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79% Indian smartphone users hooked to OTT apps

Gurugram: Seventy-nine per cent smartphone users in India are using over-the-top (OTT) apps for entertainment and as many as four out of five users have at least one OTT entertainment platform on their device, a new report said on Thursday. Hotstar is the most-penetrated OTT entertainment app with 49 per cent of smartphone users having […]

  • Wednesday, 28 April 2021
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TikTok testing Instagram-inspired features: Report

San Francisco: The wildly popular short video-sharing app TikTok is reportedly mulling to launch a host of new features that seem to have been inspired by Facebook-owned Instagram. The features were discovered by reverse-engineering specialist Jane Manchun Wong who posted screengrabs of the features on Twitter. The purported Instagram-inspired features include a grid-style layout, an […]

  • Wednesday, 28 April 2021
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Facebook has no choice but to topple TikTok in India

New Delhi: Chasing 15 seconds of fame, millions of Indians are hooked to TikTok and the success of the Chinese short video-sharing app — despite controversies and calls for regulation — has forced major digital giants to incorporate short videos on their own platforms. TikTok is available in 150 markets, in 75 languages and has […]

  • Wednesday, 28 April 2021
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TikTok parent ByteDance to set up India data centre

New Delhi: Facing pressure from the Indian government to store data within the country borders, Beijing-based ByteDance that owns the popular short video-sharing app TikTok on Sunday said it was planning to set up a data centre in India. “As a testimony to ByteDance’s recognition of India’s efforts to frame a new data protection legislation, […]

  • Wednesday, 28 April 2021
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After Kerala, Uttarakhand Police join TikTok

Dehradun: In line with their ongoing mission to bring messages on safety and social relevance to their audience while connecting with the citizens of the state directly, the Uttarakhand Police joined TikTok on Friday. The move from the Uttarakhand Police department comes shortly after the Kerala Police joined the platform amidst much fanfare. “We believe […]

  • Tuesday, 27 April 2021
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TikTok's new campaign aims to curb suicide rate in India

New Delhi: Popular short video-sharing app TikTok has collaborated with Suicide Prevention India Foundation (SPIF) to launch #YourLifeMatters, a campaign aimed at spreading awareness around the importance of mental health and curbing suicide rates in India. In observance of World Suicide Prevention Day on Tuesday, the in-app campaign encourages everyone to prioritise self-care, practice self-compassion, […]

  • Monday, 26 April 2021
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Virat Kohli Spotted Bargaining At Shop! WATCH

Cricket fans are well aware of the stature of the young cricket icon-Virat Kohli. Fans are also well aware of his earnings from cricket and endorsements. Instead of all these things, what if you find Virat bargaining at a shop… ! Virat Kohli and Anushka Sharma are just like any other Indian couple who go […]

  • Saturday, 24 April 2021
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TikTok 'Poaching' Facebook Employees Right In Its Backyard

San Francisco: Chinese short-video making platform TikTok is reportedly poaching Facebook employees and has moved into an office space in Mountain View, California that used to be frequented by WhatsApp workers before it was acquired by the social networking giant in 2014. According to a CNBC report, TikTok and its parent company ByteDance have also […]

  • Saturday, 24 April 2021
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TikTok owner ByteDance denies it will go public

Beijing: Chinese short-video making platform TikTok’s owner ByteDance has denied reports of going public in Hong Kong as early as the first quarter of 2020, media reports said. A report in Financial Times said that ByteDance, founded in 2012 and backed by investors including SoftBank, is preparing for a public listing by retaining law firm […]

  • Saturday, 24 April 2021
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Girl Held Over TikTok Video Inside Puri Srimandir

Puri: Singhadwar Police on Thursday detained a girl for allegedly recording a mobile video inside premises of Lord Jagannath temple in Puri & later posting it on social media video sharing app TikTok. According to sources, the minor girl, who hails Nirakarpur area in Khurda district was traced by police with help of her social […]

  • Friday, 23 April 2021
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TikTok-Owner ByteDance Clocks First-Ever Profit In India

New Delhi: Chinese conglomerate ByteDance that owns popular short video-sharing app TikTok has finally been able to clock profit in India. In the financial year 2019, ByteDance registered Rs 43.7 crore in revenue and Rs 3.4 crore in net profit in India, reports Inc42.com. With over 200 million users, India is the biggest market for […]

  • Friday, 23 April 2021
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TikTok Owner ByteDance Unveils Its First Smartphone

Beijing: Chinese conglomerate ByteDance that owns popular short video-sharing app TikTok has finally unveiled its rumoured smartphone named Nut Pro 3 under the Smartisan brand in China, the media has reported. The device is up on sale in China for 2,899 yuan or $412. The device, also known as Jianguo Pro 3, was developed in […]

  • Friday, 23 April 2021
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Instagram Takes On Tiktok With 'Reels' Feature

San Francisco: Facebook-owned Instagram has launched a new video-music remix feature called “Reels” to take on Chinese short video making app TikTok. According to a report in TechCrunch on Tuesday, “Reels” will let users make 15-second video clips set to music and share them as Stories. “Just like TikTok, users can soundtrack their ‘Reels’ with […]

  • Friday, 23 April 2021
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TikTok hits 1.5 billion downloads, India tops the chart

Beijing: Social video app TikTok has reached 1.5 billion downloads worldwide on the App Store as well as Google Play and India leads the chart with 466.8 million or about 31 per cent of all unique installs. In 2019, the app accumulated 614 million downloads — six per cent more than it had last year, […]

  • Friday, 23 April 2021
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TikTok Owner ByteDance Starts Testing Music App Resso In India

Beijing: Chinese short video making app TikTok’s owner ByteDance Technology Co Ltd has begun testing its new music-streaming service ‘Resso’ in India and Indonesia, aiming to take on the likes of Spotify, Apple Music, Gaana, among others. Developed by Moon Video Inc. it has already inked deals with Indian labels like T-Series and Times Music […]

  • Thursday, 22 April 2021
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