You Can Now Get Paid For Live Streaming on Facebook–If You Have 2K Followers
The winning numbers for social media riches are 300 and 2,000. If you’ve got 2,000 Facebook followers and you can hold the attention of 300 of them during a live stream, the...
The Virtual Band: How to Jam Online with Other Musicians Via Video Calling
Musician Darren “Harts” Hart rode the success of a song posted on his Facebook page from his native Australia all the way to Paisley Park, USA. The song, Leavn It All Behind,...
Computer Gamers Turn to Video Chat to Make Multiplayer Video Games More Social
In the modern era of gaming, the humble local multiplayer mode is an endangered species. As a teenager, my friends and I would often gather together for a weekend of intense multiplayer...
New Video Conferencing Platforms Will Make Youtube and YouNow Broadcasts Interactive
“So we go into NBC and tell them we have an idea for a show about nothing. They say, what’s your show about? I say, nothing… I think you may have something.” YouTubers and YouNowers...
How to Turn Your Live Stream into Art: Green Screens and Editing Suites Make...
YouTuber Michelle Phan is creating art. The amateur makeup artist turned Lancome and L’Oreal spokesperson’s videos are a measure of the evolution of user-created content from low-quality visuals and static talking heads...
New Video Conferencing Apps Let Fans Chat with Celebrities to Raise Money for Charity
Ever wanted to a have a quiet word with Drake just before he walks onstage at a major concert? Ever wondered what the view is like from Leonardo DiCaprio’s seat at the...
Going for Two: Double Your Fantasy Football Smacktalk with Live Video Chat
Taunting an opponent in the NFL draws a 15-yard penalty. Taunting an opponent in fantasy football, well, that’s pretty much the entire point of playing. But timing is everything. Sending a text or...
Skype Wins at the Technical Emmy Awards 2017 for Interactive TV App
What do Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Jon Hamm, Orange Is the New Black, and Skype have in common? If you said they’re all Emmy winners, then you probably read the title to this post....
Video Conference Collaborations Open New Ways for Musicians to Maintain Artistic Control of Their...
"I can listen to the early records except the first record...it's just the sound of the record. It was kind of mixed in a way that was...it was kind of produced." That’s...
Thomas Cook’s Try-Before-You-Fly Virtual Reality Tourism Would Be Even Better with Video Calling
From a distance it’s hard to tell where the desert sands finish and the first stones of the great pyramids begin. Even from a dozen or so yards away it’s hard...