India's new drama is about the fight for your 1-minute attentionIndia streaming platforms microdramas: Platforms are rapidly adopting microdramas, short, vertically shot melodramas. These bite-sized show...
02 Jun, 2026, 01.30 PM IST
On the stand, Zuckerberg says TikTok is a major competitive threatMark Zuckerberg testified for a third day in an antitrust trial, calling TikTok a major threat to Meta. The FTC accuses Meta of buying Inst...
16 Apr, 2025, 11.23 PM IST
TikTok says to add screen time limits for teens in these countriesTikTok said Tuesday it would allow parents to limit the time their teens spend on the app as the Chinese-owned social network confronts pol...
11 Mar, 2025, 08.47 PM IST
Bluesky launches custom feed for TikTok-style vertical videosBluesky introduces a custom feed for TikTok-style vertical videos in its app, allowing users to browse and pin trending videos. This launch...
20 Jan, 2025, 01.55 PM IST
Albanian PM dismisses TikTok's 'urgent' query on banOn Saturday, Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama announced Albania was shutting down TikTok from early 2025. In a statement released within ho...
23 Dec, 2024, 07.52 AM IST
TikTok asks EU court to suspend EU gatekeeper label until its rulingThe Digital Markets Act (DMA) requires TikTok and other designated gatekeepers Alphabet's Google, Meta Platforms, Apple, Amazon and Microso...
02 Dec, 2023, 10.56 AM IST
Executive fired from TikTok's Chinese owner says Beijing had access to app data in termination suitThe allegations were made in a complaint Friday by Yintao Yu, the head of engineering for ByteDance's US operations from August 2017 to Nov...
13 May, 2023, 06.44 PM IST
One billion users, but trouble mounts for TikTokSeveral governments have banned the app from their equipment over fears that data could be viewed by officials in Beijing, and the United S...
16 Mar, 2023, 05.18 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
TikTok to launch ad revenue-sharing program for creators to monetise contentOnly accounts with at least 100,000 subscribers will be eligible for the first phase of the program.
05 May, 2022, 03.32 PM IST
TikTok to launch ad revenue sharing program for creatorsUnder the new TikTok Pulse program, companies can place their ads next to user content in specific categories, including health, fashion, c...
05 May, 2022, 01.37 PM IST
TikTok tops Facebook as the world's most downloaded app of 2020TikTok, owned by China-based ByteDance, is believed to have one billion users worldwide.
11 Aug, 2021, 06.20 PM IST
Snapchat debuts a TikTok competitor with SpotlightSpotlight aims to encourage more users to create short videos with its augmented reality filters and effects.
24 Nov, 2020, 09.54 AM IST
India ban hits TikTok download numbers hard globallyHowever, the growth in downloads slowed to a measly 2% in September over the same month last year, according to the data shared by app anal...
12 Oct, 2020, 08.33 AM IST
Donald Trump to order China's ByteDance to sell TikTok in USThe U.S. has been investigating potential national security risks due to the company’s control of the app, and Trump’s decision could be an...
31 Jul, 2020, 11.38 PM IST
TikTok ban would leave a giant social-media holeMany TikTok creators already cross-post their videos on Instagram and YouTube, but the same short-form videos get much more traction on Tik...
23 Jul, 2020, 11.03 AM IST
TikTok appoints new India head Nikhil GandhiNikhil Gandhi is the new India head of the popular short-video Chinese app TikTok. Gandhi will lead the development of TikTok's products an...
18 Oct, 2019, 04.28 PM IST