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Walmart is likely interested in TikTok to better connect with younger shoppers who turn to the internet for lifestyle trends, analysts say. (Photo | AFP)

TikTok has one more suitor, Walmart teams up with Microsoft to buy...

Already business partners, Microsoft provides cloud computing services that help run the retailer's stores and online...

28 Aug 2020 3:36 PM IST

The Auschwitz museum, a Holocaust site, has become a symbol of Nazi Germanys genocide of six million European Jews, with one million killed at the camp between 1940 and 1945. (Photo | Pixabay - John Ondreasz)

New trend on TikTok with users playing Holocaust victims hurtful,...

Some videos are dangerously close or already beyond the border of trivialisation of history, the Auschwitz Memorial said...

27 Aug 2020 1:26 PM IST

TikTok CEO Kevin Mayers resignation comes after US President Donald Trump ordered a ban on TikTok, unless parent company Bytedance sells its US operations to an American company within 90 days. Just days ago, TikTok filed a lawsuit challenging a crackdown by the US government over claims that the wildly popular social media app can be used to spy on Americans. (Photo | Pixabay/AP)

TikTok CEO resigns amid Trump administration's accusations of spying,...

In a letter to employees, Kevin Mayer said that his decision to leave comes after the political environment has sharply...

27 Aug 2020 12:33 PM IST

Trump sued by US WeChat users who say his order violates their constitutional rights

Trump sued by US WeChat users who say his order violates their...

US WeChat Users Alliance says many American Chinese people rely on the app for work, worship and staying in touch with...

23 Aug 2020 4:46 PM IST

TikTok bans content based on hateful ideologies: 380,000 videos removed, 1300 accounts blocked

TikTok bans content based on hateful ideologies: 380,000 videos...

The short-video app also deleted 64,000 comments for being hateful, the company said.

21 Aug 2020 5:47 PM IST

TikTok also announced an alliance with music distribution platform UnitedMasters, to build on a trend of the platform being a way for musicians to be discovered by posting short-clip videos. (Photo | Pexels - Anton)

TikTok initiates measures to communicate its side of the story to the...

The company, owned by China-based ByteDance, also launched a new @tiktok_comms Twitter account to address issues in real...

18 Aug 2020 8:58 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 Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology published a programme that outlines incentives that focus on electronics manufacturing (of which semiconductors are a subset). However, none of the above has translated into a significant shift that puts India at a comparative advantage when it comes to semiconductor manufacturing. (Photo | Pixabay - Mika Mamy)

Tech This Week | Forget TikTok, what India must focus on is...

Where India could have leverage with China is not in manipulating ByteDance's revenues but if it got into the...

15 Aug 2020 4:04 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

With 50 million downloads already, Moj says it will encourage and grow high-quality talent by offering creators all kinds of assistance such as workshops, training and so on to help them succeed on the platform.

Desi TikTok Moj says it will train content creators to succeed on the...

Moj says its focus is on building and expanding the creator ecosystem, with the help of artificial intelligence and...

13 Aug 2020 5:09 PM IST

While Twitter does allow for the sharing of videos, most posts contain short text messages and photos or GIFs. In 2012 Twitter acquired the platform Vine, which allowed users to share short videos, but shut down the service in 2016. (Photo | MaxPixel.net)

Twitter also in talks to purchase TikTok, says report

Twitter's bid is a long shot, but it believes it would face less antitrust scrutiny than larger corporations such as...

9 Aug 2020 3:51 PM IST

China has long limited what foreign tech companies can do in the country. Now its getting a taste of its own medicineand its bitter. (Photo | AFP - Getty Images)

Are Trump's moves pushing the US and China into a tech face-off?

China's restrictions on foreign tech firms helped nurture homegrown tech giants. Now the US is putting its own limits on...

8 Aug 2020 7:40 PM IST