the technology is so
new, privacy and piracy laws will need to catch up.
The other query I would have
about it is how much of your data plan would be used with substantial use.
Maybe that’s not a concern for people with “all you can eat” data plans but those
on fixed data plans might have more of an issue with cost.
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