Apps Culture & Policy News TikTok parent ByteDance co-founder Zhang Yiming to step down as CEO Zhang Yiming, Chief Executive Officer at ByteDance Inc., the parent company behind… Manasi VarmaMay 20, 2021 1 share 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 minute read
Business Culture & Policy News ByteDance sues arch rival Tencent for monopolistic behaviour TikTok-owner ByteDance announced on Tuesday that it is suing fellow Chinese social… Soumyadeep SarkarFebruary 2, 2021 1 share 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 minute read
Apps Internet News Another U.S District Court Judge rules against Trump administration’s order to ban TikTok The latest development in the long-running dispute between the Trump administration and… Maaz AhmedDecember 8, 20202 minute read
Apps Culture & Policy News US Government appeals against the order that blocked the TikTok ban scheduled for November 12th TikTok was due for its last day in USA yesterday, i.e. November… Shashank RajNovember 13, 20202 minute read
Apps Business Culture & Policy News ByteDance files petition in the U.S federal appeals court seeking to vacate Trump’s ban TikTok’s parent company ByteDance has filed a petition in the U.S federal… Maaz AhmedNovember 11, 20202 minute read
Business News ByteDance in early talks to raise $2 billion at a $180 billion valuation: Reuters ByteDance, the company behind TikTok and its Chinese counterpart Douyin, is looking… Upneet SinghNovember 5, 20202 minute read
Business News Startups ByteDance to invest $170m into Chinese e-book reader Zhangyue TikTok’s parent company, ByteDance, has agreed to invest in one of China’s… Maaz AhmedNovember 5, 20202 minute read
Gadgets News Tiktok-parent Bytedance launches a ‘smart lamp’ amid hardware push ByteDance, the Chinese startup which owns TikTok, unveiled its first consumer gadget… Maaz AhmedOctober 29, 20202 minute read
Apps Business News Confusions galore as Oracle claims ByteDance will own 0% in TikTok Global, while ByteDance claims it will retain a majority It has not even been 48 hours since the TikTok-Oracle-Walmart deal was… Shashank RajSeptember 21, 20202 minute read
Apps News TikTok will stay functional in America till 12th November, WeChat goes down this Sunday American TikTok fans would be heavily disappointed today as the US Commerce… Shashank RajSeptember 18, 2020 1 share 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 minute read
Apps Business News ‘TikTok Global’ set for an American comeback; this time with majority US holding A recent report from Reuters has all but given us a clear… Sanjoy GhoshSeptember 18, 2020 19 shares 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 minute read
Business Internet News Beijing’s updated export controls could act as a hurdle in potential TikTok deal in the US TikTok’s history in America and the prospect of a deal is already… Upneet SinghAugust 31, 20202 minute read
Culture & Policy Internet News Newly appointed TikTok CEO Kevin Mayer resigns post Trump’s executive order to ban the app In what would be a serious body blow to an already troubled… Staff@The Tech PortalAugust 27, 2020 5 shares 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 minute read
Business Internet News Reliance eyeing stake in Tiktok’s India business: Report As Reliance continues to transform Jio Platforms into a global digital tech… Chinni SinghandStaff@The Tech PortalAugust 13, 2020 1 share 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 minute read
Apps Internet News TikTok used a known security loop to track MAC addresses of Androids: WSJ report We have all heard governments arguing that TikTok is ‘stealing user data… Upneet SinghAugust 12, 20202 minute read
Culture & Policy News Trump signs executive order to ban any transactions with Bytedance and WeChat in the US U.S. President Donald Trump today signed two separate executive orders, each of… Chinni SinghAugust 7, 20203 minute read
Apps Business Internet News Microsoft says it is ‘committed to acquiring‘ TikTok, plans to close all discussions by September 15th Confirming the widely reported news that it is planning an acquisition of… Global Staff @ The Tech PortalAugust 3, 2020 1 share 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 minute read
Apps News Donald Trump could ban TikTok in the U.S. through an executive order In yet another addition to what has certainly been the most eventful… Upneet SinghAugust 1, 2020 35 shares 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 minute read
Apps Culture & Policy Internet News TikTok gets a $50 Bn valuation tag from ByteDance investors amid takeover bid: Report In continuation of Bytedance’s efforts to distance TikTok from its Chinese roots,… Upneet SinghJuly 29, 2020 2 shares 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 minute read
Apps Culture & Policy News Tiktok announces a $200Mn ‘Creator Fund’ for U.S. creators In a bid to not lose its current biggest market (after the… Upneet SinghJuly 24, 20203 minute read
Apps Culture & Policy News TikTok parent Bytedance plans new corporate structure & overseas headquarters, publishes transparency report In a bid to firefight everything that is currently going wrong with… Sourabh HidadugiJuly 9, 20203 minute read
