TikTok and CapCut lead Apple’s app store downloads—How long will they remain on the play store? Is another ban possible?While TikTok and CapCut are currently available for download, the ban remains in effect but is temporarily suspended.
14 Feb, 2025, 08.07 PM IST
People are hawking TikTok-loaded phones for thousands on eBay, FacebookPhones preloaded with TikTok are being sold for tens of thousands on eBay and Facebook Marketplace after the app was briefly unavailable to...
25 Jan, 2025, 07.30 AM IST
Can you believe this? Americans looking to make a quick profit from TikTok fans' desperation listed devices on eBay with the app purportedly downloaded for up to $50,000The TikTok ban in the US is seeing some massive uncertainty, after the application got deleted from major app stores, but the app was reviv...
22 Jan, 2025, 10.13 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
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
A Chinese app becomes the most-downloaded iPhone app in the US; JioCinema features in top four free appsApple has released an App Store feature that displays the top iPhone apps of the year. The list comprises both free and paid apps, as measu...
13 Dec, 2023, 06.24 PM IST
Instagram reigns supreme: The biggest app trends of 2023Instagram’s September quarter downloads was the second highest since at least 2012, with India continuing to fuel the app’s growth in the r...
13 Dec, 2023, 04.06 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
Chinese shopping app Temu wows US amid TikTok fearsTemu topped US app download rankings in early April, a spot it held since January, but its rapid rise comes as platforms with links to Chin...
10 Apr, 2023, 07.58 AM IST
‘Moon phase soulmate’: What is the viral TikTok trend and how can you do it?A trend that is gaining momentum on the platform is the "moon phase soulmate" trend, which entails users overlaying the moon phase of their...
07 Mar, 2023, 05.07 PM IST
China apps bypass ban; K’taka may draft new gaming lawMany of the 224 China-linked apps that India has banned since June 2020 continue to operate in India, according to industry insiders and pr...
16 Feb, 2022, 08.18 AM IST
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
16 Feb, 2022, 08.17 AM IST
India sees biggest surge in people spending time on appsConsumers are spending 4.2 hours a day on apps globally on average, up 30% compared to two years prior, amid remote work and learning as bi...
09 Apr, 2021, 10.51 AM IST
275 more Chinese apps on India's radar, list includes PubG, RessoList includes Tencent-backed gaming app PubG, Xiaomi’s Zili and AliExpress from Alibaba Group. A senior official told ET that the governmen...
31 Jul, 2020, 09.16 AM IST