Brazil launching data center incentives next month to woo big tech, sources sayUS President Donald Trump has tied the tariff to the trial of Brazilian former President Jair Bolsonaro, as well as complaints about regula...
30 Aug, 2025, 04.14 PM IST
Brazil to offer tax breaks to lure data center investmentsBrazilian Finance Minister Fernando Haddad's trip to California on Friday includes a May 6 breakfast with tech executives in Palo Alto, whe...
28 Apr, 2025, 05.46 PM IST
TikTok owner weighs data center project in Brazil, sources sayThe discussions come as Latin America's largest economy seeks to position itself as a global hub for the fast-growing data center industry,...
26 Apr, 2025, 07.19 AM IST
US-China historic trade deal: "Trump card" played? Tiktok-for-tariffs deal or cold war 2.0?US-China showdown has reached a critical point, with tensions escalating over trade policies and technology disputes. The focus now is on a...
05 Feb, 2025, 10.51 PM IST
TikTok fans anxiously await its return to US app storesByteDance's TikTok, after being temporarily banned in the US, remains unavailable for download on Apple and Google app stores despite Presi...
22 Jan, 2025, 11.36 AM IST
2024 in Review: How governments tried to rein in the social media beastFrom Elon Musk's X (formerly Twitter) to ByteDance's TikTok, social media platforms have been under scrutiny this year, with governments as...
28 Dec, 2024, 04.56 PM IST
ByteDance’s Resso to shut in India on January 31ByteDance’s music streaming app, Resso, will shut its service in India effective January 31, after the Ministry of Electronics and Informat...
13 Jan, 2024, 03.58 PM IST
TikTok becomes first app to cross $10 billion in in-app spendingVideo-streaming platforms like TikTok and Disney+ drove an 11% rise in consumer app sales in 2023, showing resilient demand while the games...
10 Jan, 2024, 01.14 PM IST
Risky China apps need India-style action: FCC Commissioner Brendan CarrIndia banned TikTok and nearly 300 other Chinese apps in phases, starting from June 2020, over national security concerns.
15 Aug, 2023, 06.00 AM IST
TikTok owner bets on Resso & Lark for a Byte of India marketIndia is the world’s largest internet market after China with close to 800 million users and provides a huge opportunity for apps looking t...
12 Aug, 2023, 06.00 AM IST
TikTok launches subscription-based music service to take on Spotify, AppleThe subscription-only music streaming service called "TikTok Music" has been launched first in Brazil and Indonesia and replaces ByteDance'...
07 Jul, 2023, 11.51 AM IST
ByteDance launches new music streaming service in Brazil, IndonesiaThe initiative is a new attempt by ByteDance, as the company in a statement said it will stop its existing music streaming service Resso as...
07 Jul, 2023, 12.53 AM IST
TikTok employees in China have access to user data of UK, EU. See detailsTikTok has revealed that some employees in China can access the data of users in the United Kingdom and the European Union.
03 Nov, 2022, 06.46 PM IST
ByteDance plans music-streaming expansion to take on Spotify: reportThe TikTok parent plans to eventually integrate music streaming within its short-video service and scale it to serve as a major platform fo...
13 Oct, 2022, 11.48 AM IST
Bengal cops fight fake newsAlso in today's ETtech Top 5 newsletter: Karnataka's flip-flop on delivery of non-essential goods, ByteDance bets on video e-commerce in fi...
10 May, 2021, 08.28 PM IST
TikTok CEO Kevin Mayer quits after three months, just as firm challenges US banMayer was Walt Disney Co's top streaming executive before becoming chief executive officer of TikTok and chief operating officer of parent ...
27 Aug, 2020, 07.20 PM IST
Instagram introduces TikTok-like short videos feature 'Reels' in IndiaReels has been tested in Brazil, Germany and France before India.
08 Jul, 2020, 02.41 PM IST