Snapchat needs a live streaming feature, ASAP

Snapchat isn't developing a live video feature yet, but it should

“We’re watching and learning," 24-year-old Snapchat CEO Evan Spiegel acknowledged onstage Tuesday evening at the annual Code conference in Rancho Palos Verdes, California.

My advice to Snapchat? Dive in, head-first.

Live streaming, the kind popularized by apps like Meerkat and Periscope, isn't just booming right now, it's the future, one where everyone hops from stream to stream until they settle on one they like. This much we know, based on early adopters-turned evangelists: actors, musicians, politicians and many more folks who use the apps to broadcast raw video, capturing moments ranging from Hillary Clinton on the campaign trail to T-Mobile CEO John Legere on a 5-mile lunchtime run Read more...