Live content sharing within a social networking environment

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium comprising instructions that, when executed by at least one processor of a machine, cause the machine to perform operations comprising:

• detecting a first mobile communication device being available to broadcast live media content generated by the first mobile communication device, the first mobile communication device being operated by a first user;
• identifying a second user related to the first user within a social network;
• transmitting, to a second mobile communication device being operated by the second user, a notification of the availability of the live media content generated by the first mobile communication device, the notification being presented within a social networking website of the social network, the social networking website being a website that includes a newsfeed area where status updates are presented from a plurality of users having a preestablished connection;
• wherein the transmitting of the notification comprises presenting the notification in a ticker area of the social networking website, the ticker area being an area that is continuously dynamically updated without the user needing to refresh the social networking website;
• receiving, in response to the notification, a request from the second mobile communication device to receive the live media content;
• and
• initiating, in response to the request, transmission of the live media content provided by the first mobile communication device to the second mobile communication device, the live media content being presented within the social networking website.

A system comprising:

• at least one processor;
• and
• modules comprising instructions that perform operations when executed by the at least one processor, the modules comprising:
• a status module to detect a first mobile communication device being available to broadcast live media content generated by the first mobile communication device, the first mobile communication device being operated by a first user;
• a social network contacts module to identify a second user related to the first user within a social network;
• and
• an interface module to:
• transmit, to a second mobile communication device being operated by the second user, a notification of the availability of the live media content generated by the first mobile communication device, the notification being provided within a social networking website of the social network, the social networking website being a website that includes a newsfeed area where status updates are presented from a plurality of users having a preestablished connection;
• receive, in response to the notification, a request from the second mobile communication device to receive the live media content;
• and
• initiate, in response to the request, transmission of the live media content provided by the first mobile communication device to the second mobile communication device, the live media content being provided within the social networking website.

A first mobile communication device comprising:

• at least one processor;
• and
• modules comprising instructions that perform operations when executed by the at least one processor, the modules comprising:
• an network interface module to receive from a server a notification of a second mobile communication device being available to broadcast live media content generated by the second mobile communication device, the notification being presented within a social networking website;
• and
• a user interface module to:
• present the notification to a user of the second mobile communication device;
• and
• receive input from the user indicating a request to receive the live media content;
• the network interface module to:
• transmit the request to the server;
• and
• receive the live media content in response to the request;
• and
• the user interface module to present the live media content to the user of the first mobile communication device within the social networking website, the social networking website being a website that includes a newsfeed area where status updates are presented from a plurality of users having a preestablished connection.