Instagram has announced a new live video feature, making it the latest social platform to enter the increasingly congested streaming space. But by framing streams as truly temporary – while competitors' videos stick around – it's tapping into the perpetual fear of missing out.

Did YouTube kill the Hollywood star? In the second installment of this two-parter, we look at why Gen Z value the talents and opinions of their digital peers, what services they are flocking to and how a shift towards user generated content will affect the future of media production and distribution.

Whether it's Snapchat or PewDiePie – the internet is always spewing out hype-shrouded phenomena, often understood exclusively by Gen Z. The latest is Periscope; one in a slew of apps that let users film live-streamed video from their smartphones. Do we really want to watch someone film a video selfie?

Having kept a low profile in recent years, Kodak has come out of the dark room with the launch of its first smartphone. Targeted at photography fanatics, Ektra is an Android device with a 21-megapixel camera, which intends to carve out a niche following in the already crowded smartphone market.