Business News New US sovereign wealth fund could buy TikTok, Donald Trump hints Donald Trump, on Monday, signed an executive order to create a “US… Ashutosh SinghFebruary 4, 20252 minute read
Apps Internet News Donald Trump signs executive order delaying TikTok ban After getting a setback from the Supreme Court, ByteDance-owned TikTok is getting… Ashutosh SinghJanuary 21, 20253 minute read
Apps Internet News X rolls out a dedicated ‘Play Button’ for TikTok-like vertical video feed in the US In a bid to become an everything app, Elon Musk’s X (formerly… Ashutosh SinghJanuary 20, 20252 minute read
Apps China News TikTok coming back online in the US TikTok, the Chinese video-sharing platform, which had a dramatic battle over its… Soumyadeep SarkarJanuary 20, 20252 minute read
Apps Culture & Policy News TikTok ban imminent as US Supreme Court upholds law, expected to be in force from Sunday Come Sunday, and ByteDance-owned popular short video app TikTok would eventually be… Ashutosh SinghJanuary 18, 20253 minute read
Apps Culture & Policy News China reportedly explores Musk acquisition of TikTok’s US operations At a time when TikTok is facing the possibility of a ban… Soumyadeep SarkarJanuary 14, 20252 minute read
Culture & Policy News TikTok ban possibility grows after Supreme Court hearing While the US Supreme Court heard the TikTok case on Friday (January… Ashutosh SinghJanuary 12, 20252 minute read
Business News Billionaire Frank McCourt’s Project Liberty eyes TikTok US acquisition, makes formal bid As TikTok inches closer to a ban in the US, billionaire Frank… Ashutosh SinghJanuary 9, 20252 minute read
Culture & Policy Internet News Trump could ‘maybe’ allow TikTok to function in the US Tiktok may not be banned from the US after all. This time,… Soumyadeep SarkarDecember 23, 20242 minute read
Culture & Policy News TikTok seeks Supreme Court intervention amid final attempts to avert US ban The immensely popular short-form video app TikTok, released in 2018 in the… Ashutosh SinghDecember 17, 20242 minute read
Apps Global News US Prez Biden signs new bill that would ban TikTok if Bytedance doesn’t sell it in a year [Update]: Joe Biden, US President, has signed the bill, making it a… Soumyadeep SarkarApril 25, 20243 minute read
Apps Internet News TikTok takes aim at Instagram with new app for photos In a bid to expand its reach and diversify its offerings, TikTok,… Soumyadeep SarkarApril 9, 20242 minute read
Culture & Policy Global News UMG starts removing works of Taylor Swift, Olivia Rodrigo, others from TikTok as licensing talks fail Universal Music Group (UMG) has removed the music catalogues of prominent artists,… Praneetha BandaruFebruary 2, 20242 minute read
Apps Business Gaming Internet News TikTok becomes first non-game app to rake in $10Bn in cumulative user spends In Q4 2022, TikTok became the second non-gaming app to reach over… Srihari RishabhDecember 11, 20233 minute read
Business Global News TikTok to Invest $1.5 Bn in Tokopedia for an e-commerce re-launch in Indonesia Can you hear the music? Well Indonesia might soon be able to.… Srihari RishabhDecember 11, 20232 minute read
Apps Internet News YouTube to watermark downloaded Shorts on desktop, mobile to follow soon If you view short videos made on TikTok, then you will observe… Soumyadeep SarkarAugust 19, 20222 minute read
Apps Internet News Instagram’s Mosseri addresses concerns around platform’s increasingly reel-focused algorithmic fed The year is 2014. You’re still sometimes in awe of the impressive… Guntas SinghJuly 27, 20223 minute read
Apps Internet News Facebook introduces new ‘feeds’ page to display posts of friends, groups exclusively The Facebook news feed is about to evolve according to the standards… Guntas SinghJuly 22, 20222 minute read
Apps Internet News TikTok’s run in the US over? FCC Commissioner writes to Google and Apple to remove it from their app stores TikTok may have taken the social media sphere by storm when it… Soumyadeep SarkarJune 29, 20223 minute read
Apps News Startups Sharechat raises $255 Mn, closes series H round at $5 Bn valuation ShareChat earlier raised $266 million as a part of this round in December last year. The company is now valued at $5 billion. Guntas SinghJune 17, 20221 minute read
Apps Internet News Instagram is testing a new full-screen feed The battle for dominance in the social media sphere continues to intensify… Soumyadeep SarkarJune 17, 20222 minute read
