One million users joined Periscope in its first 10 days on the iPhone app store. Today, the Twitter-owned platform is two months old and has just launched a version for Android. And, like any new social media platform, it’s at the center of multiple legal and ethical controversies.

Source: CNN Tech

Date: May 27th, 2015

Link: http://www.cnn.com/2015/05/26/tech/periscope-android-media/index.html

Discussion

1) The article shows how a CNN reporter used the Periscope app to change the way reporting is done. How might a business (not a news organization) use Periscope to do something useful (not just interesting)?

2) Is Periscope the future of news?