Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak celebrates 70th birthday with charity live stream on August 11

Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak hasn't worked with the company for over 30 years, but he's still beloved by many in the tech community. It seems apt that Woz will be celebrating his 70th birthday online and for a good cause. His wife Janet set up a virtual party that will live stream on Twitch, Twitter, and Woz's birthday site to benefit musician Jewel's Inspiring Children Foundation.

The live stream will start at 8 p.m. ET / 5 p.m. PT, with special guests Octavia Spencer, Shaquille O'Neal, Shepherd Fairey, David Copperfield, George Takei, and Jewel as the event's host. After the live stream, it will kick off "11 Days of Wozdom," which is described as an 11-day challenge to win Apple gear and other merchandise, a shout-out from Woz on Twitter, and many more. The challenges haven't been revealed yet, but we expect to hear about them during the live stream.

Source: Engadget

Drake breaks Twitch’s record for most-viewed, non-tournament stream while playing ‘Fortnite’

Canadian rapper Drake broke records in an unlikely place. He dropped into pro-gamer Tyler “Ninja” Blevins’s stream of the popular sandbox shooter Fortnite: Battle Royale with NFL rookie turned gamer JuJu Smith-Schuster (FaZeJuJu_19) and rapper Travis Scott (cactus_jackk92). In case you were curious, Drake’s username is TheBoyDuddus. At the peak of the stream, it hit over 635,000 concurrent viewers, which completely overtook Dr. DisRespect’s previous non-tournament stream record of 388,888. The streaming service’s all-time Twitch record goes to Eleague Major: Boston with over 1.1 concurrent viewers.

Source: Polygon

Watch the live stream of today's Netflix event panels

New York - We're currently in New York City spending the day with Netflix and learning more about the technology that goes into their programming as well as getting insight from various producers, actors and talents that are creating upcoming shows. You can watch the panels as they are live streamed above. Stay tined for more content from the event right here.

YouTube introduces mobile live streaming

Mobile live streaming is such a ubiquitous feature on major platforms that it comes as no surprise YouTube is adding it to its service. At the moment though, it is open to creators with over 10,000 subscribers. The feature is baked into YouTube’s mobile app and just like what you’d see on Facebook or Instagram, you just need to hit the capture button and then you go live. Mobile live streams get the same features as usual YouTube videos. These can be searched for, found through recommendations and playlists, and protected from unauthorized us. When it was debuted back at VidCon 2016 in beta, one of the first users who got to try it out was Canadian creator UnboxTherapy. Now, it’s open to more users and YouTube promises it’ll be available to more creators soon.

Launching alongside mobile live streaming is a new way for creators to earn revenue from the feature. Called Super Chat, it’s a monetization tool that’ll allow fans watching live streams to stand out from all the commenters and grab the creator’s attention by purchasing chat messages. These will be highlighted in bright colors and will be pinned to the top of the chat window for up to five hours. It also helps creators earn a bit of extra money from their supporters.