News & Reviews: Bytedance
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Mar 07, 2024
The United States Congress announced today that it will introduce a bill that would ban TikTok from operating in America unless it is sold by Bytedance. This is the same step taken by the Donald Trump administration and will now continue under the Joe Biden administration.
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Jan 23, 2024
Looks like the tech industry is going to get rough. Reportedly, TikTok is downsizing and employees are being laid off left and right. So, what should you know about it?
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Jul 07, 2023
Recently, Meta took on Twitter with Threads and now, another social media provider is also taking on an established platform at its own game. We are of course talking about TikTok which just launched TikTok Music, a music streaming app to rival Spotify.
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Oct 12, 2022
It appears that TikTok is planning to expand its business beyond just videos and put emphasis on supporting its e-commerce efforts such as the TikTok Shop. In fact, the company is going one step further by copying Amazon’s playbook and looking to create a new logistics and warehousing network in the United States.
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Jul 28, 2022
Not only is a platform famous for short videos, but TikTok has also helped most of us discover new songs. ByteDance, the parent company of TikTok, filed a trademark application for "TikTok Music" with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office back in May. Could it be something that rivals the likes of Spotify?
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Jul 18, 2022
TikTok, the world’s most popular app has been expanding its services to be more than just a social video platform, including entering e-commerce with TikTok Shop. Now, it looks like the app is also planning to enter the food delivery market as Douyin, the Chinese version of TikTok is currently testing the service in China.
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Jul 02, 2021
In recent months, YouTube and Instagram have released their own short video services. It's clear that the formula is popular, but some people do want slightly longer videos. As such, TikTok has decided to expand in the opposite direction.
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Jan 04, 2021
Sometimes you hear the most bizarre of news from the UK, like people claiming that 5G towers spread viruses or 11-year-olds being caught driving. But it doesn't look like people from the UK are going to stop being weird, as there's a report of a 12-year-old suing TikTok.
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Dec 30, 2020
E-payment services have become more and more popular nowadays. Besides letting users make payments, some services have also been offering various features like transfer and cashback. Now, it looks like the parent company of TikTok is interested in starting their own e-payment service as well. It is spotted that ByteDance has applied for a new trademark under the name "Tik Tok Payment".
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Dec 14, 2020
Genshin Impact has certainly taken over the gaming community by storm this year. Not only is it playable on the PlayStation 4, but it's free to play (with in-game items purchases) on mobile devices and has set a new standard in mobile gaming. But to ByteDance CEO, Zhang Yiming is wondering if his employees are too obsessed with it.
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