Twitter is betting on live video streaming app Periscope to boost revenues as it seeks to improve on this app 's disappointing Q2 revenues of $ 100 m and 313 million users , compared to Facebook 's $ 6.4bn and 1.7 billion users . Facebook isn’t far behind either, with the news of it testing mid-roll video ads on Facebook Live breaking this week. Big names , including JP Morgan Chase , Nestle and Wingstop have recently invested on Periscope , while Twitter has added replay highlights , live autoplay and live embeds to make it more appealing to users .
Twitter is betting on live video streaming app Periscope to boost revenues as it seeks to improve on this app 's disappointing Q2 revenues of $ 100 m and 313 million users , compared to Facebook 's $ 6.4bn and 1.7 billion users . Big names , including JP Morgan Chase , Nestle and Wingstop have recently invested on Periscope , while Twitter has added replay highlights , live autoplay and live embeds to make it more appealing to users .