Periscope up! Twitter's live-streaming app is exciting us, but here's how it could be better

We can't get enough of Twitter's new live broadcasting function. But what will it take to push it out to a wider world?

Periscope is so hot right now. The Twitter-owned live video streaming app that lets viewers comment on what they're seeing and the Scopers (is that a word yet?) respond in real time may only be 10 days old but it's already causing ripples as it rises above the competition. And that's despite it still lacking some basic functionality that would make it much better - presumably due to it being pushed out early to block the growth of rival Meerkat, which it has very succesfully.

Currently a sea of: a) people looking a bit confused as they test it for the first time; b) people filming out of car windows as they drive around; c) people walking around cities; d) people doing "ask me any thing"s, and; e) people showing the contents of their fridge (yes, this is already a meme), it's not yet clear what the USP of Periscope will be.

Death by #Periscope notifications