Groups that have bid for TikTok or expressed interestPresident Trump announced a deal between the US and China to keep TikTok operating in the United States, potentially resolving a year-long ...
18 Sep, 2025, 08.18 AM IST
OnlyFans founder, crypto foundation submit late-stage bid to buy TikTokZoop, founded by OnlyFans' Tima Stokely, and the Hbar Foundation, partnered to bid for TikTok, aiming to create a creator-focused platform....
03 Apr, 2025, 06.27 AM IST
Trump says TikTok deal is in the works: Here's where things stand with the companyQuestions about the fate of the popular video sharing app have continued to linger since a law requiring its China-based parent company to ...
12 Mar, 2025, 08.06 AM IST
Explained: What will happen to TikTok?The ban is the end result of 2024 legislation passed on national security concerns that called for TikTok parent ByteDance to sell the popu...
19 Jan, 2025, 10.07 PM IST
How TikTok saved its ecommerce business in IndonesiaIndonesia was a critical market and the first place where TikTok rolled out this feature. The app, owned by the Chinese tech giant ByteDanc...
14 Nov, 2024, 10.49 AM IST
Ex-TikTok gaming head Jason Fung to launch blockchain games startupThe 34-year-old left TikTok last month after two years with the firm, and his exit comes as TikTok and its Chinese owner ByteDance have bee...
05 Jul, 2022, 06.03 PM IST
TikTok nears Oracle deal in bid to allay US data concernsThe agreement would come a year and a half after a US national security panel ordered ByteDance to divest TikTok because of fears that US u...
11 Mar, 2022, 08.50 AM IST
Nikhil Gandhi quits as TikTok India CEO nearly a year after banNikhil Gandhi, who for the past few months was leading ByteDance’s efforts to sell TikTok’s India business, is said to be evaluating option...
13 May, 2021, 05.09 PM IST
TikTok, Tik.... The clock's run out on ByteDance’s India dreamTikTok always had a rocky relationship with India. Now, as the most valued startup in the world exits its biggest international market, a l...
29 Jan, 2021, 08.35 AM IST
Microsoft expands TikTok takeover ambitions to entire global business, including India operationsMicrosoft on Sunday had said it was in negotiations with ByteDance, the Chinese owner of TikTok, to explore a purchase of the TikTok servic...
07 Aug, 2020, 10.20 AM IST
TikTok to spend $500 million on first EU data center in IrelandThe move to expand its operations within EU borders is part of TikTok’s global effort to prove itself a responsible internet citizen and a ...
06 Aug, 2020, 08.49 AM IST
ByteDance CEO ‘working overtime’ to devise TikTok solutionBeijing-based ByteDance has come under pressure from the White House and U.S. lawmakers to sell off its U.S. TikTok operations and now has ...
04 Aug, 2020, 09.14 AM IST
TikTok CEO blasts Zuckerberg attacks ‘disguised as patriotism’Zuckerberg’s testimony, published in advance, focused on the broader danger of allowing tech firms from the world’s No. 2 economy to domina...
30 Jul, 2020, 09.39 AM IST
TikTok’s former chief to oversee investment at ByteDanceA former SAP SE employee researching education software, Alex Zhu co-founded the lip-syncing app Musical.ly in 2014, which was later acquir...
22 Jul, 2020, 09.25 AM IST
Short-video apps vying to replace TikTok find a tough road aheadBuilding the next TikTok will require top-notch engineering capability and a recommendation and personalization engine backed by millions o...
02 Jul, 2020, 08.54 PM IST
ByteDance, the world’s most valuable startup, weighs selling TikTokA TikTok stake sale would likely push back any initial public offering for ByteDance. The company has considered an IPO in the US or Hong K...
24 Dec, 2019, 09.27 AM IST
TikTok is aiming at a bigger audience than U.S. SenatorsFor TikTok to be a true success, it needs to appeal to the likes of Nike, Coca-Cola and McDonald’s. Its advertising business is ready to ta...
20 Nov, 2019, 09.23 AM IST