ByteDance joins OpenAI's Sora rivals with AI video app launchSince Microsoft-backed OpenAI unveiled in February its text-to-video model Sora, which is not open for public use yet, Chinese companies ha...
06 Aug, 2024, 04.59 PM IST
China's ecommerce platforms not doing enough on climate: GreenpeaceIn a report ranking the environmental record of six of China's ecommerce giants, Greenpeace said the discount online shopping platform Pind...
09 Nov, 2023, 05.24 PM IST
Alibaba to Baidu, Chinese firms working on ChatGPT-style AI technologyOn April 11, e-commerce giant Alibaba Group showed off its AI large language model called Tongyi Qianwen, saying it would be integrated int...
08 May, 2023, 11.32 AM IST
China regulator says Alibaba, Tencent have submitted app algorithm detailsThe rules are part of a broad regulatory crackdown by Beijing against its once free-wheeling technology sector.
15 Aug, 2022, 02.42 PM IST
Chinese apps are thriving in India, despite being banned for almost a yearLast year, the Centre brought down hundreds of Chinese apps for engaging in activities 'prejudicial to the sovereignty, integrity and secur...
30 Aug, 2021, 10.47 AM IST
China authorities name 105 apps for improper data practicesThe Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) said that the 105 apps violated laws by excessively collecting and illegally accessing users' ...
21 May, 2021, 05.18 PM IST
Short-video app Lomotif is set to enter IndiaThe imminent entry comes at a time when the short-video space has gone through a big shift following the ban on leading Chinese players inc...
10 Mar, 2021, 07.13 PM IST
ETtech Morning Dispatch on March 1, 2021: Govt vs WhatsApp (again)Here's a look at the top tech news to start your day.
01 Mar, 2021, 07.47 AM IST
Kuaishou IPO valuation lights up India’s short-video spaceIndian short-video apps—from Sharechat’s Moj to MXPlayer’s MX TakaTak—see the blockbuster Kuaishou IPO as underscoring the massive potentia...
01 Mar, 2021, 05.01 AM IST
TikTok owner's sales doubled to $35 billion despite US banThe Chinese company managed to grow operating profit to roughly $7 billion in 2020 from less than $4 billion the prior year.
27 Jan, 2021, 12.17 PM IST
Bytedance rival Kuaishou aims to raise up to $5.42 billion in Hong Kong IPOKuaishou operates apps that allow user-uploaded videos as well as live-streaming programs through which vendors can promote consumer produc...
25 Jan, 2021, 06.36 PM IST
Digital policy think tank seeks ban on Snack Video appTencent-backed Kuaishou Technology’s other short-video app, Kwai, was among those banned and is no longer available on the Google Play stor...
23 Oct, 2020, 10.03 AM IST
Banned Chinese apps re-enter in new avatarsScores of new Chinese apps have flooded Indian app stores in the last few months including several rebranded versions of applications banne...
26 Sep, 2020, 08.40 AM IST
Snack Video: Another China-developed app taking TikTok’s place in IndiaSnack Video escaped the wide-ranging government ban on Chinese apps, and in August it was the most downloaded video app on App Store and Go...
19 Sep, 2020, 07.24 AM IST
Snack Video, Zili, Resso and several others escape China apps banSnack Video is a Singapore-based app that is seen as a TikTok alternative and whose parent, Kuaishou Technology, is a popular Chinese softw...
03 Sep, 2020, 07.56 AM IST
Sensor Tower says installs of top TikTok alternatives grew 155% following ban in IndiaSince the ban, Roposo, Zili, and Dubsmash have collectively generated 21.8 million downloads in India, reaching 13 percent of TikTok’s inst...
24 Jul, 2020, 05.55 PM IST
Chinese TikTok clones vying to click with Indians, three now in Google Play Store's top 10 listA raft of Indian short-video apps, such as Trell, Bolo Indya, Chingari and Mitron, have not been far behind, aggressively trying to fill Ti...
18 Jul, 2020, 07.18 AM IST