Beam rebrands as Mixer. Microsoft’s game streaming service adds co-streaming & mobile broadcasting

Microsoft’s live-streaming service Beam, is today getting a new name: Mixer. Mixer is also launching new features including co-streaming, a mobile broadcasting app for iOS and Android, a new guide for finding what’s currently streaming across its service, and more. With the launch of co-streaming, Mixer will now allow up to four streamers to combine…

Twitter 360 degree live video for Apple TV and Periscope global map

Twitter launched a version of its service on Apple TV and other media players in order to deliver live video content to the big screen. Today, the company is updating its Apple TV app with a couple of new features, including support for Periscope’s Global Map and the ability to watch live 360 degree videos….

DJI’s tiny new Spark drone is $499, and kind of a big deal

The big news at DJI’s “huge Seize the Moment” event in New York City is, as expected, something small. The world’s largest consumer drone maker cracked the code with last year’s backpack-size, folding prop Mavic Pro drone (soundly thumping former ally GoPro in the process) and now it’s back on the scene a little over…

Facebook changes Live with new social chat features

Facebook Live might be about bringing the entire community together around events, but sometimes you just want to know the reactions of your buddies. Facebook has already announced that its AR camera effects platform will be coming to Live, an announcement today brings a couple of other changes to the platform surrounding social interactions in…