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Check Point Research informed TikTok developers of the vulnerabilities exposed in this research and a fix was responsibly deployed to ensure its users can safely continue using the TikTok app.

Bytedance's TikTok hires Microsoft IP chief as general counsel

Andersen was most recently Microsoft's chief intellectual property counsel.

27 Jan 2020 8:52 AM IST

Check Point Research informed TikTok developers of the vulnerabilities exposed in this research and a fix was responsibly deployed to ensure its users can safely continue using the TikTok app.

TikTok surpasses Facebook as the second most downloaded app in 2019

TikTok's majority of downloads came from India, accounting for 44 per cent of the overall figure.

18 Jan 2020 7:29 AM IST

Much like TikTok, Resso encourages the sharing of user-generated content including lyrics and comments, alongside streaming music.

TikTok Developer launches Resso music app first in India

Resso hopes to grab some of the music streaming pie that belongs to established names such as Spotify and Gaana

4 March 2020 6:11 PM IST

There is an inherent bias against Tiktok because it is Chinese. There are suspicions that TikToks parent ByteDance is connected to the Communist Party. There is also the data sovereignty argument, where Indian data is shared with Chinese companies.

Tech This Week | #BanTikTok Solves Nothing

Indians spent over 5.5 billion hours on TikTok, which is more than the next eleven countries combined

30 May 2020 4:02 PM IST

The TikTok creator fund will be open in August to US applicants 18 years or older who have a platform following, and post original content in line with its community guidelines. (Photo | AP)

US content creators of TikTok stand a chance to earn from a fund of...

The short video platform also said it plans to add 10,000 US jobs in the next three years, as it battles complaints over...

24 July 2020 4:52 PM IST

Mobile app store marketing intelligence firm Sensor Tower said Resso might have escaped the ban as its publisher is listed not as ByteDance, its parent company which also owns TikTok, but Moon Video.

TikTok may be out but ByteDance's Resso music app is thriving

As much as 74 per cent of downloads have been in India for the Resso music-streaming app, which dubs itself a social app...

20 July 2020 9:44 PM IST

The TikTok app, which was dropped like a hot potato, has gone offline and stopped working completely for users in India (Photo | Pixabay - Kon Karampelas)

To avoid US ban, TikTok may sever ties with Chinese company ByteDance

A White House advisor says he expects TikTok to operate as an independent company in the US to skirt the proposed ban.

17 July 2020 5:31 PM IST

App-based businesses with a focus on localised content supported by regional language interfaces are the future. These digital startups hold the key to the growth of Indias digital economy and they require government assistance to become national champions.

Government must galvanise India's app ecosystem to pare down Chinese...

Quick disbursal of the Rs 20,000 crore Startup India corpus to app-based businesses is key, not reliance on large firms...

16 July 2020 8:05 AM IST

TikToks parent company, ByteDance, has a similar app for mainland China called Douyin that does share users data with the Chinese government, and is available in Hong Kong. (Photo | AFP)

TikTok's astute exit from Hong Kong will likely keep it going in the...

It is a win-win' move for TikTok as it does not risk angering China by refusing to share user data, but it can focus on...

9 July 2020 8:57 PM IST

Its unclear whether the Presidents executive order bars Americans from using TikTok, and even if it does its not enforceable as users will continue using the app over a VPN. (Photo | AP)

Will TikTok sale go through? China's new export rules on technology...

China's commerce ministry published new rules Friday that added civilian use to a list of technologies that are...

31 Aug 2020 5:11 PM IST

Trumps order contends there is credible evidence leading him to believe that ByteDances take-over of Musical.ly threatens to impair the national security of the United States. (Photo | AFP)

Trump pushes TikTok to sell its interest in Musical.ly with fresh...

The order states that ByteDance must sell its interest in the karaoke video US app Musical.ly that it bought and merged...

15 Aug 2020 6:00 PM IST

The legal challenge by employees of ByteDances TikTok US operations will be focused on worker rights, not on the national security claims underlying Trumps order. (Photo | AP)

Trump's order on TikTok puts 1,500 jobs at risk, staff get ready to...

As the President's executive order prohibits any transaction by any person with TikTok, its US employees stand to lose...

14 Aug 2020 11:13 AM IST