Facebook is getting really serious about Live. After rolling out the video streaming feature globally in February, the company made a number of significant changes to its apps to make the feature more prominent, including a limited rollout of an overhauled, video-centered Android app.
Now, Facebook’s desktop version got an interesting new addition, called Live Video.
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The feature, which showed up on top of the Apps list in my Facebook sidebar late on Wednesday, lets you browse Live streaming videos on a world map.
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The map, which is also available at www.facebook.com/livemap/, is relatively basic, with blue dots representing Live videos — the bigger the dot, the more viewers the video has. You can zoom in or out, with thumbnail-sized videos starting as soon as you move your mouse over a blue dot; click on one, and it will expand into a much larger version. The sidebar on the left offers a selection of live videos, though it’s unclear on what criteria they’re chosen. Read more…
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