TikTok

TMT

11 August, 2020

Microsoft faces complex technical challenges in TikTok carveout

Microsoft Corp's bid to carve out parts of TikTok from its Chinese owner ByteDance will be a technically complex endeavour ......

TMT

10 August, 2020

Video platform Chingari raises seed funding weeks after TikTok ban

Tech4Billion Media Pvt Ltd, which operates video-focussed social media platform Chingari, has raised $1.3 million (Rs 9.7 crore) in a ......

TMT

07 August, 2020

Trump orders US bans on TikTok, Tencent's WeChat in 45 days

U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday unveiled sweeping bans on U.S. transactions with China's ByteDance, owner of video-sharing app TikTok, ......

TMT

07 August, 2020

Microsoft aiming to buy TikTok's entire global business: Report

Microsoft Corp is chasing a deal to buy all of TikTok's global business, the Financial Times reported on Thursday, citing ......

TMT

05 August, 2020

Govt widens China app ban to cover more from Xiaomi, Baidu

India has banned some mobile apps of Chinese companies such as Xiaomi Corp and Baidu Inc, three sources told Reuters ......

TMT

04 August, 2020

ShareChat in talks with Sequoia, others to raise up to $200 mn

Indian content-sharing platform ShareChat is in early-stage talks with U.S.-based Sequoia Capital and some other investors to raise up to ......

TMT

29 July, 2020

Sequoia, other ByteDance investors value TikTok at $50 bn in takeover bid

Some investors of TikTok’s parent company ByteDance seeking to take over the popular social media app are valuing it at ......

General

27 July, 2020

Grapevine: Brookfield gears up for REIT's IPO; Sequoia loses senior exec

Canada’s Brookfield Asset Management plans to raise up to $700 million (Rs 5,230 crore) by listing a real estate investment ......

General

24 July, 2020

Grapevine: ByteDance may back Lido Learning; Fourth Partner Energy seeks $150 mn

China’s ByteDance, the parent of short-video app TikTok, is in talks to invest in Mumbai-based education-technology startup Lido Learning, a ......

Economy

24 July, 2020

Govt tightens import rules for bidders from China, other neighbours

India on Thursday said bidders from bordering countries eyeing government contracts would need prior registration and security clearances, a move ......