Banned China apps stay on in new avatarsLast week, the centre banned some 54 Chinese apps thought to be rebranded avatars of those taken down earlier in 2020
India to permanently ban 59 Chinese apps, including TikTokThe government had banned 59 Chinese apps in June last year referring to them as being “prejudicial” to India’s sovereignty, integrity and ...
We are a Singapore company & our DNA will always be Singaporean: Mike Ong, VP, BIGO TechnologyBIGO Technology was acquired by Guangzhou headquartered video-based social media platform JOYY Inc in March 2019 last year at a market valu...
TikTok not going to legally challenge the ban order""We are committed to working with the government to address its concerns. We comply with the laws and regulations of the Government of Ind...
Top-level government panel to probe data practices of Chinese appsA central committee will conduct a detailed inquiry into the data-sharing practices of these apps.
Creator economy built by TikTok, Likee to collapse, Indian video apps get ready to attract themBuilt and nurtured chiefly by the now-banned TikTok, Likee and Bigo Live, an estimated 15-20 million of the 200 million short-video app use...
India's ban on Chinese apps: What next?The brunt of the order is likely to be felt by short video content apps that were a hit beyond Tier 1 and 2 India.
Chinese app downloads fall amid border disputePopular Chinese apps TikTok, Helo, Bigo Live, Likee and PubG have seen downloads fall in India, one of their largest markets globally, as t...
TikTok, Bigo Live turn the page with educational contentThe educational content push comes when bulk of the content on such apps revolves around entertainment.
Tik-ing the wrong boxes: Apps to face more scrutinyFirms such as Facebook, YouTube, TikTok and Bigo Live will face even more regulatory scrutiny in future.
Bigo Live: A Chinese app captures Indian imagination with lascivious contentMany of the hosts on Bigo Live are young women who dance, sing, strip or talk dirty to millions of Indian men.
ByteDance making rounds of power corridors to save its Indian marketByteDance owns popular short-video and social media platforms such as TikTok and Helo, which are popular among India’s teenagers.
TikTok starts taking small steps to pacify India's concernsThe content that goes viral on Chinese video apps such as TikTok, Kwai and Bigo Live is often viewed as dangerously close to exposing child...
View: India is losing the artificial intelligence battle to China, one app at a timeSoon, Chinese apps will have more data about the next billion Indian internet users than others.
Virtual gifting economy is fast picking up in India, but it comes with pitfallsThe virtual gifting economy is picking up in India. But the monetisation model comes with its pitfalls.
Indian startups still don’t take data privacy seriously. Srikrishna Committee may change it soonAn evaluation of the ‘privacy policy’ of top apps show that privacy policies are generic, not available in Indian languages, and offer no e...
Bigo Technology raises $272 million in Series-D funding from YY Inc.A large part of the capital raised will be used to expand and grow the LIKE app with investments to be made in R&D to develop and hone arti...