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Twitter declaws Meerkat, but the app won’t give up

Twitter is cooking up something to compete with Meerkat. In this CNET Update, learn how Twitter is choking off the video-streaming app Meerkat after buying rival app Periscope. And Twitter isn’t the only social network making acquisitions: Now playing: Watch this: Twitter declaws Meerkat, but the app won’t give up 2:53 Featured in this tech-news roundup: Facebook buys shopping app …

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Meerkat’s CEO has no hard feelings toward Twitter

Meerkat CEO Ben Rubin said the company is already moving past dependence on Twitter. Richard Nieva/CNET AUSTIN, Texas — The talk of the South by Southwest festival here has been Meerkat, a fast-growing app that lets people stream live videos from their phones, and its tussle with Twitter. But Meerkat CEO Ben Rubin says he doesn’t blame the social networking …

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