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Musk seeks to revive Twitter’s short-form video app Vine in TikTok era
San Francisco: New Twitter boss Elon Musk has sought to revive the microblogging site’s short-form video app Vine in the TikTok era. Chief Twit Musk posted a poll on his Twitter account,…
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TikTok brings adult-only streams, raises age requirement for going live
San Francisco: Short video platform TikTok confirmed that it is introducing livestreams for adults and is also increasing the minimum age requirement for livestreams on its platform. Currently, people must be aged…
- Technology
Senators asks FTC Chair Lina Khan to probe TikTok’s data practices
San Francisco: Top US Senators have called on Lina Khan, Chairperson of Federal Trade Commission (FTC), to investigate short-video making app TikTok over its alleged data sharing practices with China-based workers. In…
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Facebook Reels goes global with new money-making tools for creators
New Delhi: Meta has launched its TikTok-rival short-video making app Facebook Reels for iOS and Android to more than 150 countries across the globe. To help creators earn money from Facebook Reels,…
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TikTok expected to rank as 3rd largest social network: Report
San Francisco: A new forecast has claimed that short video platform TikTok is expected to become the world’s third-largest social network in 2022. The report by Insider Intelligence — the firm previously…
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TikTok emerges as most downloaded non-gaming app worldwide for Sep
Beijing: Short video platform TikTok emerged as the most downloaded non-gaming app worldwide for September 2021 with more than 59 million installs. According to Sensor Tower, the countries with the largest number…
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Short-form video consumption to reach 650 mn users in India by 2025
New Delhi: As online video consumption explodes in a mobile-first country, three in four Internet users — or 600 to 650 million Indians — will consume short-form videos by 2025, with active users…
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TikTok surpasses 1 billion monthly active users
Beijing: Short video-making platform TikTok has crossed one billion monthly active users around the world. The video-sharing platform, owned by ByteDance, said it had about 55 million global users by January 2018. That…
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TikTok overtakes FB as world’s most downloaded app
Beijing: Chinese short-video platform TikTok has overtaken Facebook as the most downloaded social media app in the world, the media reported. According to Nikkei Asia, a global survey of downloads in 2020 showed…
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YouTube acquires Indian short video shopping app simsim
New Delhi: Google-owned YouTube has acquired social commerce startup simsim for an undisclosed sum, as the company aims to help viewers discover and buy products from the Indian retailers through video. By bringing…
- Technology
Airtel, Firework join hands for ‘Stories’ format content
New Delhi: Airtel Thanks on Wednesday partnered with short video stories platform Firework to engage users with “Stories” format content. With this partnership, Airtel Thanks will now publish 30 second ‘Stories’ format vertical…
