What to expect from Periscope, Meerkat and YouNow. — -- With the advent of live video streaming apps, it's now easier than ever to life-cast to your social media followers or even build a legion ...

Livestreaming app Persicope is closing down on April 1, owner Twitter has announced. We’ve known since December that six-year-old Periscope was on its way out, though a specific date for the closure ...

Social networking giants are known for copying or buying up what may appear to be trendy at that time. Some become almost household names but a good number also fade into obscurity. Twitter doesn't ...

SAN FRANCISCO — Periscope is rolling out a tool to clamp down on abusive or spam comments during live-streamed video on the app. But will it work? With the new tool, people watching the broadcast can ...

SAN FRANCISCO — For a tech executive that has Facebook aiming directly at his business, Kayvon Beykpour exudes a preternatural calm under pressure. The co-founder of Periscope, Beykpour helped ...

Twitter is using its subsidiary streaming service, Periscope, for a direct assault on your attention. That’s the only conclusion we can reach, anyway, as the social-media giant’s mobile app now ...