The tech titan, who reigned supreme in the pre-internet era, is now making a comeback under TrumpUS tech titans Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg and Jeff Bezos are taking a prominent place in the new Trump era, but another player from another...
23 Jan, 2025, 08.29 AM IST
ETtech Explainer: EU’s $1.3 billion fine on Meta is one of many penalties on Big Tech globallyBig Tech companies worldwide have come under the lens of antitrust regulators, policymakers and enforcement agencies amid concerns about pr...
23 May, 2023, 12.51 PM IST
Sundar Pichai says Google ‘pro-competitive,’ sees vibrant tech marketThe US Justice Department sued Google in 2020, alleging the company dominates the search market in violation of antitrust laws.
07 Sep, 2022, 04.01 PM IST
Failed Microsoft-TikTok deal 'strangest thing I've worked on', Satya Nadella saysMicrosoft in August 2020 began talks on the proposed acquisition of TikTok but the deal collapsed by September. Donald Trump’s push for Tik...
28 Sep, 2021, 10.07 AM IST
TikTok owner picks Oracle over Microsoft as United States technology partner"We did get a proposal over the weekend that includes Oracle as the trusted technology partner with Oracle making many representations for ...
14 Sep, 2020, 09.58 PM IST
Aspiring TikTok buyers pursue four options in effort to revive talksOther options being considered include asking for Chinese approval to pass TikTok's algorithm on to the acquirer of the short video app's U...
02 Sep, 2020, 10.03 PM IST
Walmart joins Microsoft in pursuit of deal to acquire TikTokWalmart said in an emailed statement that the move could help grow its third-party online marketplace unit along with its nascent advertisi...
27 Aug, 2020, 10.56 PM IST
ByteDance investors seek to use stakes to finance TikTok bid - SourcesByteDance has been in talks to divest TikTok's North America, Australia and New Zealand operations to potential acquirers, including Micros...
24 Aug, 2020, 02.42 PM IST
It may look like an awkward fit but Oracle’s bid for TikTok has a simple explanation: DataMicrosoft Corp. has been seen as the front-runner in the race to acquire TikTok’s U.S. assets, and is the only company to publicly confirm ...
19 Aug, 2020, 05.24 PM IST
Microsoft faces complex technical challenges in TikTok carveout, risks ire of Trump administrationTrump has given Microsoft until Sept. 15 to put together a blueprint for an acquisition that safeguards the personal data of Americans stor...
10 Aug, 2020, 03.50 PM IST
Buzz of TikTok return causes uncertainty; investors now in a wait-and-watch modeMost investors who were looking to bet on homegrown short-video apps which have proliferated in the past one month, may hold out before the...
10 Aug, 2020, 03.01 PM IST
View: What India can learn from Microsoft's potential TikTok dealThe purchase’s major benefit to Microsoft and the US public may be the ability of consumers to continue to use an innovative platform for f...
10 Aug, 2020, 09.42 AM IST
Microsoft-TikTok deal unlikely to be taxed in India, according to officialsAlthough TikTok had a large subscriber base in India, pegged at 200 million, the value of the business is much below the threshold. The bul...
08 Aug, 2020, 02.12 PM IST
Microsoft's foray in Indian social media is long due, say expertsUnder CEO Satya Nadella’s leadership, Microsoft has refocused business to the Cloud and led an aggressive acquisition strategy using cash t...
07 Aug, 2020, 10.16 PM 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
A TikTok-Microsoft deal may be the best and most elegant solution for all parties involvedIn this instance, though, Microsoft may be the best suitor. On the surface, it may seem strange to contemplate such a large deal in an envi...
01 Aug, 2020, 08.51 AM IST
Microsoft is said to be in talks to buy TikTok in USPresident Donald Trump plans to announce a decision ordering Bytedance to divest its U.S. ownership of TikTok, according to people familiar...
01 Aug, 2020, 12.47 AM IST