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| Tim Sweeney / Guardian: |
Epic Games founder Tim Sweeney says Microsoft wants to lock PC game distribution and commerce with Universal Windows Platform, urges industry to fight it — Microsoft wants to monopolise games development on PC. We must fight it — Developers must oppose this, or else cede control of their titles
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| Kurt Wagner / Re/code: |
Meerkat Is Ditching the Livestream — And Chasing a Video Social Network Instead — Two weeks ago, Meerkat CEO Ben Rubin sent an email to his company's 48 investors laying bare an observation that he'd made peace with months earlier: Meerkat, the livestreaming app that played the role … | TechCrunch: |
Source: Microsoft EVP Qi Lu pushed for deal to acquire Slack for up to $8B, but Bill Gates and Satya Nadella rejected plan, favoring adding features to Skype — Source: Microsoft mulled an $8 billion bid for Slack, will focus on Skype instead — Mar 4, 2016, 8:37 amMar 4, 2016, 3:39 pm
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| Janko Roettgers / Variety: |
Sources: Samsung has reduced jobs at Milk Music, likely to shut down service soon — Samsung Likely to Shutter Milk Music Service; Considering Tidal Deal (Exclusive) — Samsung is getting close to making a major announcement in the music space, according to multiple sources with knowledge of the plans.| Janko Roettgers / Variety: |
| David Kravets / Ars Technica: |
San Bernardino DA says seized iPhone may hold “dormant cyber pathogen” — He says iPhone might be “a weapon” to trigger some nefarious worm of some sort. — The San Bernardino District Attorney told a federal judge late Thursday that Apple must assist the authorities in unlocking …
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| Kamal Ahmed / BBC: |
Sources: Facebook revenue in UK will no longer be routed through Ireland, will pay millions of pounds more in UK tax — Facebook to pay millions of pounds more in UK tax — Facebook is set to pay millions of pounds more in tax in the UK after a major overhaul of its tax structure.
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| Kurt Wagner / Re/code: |
Twitter Editorial Director Karen Wickre Is Leaving the Company — Twitter's editorial director, Karen Wickre, is leaving the company after more than four years. — Wickre made the announcement in a Medium post Friday. She ran Twitter's editorial teams, which includes overseeing … | Greg Sterling / Search Engine Land: |
New experimental feature allows select local businesses to display custom content directly in Google search as cards below its website result — Google Experimenting With Local Business Cards In Search Results — Google is experimenting with new “Local Business Cards” in search results.| Nathan McAlone / Business Insider: |
Tinder is testing a button that lets you directly share other people's profiles via text message; links expire after five clicks or 72 hours — Tinder is testing a ‘share button’ that lets you play matchmaker — Tinder is testing out a “share” button that lets you send someone's Tinder profile to a friend.
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Tinder Blog, Ubergizmo, Mashable, Engadget, The Verge and The Next Web. Tweets: @caseynewton. Thanks:@stevetweedie
| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Sources: Microsoft to detail plans to open the Xbox platform to developers at Build on March 30, unveil universal Xbox apps — Microsoft to finally unveil its universal Xbox apps later this month — Microsoft is planning to unveil its universal Xbox apps later this month.
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The Next Web, WinBeta and Polygon
| Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch: |
Amazon says it has dropped device encryption in Fire OS 5 because customers weren't using it — Amazon confirms it has dropped device encryption support for Fire tablets — Amazon has confirmed that version 5 of Fire OS for its Fire tablet removes support for device encryption.| Nate Hoffelder / The Digital Reader: |
Barnes & Noble to close Nook App store, Nook Video, and UK Nook Store March 15 — B&N is Shutting Down One of Its Top Three Digital Blunders on 15 March — Barnes & Noble announced a slew of of closures on Thursday, including Nook Video, the UK Nook Store, and what had to have been one of B&N's greatest digital mistakes.Sponsor Posts
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