News & Reviews: TikTok
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Jul 29, 2022
Just yesterday, we talked about how Meta is doubling the amount of content that you don't follow on your Facebook and Instagram accounts. Personally, I'm not a big fan of this because I just want to see what my friends and family are up to. Even the Kardashians hate the new Instagram but luckily, it seems that Instagram CEO Adam Mosseri is going to make a U-turn.
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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 28, 2022
Nowadays, if you feel like you have been seeing more pages and content on Facebook and Instagram that you have never seen, you're not alone. In fact, the Meta company is actually pushing towards more recommended accounts on purpose. Why is that?
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Jul 27, 2022
We have read and heard much news about fake items on online platforms now and then, but this one really takes the byte (#badumtss). According to Says.com, TikTok user @thesinghspeaks, Bilawal Singh (a computer repair shop owner) shared a video of how a customer of his got scammed by a Shopee vendor selling fake external hard drives.
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Jul 26, 2022
TikTok has quietly rolled out a referral rewards programme in Malaysia which allows users to earn up to RM650 by just inviting others to use the app. The programme itself has been available in other countries for a while now and based on reports, it has finally entered our country on 22 July 2022.
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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 14, 2022
Google Senior Vice President (VP) Prabhakar Raghavan has revealed that TikTok and Instagram are becoming competitors to its core services, Search and Maps. During a discussion about the evolution of search, Prabhakar revealed that younger users are now turning to TikTok and Instagram instead of Google services for discovery purposes.
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Jun 17, 2022
Even if you don't play TikTok, there's no denying that the app has made its mark even more during the pandemic where people learn to create their own content and entertained everyone online. TikTok is arguably one of the most downloaded apps and it seems that Facebook may get a major redesign to compete with them.
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Jun 09, 2022
TikTok is probably one of the most addictive apps in this generation. Providing short videos curated by a genius algorithm to match your taste, who doesn't love it? However, there must be times when you tell yourself to get off the platform, but your hands just don't follow your mind. Therefore, TikTok has added some new features to help with that problem.
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Jun 08, 2022
If you're thinking what I'm thinking, yes, TikTok Avatars is probably inspired by Apple's Memoji and it's now rolling out on the platform. The function is also similar where you can create your own personalized style.
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