Microsoft doubles down on gaming with $7.5 billion deal for Doom-owner ZeniMaxMicrosoft said it plans to bring Bethesda's future games into its monthly Xbox Game Pass subscription service when they launch on Xbox or P...
21 Sep, 2020, 10.58 PM IST
How ByteDance's CEO Yiming Zhang balked at selling TikTok's U.S. businessChina's opposition to a forced sale of TikTok, as well as concerns by major ByteDance backers such as Sequoia and General Atlantic over the...
15 Sep, 2020, 11.20 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
ByteDance drops TikTok's US sale, to partner with Oracle: ReportByteDance had been in talks to divest TikTok's U.S. business to either Oracle or a consortium led by Microsoft Corp after U.S. President Do...
14 Sep, 2020, 09.10 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
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
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
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
Twitter, TikTok in talks for possible merger: ReportMicrosoft has been negotiating for weeks with TikTok’s owner, Beijing-based ByteDance Ltd., and is considered the front-runner for any poss...
10 Aug, 2020, 12.04 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’s price is a question mark in already complex dealThe price for a piece of fast-growing TikTok could also depend on whether Microsoft scores a discount from picking up an app whose other al...
05 Aug, 2020, 09.12 AM IST
TikTok could become deal of the decade for Microsoft, Satya Nadella is the kingmaker nowAfter a weekend of speculation, the American software giant came out Monday morning, Beijing time, to confirm talks to buy the short-video ...
04 Aug, 2020, 02.35 PM IST
TikTok-Microsoft talks won’t affect India ban as local operations of app not part of negotiationsAlong with 58 other Chinese-owned apps, TikTok was banned by India in June due to concerns over its alleged data-sharing practices with Chi...
04 Aug, 2020, 06.59 AM IST
Trump to give TikTok's Chinese owner 45 days to reach a deal to sell to Microsoft: SourcesFollowing a discussion between Trump and Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, the Redwood, Washington-based company said in a statement that it wou...
03 Aug, 2020, 08.33 AM IST
China's ByteDance offers to forgo stake in TikTok to clinch US deal: SourcesUnder the new proposed deal, ByteDance would exit completely and Microsoft Corp would take over TikTok in the United States, the sources sa...
01 Aug, 2020, 07.05 PM IST
Trump says will ban TikTok in US amidst reports of Microsoft in talks to buy Chinese-owned appU.S. lawmakers have raised intelligence and privacy concerns about the company's ownership. The company has denied allegations that it shar...
01 Aug, 2020, 11.53 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