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March 5, 2016, 11:10 AM

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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

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 …

More: Meerkat, Fone Arena, Ubergizmo, VentureBeat, SlashGear, Business Insider, Mashable, Pocketnow, The Next Web, Engadget, ResearchBuzz and CNET

Tweets: @digiphile, @marissa and @pkafka

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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

More: Digital Trends, PCWorld, Business Insider, Microsoft, Tech Times, SlashGear, VatorNews, ZDNet, GeekWire, Techvibes Global News, WinBeta, Silicon Valley Business …, USA Today and The Register

Tweets: @harrymccracken, @gordonbrianr, @jasonlk and @fmanjoo

Stan Higgins / CoinDesk:

As Bitcoin approaches its 1MB block size limit, transaction processing takes 10+ hours for some, while transaction fees rise several times — Bitcoin's Capacity Issues No ‘Nightmare’, But Higher Fees May Be New Reality — While bitcoin may not be facing a “nightmare” scenario as indicated by the media …

More: The Verge, International Business Times, Techaeris, Business Insider, MIT Technology Review and Fortune. Tweets: @benparr

Kim Zetter / Wired:

Inside the Cunning, Unprecedented Hack of Ukraine's Power Grid — It was 3:30 p.m. last December 23, and residents of the Ivano-Frankivsk region of Western Ukraine were preparing to end their workday and head home through the cold winter streets. Inside the Prykarpattyaoblenergo control center …

More: The Register

Richard Lawler / Engadget:

Amazon reverses course, says it is bringing back support for device encryption to tablets running Fire OS via a software update due this spring — Amazon reverses course on encryption for its Fire tablets — It's been only one day since — in the midst of a debate over encrypted devices …

More: The Verge, TechCrunch, Business Insider, Liliputing, Ars Technica, International Business Times, Android Central, TechnoBuffalo, Digital Trends, TechCrunch, ABC News, Slate and Computerworld

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.

More: PhoneDog.com, Patently Apple, Ubergizmo, The Next Web, Business Insider, AppleInsider, Pocketnow and Android Central

Janko Roettgers / Variety:

Samsung says it has no plans to buy Tidal

More: SlashGear, The Wrap and AndroidHeadlines.com. Thanks:@jank0. See also Mediagazer

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 …

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.

More: Understanding Google …, The Verge, Ars Technica, Tech Times, Business Insider and 9to5Google

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 …

More: Karen Wickre and SiliconBeat. Tweets: @magicandrew, @vivian, @sree, @mattcutts and @dangillmor. See also Mediagazer

Bloomberg Business:

How Snapchat brings celebrities millions of views and offers advertisers a young audience — Advertisers want the $16 billion social network's young users

More: hypebot, The Overspill and Tech Insider

Tweets: @chafkin, @thomashouston, @ia, @mhess4, @nickcicero, @ryanmcraver and @joshelman

Thanks:@outsidervoices

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.

More: Tinder Blog, Tech Times, Ubergizmo, Mashable, Engadget, The Verge and The Next Web. Tweets: @caseynewton. Thanks:@stevetweedie

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