Your Life, Broadcast Live - NYTimes.com When Looxcie, the tiny video camera that fits over the ear, came out in 2010, it gave navel gazers an opportunity to record and share the minutiae of their daily lives. Looxcie records in a continuous five-hour loop, allowing users to capture events in their lives, both unexpected and mundane, without lugging around a video camera. An Instant Clip button on the phone lets videographers send a clip of the last 30 seconds to a social network with a single click. Seeking to increase the level of instant gratification, the makers of the tiny camera have introduced a new service called LooxcieLive, a mobile app that allows users to broadcast their video instantly by putting it in the cloud. Friends and family members are invited beforehand to view an event, like a baseball game or a birthday party, that they can watch via a live stream. It's just like live television, but without a five-second delay to censor the occasional obscenity or wardrobe malfunction, so use caution. And with LooxcieLive, viewers get to talk back. Texting and audio push-to-talk features allow them to interact with the broadcaster while the video is streaming. The camera comes in two models: the $150 version offers five hours of recording capacity; for $180, you get 10 hours. LooxcieLive is free and available at Apple's App Store and the Android Market. Set-up is fairly easy. Once the unit is charged and the software is updated, the device will sync with your smartphone via Bluetooth. Two other apps are available: LooxcieMoments, which captures hours of continuous video and shares clips, and LooxcieCam, which allows the device to operate like a basic, hands-free camcorder. The makers of Looxcie envision users wearing the camera continuously as they go about their daily lives; however, after wearing it for about 10 minutes, my ear was turning red. To help alleviate redness and soreness from extended wear, Looxcie comes with a variety of earbuds and earloops. Pick the ones that best fit your ear. And be warned: once you start using Looxcie, it's easy to forget it's recording every moment, which can become expensive. You are responsible for any data usage charges while the video streams to the cloud or sends clips to the Web, and the video consumes a lot of data. A 60-second video I shot of my cat was 24 MB. It's a good thing I was in a Wi-Fi zone.