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#Drummondpuddlewatch: the Periscope sensation that's making a splash – video

http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/video/2016/jan/06/drummondpuddlewatch-the-periscope-sensation-thats-making-a-splash-video

- video of periscope stream

- The video is of a puddle in Newcastle which many pedestrians are trying to find the best way of dealing in crossing the puddle

- This video has become a periscope sensation in which many periscope users viewed this video as some though it was hilarious

Livestreaming apps such as Periscope make it much easier for people to go live wherever they are located geographically. This also allows other people to share experiences with you, builds interactions with friends and family.

Facebook accused of deliberately breaking some of its Android apps

http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/jan/05/facebook-deliberately-breaking-android-apps

- Facebook accused of crashing its android app selectively for long periods of time

- This is to experiment how long users would wait until the go away into trying to get into the android  Facebook app

- The lure of Facebook proved too strong, the threshold was not reached

- If app was not working for hours , people resulted in using the website version

- In 2014 facebook received backlash for telling the public they were experimenting with users

- Those tests were psychological tests which was done by testing how people react to positive and negative test

We need to understand that Facebook is a business in which Facebook gather information regarding to their benefit in making the business grow further. Also companies may pay Facebook to release some results from testing to them which will be used for marketing purposes.