TikTok
TikTok comes to the Microsoft Store (no, not that one)
by Surur
3 months
Yesterday Microsoft showed off the TikTok app as an example of Android apps that would be coming to Windows 11. Today ALumia discovered an official TikTok app has arrived in the Microsoft Store, but it is surprisingly not the same...
Microsoft participates in $100 million funding round for Josh, India’s TikTok
by Surur
9 months
We had assumed a few months ago that Microsoft has been forced to bid on TikTok by their relationship with the US Government, but it seems in fact that Microsoft is pretty interested in getting involved in short-form video social ...
Trump bans WeChat and TikTok apps to safeguard the national security of the United States
by Pradeep
1 year
President Donald Trump today announced that WeChat and TikTok apps will be banned to safeguard the national security of the United States. From September 20, WeChat and TikTok will not be available from Google Play Store and Apple...
Confirmed: TikTok rejects Microsoft’s bid to acquire US operations
by Pradeep
1 year
Last night, WSJ reported that Oracle may have won TikTok’s bid in the US. Now, Microsoft has confirmed that ByteDance has rejected its bid for TikTok’s US operations. Microsoft published the following statement regardi...
Microsoft dodges a bullet as Oracle wins the TikTok bidding war
by Surur
1 year
Drawing a close to one of the more bizarre stories of 2020 (and that is saying a lot), the Wall Street Journal reports that Oracle has won the bidding war for the US operation of TikTok. Things are a bit more complicated, however,...
TikTok could go dark in USA as ByteDance refuse to sell its secret algorithm
by Surur
1 year
We reported recently that China would rather lose TikTok in USA than allow ByteDance to be forced to sell the company, and it seems that outcome is now very likely. With days to go before the September 15th deadline, the South Chi...
Reuters: China would rather kill TikTok than let Microsoft have it
by Surur
1 year
TikTok’s owners are currently being forced to sell their overseas operations by the US Government, who cite security concerns. Until recently the Chinese government has been rather passive about the whole affair, but two wee...
China may have banned the sale of TikTok’s secret sauce
by Surur
1 year
Bytedance is currently being forced by so sell their US division by the Trump administration, but whoever buys it may end up getting a shell of the product, following a recent move by the Chinese government. China has just updated...