In an announcement, TikTok and Sony Music Entertainment have come to an agreement to create a new licensing deal, which will allow TikTok creators to include even more popular songs into their videos. In the announcement, Tiktok said: “This is an exciting step forward in the level of collaboration between the two companies. With this […]
Back on August 6, US President Trump Trump issued two Executive Orders that outlined separate bans on TikTok, a Chinese-owned social app. According to these orders, they were to take effect within 45 days after being signed, meaning TikTok would either have go be sold to a US company, or get banned in the US. According […]
In a way, there has been a success for TikTok in the US app market this weekend. Despite an executive order coming from the White House to ban the app during the weekend of September 26, a judge ruled in favor of the app, allowing it to remain available for download. A US court allowed […]
YouTube is releasing the newYouTube Shorts, a home for 15 second videos, which are finding their start in India. This is obviously YouTube’s attempt at becoming the next TikTok, or at least become a competitor for it. The videos will be swipeable on mobile and very easy to create on any mobile device.
Despite all the current news surrounding the Oracle/TikTok deal to help it stay in the US, as well as the US President’s ‘blessing‘ and TikTok’s official statements about the app being ‘here to stay‘, things are getting a little weird again. A while back, ByteDance, TikTok’s parent company, did say that they wouldn’t be giving up […]
It seems TikTok has been given a new lease on life here in the US, as Oracle, which leads a consortium group, submitted its proposal on a takeover of the US operations of Chinese-owned TikTok. For those not in the know, this deal was created in order to deal with concerns over the data sharing that […]
According to reports, it looks like the White House will be supporting the partnership between Oracle and ByteDance, TikTok’s parent company to allow the video app to remain operational in the US. It seemed that Microsoft was going to be the one to spearhead TikTok, but after things went south between those two companies, Oracle was […]
As of this writing, the deadline for a deal with TikTok and a US company is looming just over the horizon. TikTok would remain operational in the US with a consortium bid. Originally, Microsoft was leading the bid wars for TikTok, but got rejected by TikTok’s parent company, ByteDance, as confirmed by the Microsoft blog. […]
When you look at TikTok’s algorithm, and how it recommends content to other users, it’s certain a different beast when compared to other video related platforms, such as YouTube. When YouTube puts videos up on a user’s feed, it’s usually based on popularity of the creator and the video, but with TikTok, it’s different. In […]
In a report by Sensor Tower, TikTok is again leading the non-gaming app race. In August, TikTok was the most downloaded app on any app store, despite its uncertain future. In the report, there has been over 63.3 million installs, which shows a 1.6 percent increase from August of last year. Despite TikTok’s future, it’s […]