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| 19.01.2025 | TikTok: From Viral Sensation to National Security Conundrum | TikTok started as a playground for teens. It was a canvas for creativity, a stage for dance challenges, and a hub for viral trends. But now, it stands at a crossroads, caught in the web of national security concerns. This app, once celebrat... |
| 17.01.2025 | How TikTok grew from a fun app for teens into a potential national security threat | March 2012
ByteDance is founded in China by entrepreneur Zhang Yimin. Its first hit product is Toutiao, a personalized news aggregator for Chinese users.July 2014
Startup Musical.ly, later known for an eponymous app used to post short lipsy... |
| 11.12.2024 | He Pitched His First Business at 12 and Sold a Company for 8 Figures When He Was 23. Here's This Gen Z Marketing Expert's Next Big Move. Griffin Haddrill built a marketing empire working with artists ... | Griffin Haddrill pitched his first business plan at just 12 years old. Complete with hand-drawn sketches outlining distribution models for his hypothetical earbud company, his approach may have been rough, but his passion was undeniable. He... |
| 26.10.2024 | TikTok: The Double-Edged Sword of Digital Fame | TikTok is a cultural juggernaut. It’s a vibrant tapestry of creativity, laughter, and trends. But beneath the surface lies a darker narrative. The app, which exploded onto the scene in 2016, has reshaped social media. It has transformed how... |
| 25.10.2024 | When Did TikTok Come Out? The Origins and Rise of a Global Phenomenon | Share
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TikTok, the short-form video app that has taken the world by storm, has a fascinating origin story that goes beyond its flashy trends and viral videos. Since its launch, TikTok has profoundly influenced pop cul... |
| 01.06.2023 | A TikTok Shop exec breaks down the company's vision for the product and how it's wooing brands and creators | Patrick Nommensen is the general manager of UK ecommerce at TikTok. Patrick Nommensen / TikTok This story is available exclusively to Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now.
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| 04.08.2020 | CHINA BRIEF | “ByteDance will need to accept misunderstandings for a while,” says Zhang Yiming | In response to angry Chinese netizens scolding him as a traitor for considering a TikTok US buyout, ByteDance founder and CEO Zhang Yiming has released an internal letter on August 4 to employees in China, stressing the company’s Chinese ro... |
| 03.12.2019 | Gift Guide: TechCrunch writers recommend their favorite reads from 2019 | 2019 offered a blistering catalog of books to peruse, on top of the prodigious publishing schedules of the past few years (if you think we are at Peak TV, you might want to check out your local bookstore for a counterpoint).
We already chec... |
| 16.04.2018 | As Chinese censorship intensifies, gays are back while teenage mothers and tattoos are out | Following the passage of a new cybersecurity law and the removal of term limits from Chinese president Xi Jinping, China’s government is conducting a comprehensive crackdown on online discussions and content, with few companies spared the r... |
| 24.03.2018 | Стартап дня год спустя: классифайдер для продажи обуви и инструмент для автоматизации выплат актёрам | Директор по стратегии и анализу Mail.Ru Group Александр Горный о судьбе проектов из рубрики «Стартап дня».
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| 10.11.2017 | Term Sheet — Friday, November 10 | HOT TAKES
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| 10.11.2017 | Toutiao buys the only Chinese social network big in the U.S. | |
| 10.11.2017 | 10 things in tech startup you need to know today | Good morning! Here is the startup news you need to know this Friday.
US Navy cruiser tests new AEGIS baseline 9 combat system. The US Navy’s Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Mobile Bay (CG 53) has conducted a live-fire missile e... |
| 09.11.2017 | China’s Bytedance is buying Musical.ly in a deal worth $800M-$1B | Musical.ly, the lip-syncing app popular with teens and young people, has been sold to Chinese social media giant Toutiao, according to an announcement made today.
The deal is undisclosed but sources tell TechCrunch that Bytedance, the compa... |
| 18.09.2017 | Music video AR app Blin.gy shuts down | Blin.gy, the app that let users insert themselves into their favorite music videos, is shutting down. In a Medium post, co-founder and chief executive officer David Hyman wrote that the startup, which launched as Chosen three years ago and ... |
| 03.09.2017 | Consumer internet startups go mainstream outside of Silicon Valley | Hans Tung Contributor
Hans Tung is a managing partner at GGV Capital, focusing on early-stage investments in internet and e-commerce ecosystems globally. He has been named to the Forbes Midas list eight times, most recently at #10, and coun... |
| 01.09.2017 | Top 10 Entrepreneurs to Watch in 2018 | 609 shares
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| 11.08.2017 | Global social media app Musical.ly to launch in India | If your heart beats for music, it sounds good for you as Musical.ly, a social media app that lets people create their own music and comic videos, is going to entertain the Indian crowd in coming days.
The app allows users to create and edit... |
| 16.06.2017 | Apple hires video veterans to expand its original content push | Sign up for our daily briefingMake your busy days simpler with Axios AM/PM. Catch up on what's new and why it matters in just 5 minutes.
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| 13.02.2017 | Musical.ly drops its fourth app, a video messenger called Ping Pong | Musical.ly, the tween and teen focused lip-syncing app, has just dropped another app onto the App Store. Days ago, the company launched a video messaging app called Ping Pong on the App Store, in what appears to be a test ahead of a public ... |
| 01.12.2016 | Remember when GZA performed at the Crunchies? | Way back in 2012, at the 6th Annual Crunchies Awards, GZA presented an award with then-writer Drew Olanoff. And then he performed. The video is above. Excuse the audio. It’s really bad for some reason.
This February TechCrunch will host ano... |
| 29.11.2016 | That time John Oliver roasted Silicon Valley at the Crunchies | Two years ago John Oliver returned to host the Crunchies for the second time. And he roasted the crowd. The video is below and it’s worth watching.
This February TechCrunch will host another Crunchies award show. This is the 10th year. A lo... |
| 21.11.2016 | Announcing the finalists for the 10th Annual Crunchies Awards | It’s the moment we’ve all been waiting for.
Today, we announce the finalists in each category for the 10th Annual Crunchies Awards show.
The Crunchies is a long-standing tradition in the tech world, where readers nominate products, people a... |
| 08.11.2016 | Alex Zhu, cofounder of Musical.ly, joins TechCrunch Disrupt London, Dec 5-6 | TechCrunch Disrupt in London is on December 5-6! One month to go! It will be the place to come talk about new technology, your startup, other startups, everyone’s startups! Grab tickets here. Today we’re delighted to say Alex (June) Zhu, co... |
| 26.10.2016 | A SoundCloud sale would be bad for fans | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
In a month packed with big music industry stories... |
| 26.10.2016 | Announcing the TechCrunch Disrupt London 2016 Agenda | TechCrunch Disrupt London returns to London in just a few weeks and we’re excited to reveal the agenda. We have an incredible lineup with global product launches, incredible speakers, engaging demos and the clash of ideas about the future o... |
| 19.09.2016 | Analyzing China’s mobile advertising technology market | Yoni Argaman Contributor
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| 13.09.2016 | Reid Hoffman and Josh Elman on where Greylock is (still) shopping | At Disrupt SF in San Francisco this morning, in front of a packed audience, Greylock investors Reid Hoffman and Josh Elman talked about some of the trends that they’re tracking in the startup universe. Among them: the opportunity to create ... |
| 28.06.2016 | Live.ly shoots to the top of the App Store | Live.ly, the newly released live streaming app from musical.ly, has now secured the top slot in the Apple App Store. That puts live.ly above Facebook Messenger, Snapchat, Google Maps and Instagram.
Live.ly finished rolling out last Thursday... |
| 27.05.2016 | Musical.ly launches live.ly for live streaming | Musical.ly is expanding beyond music videos with the launch of live.ly, its live stream platform. Users will be able to broadcast through the live.ly app, and the streams will be viewable on musical.ly.
Launched last year, musical.ly is gro... |
| 06.05.2016 | Musical.ly raising $100 million at $500 million valuation for social music videos | Musical.ly, the app that makes it easy to create music videos, is in the process of raising about $100 million in funding, at around a $500 million post-money valuation, TechCrunch has learned. The details are still being finalized, but the... |
| 20.04.2016 | Shots acquires Mindie to build a teen video app empire | Mindie does with soundtracks what Instagram did with filters: It makes boring imagery interesting. And with the insane amount of video that teens are sharing, the music-video-making app seemed too useful to die when its creators shut down M... |
| 14.04.2016 | Gary Vaynerchuk on why he’s betting on Facebook Live, Snapchat and Musical.ly | Seasoned entrepreneur and digital strategist Gary Vaynerchuk sat down with TechCrunch to talk about his new book, #AskGaryVee. An investor in Facebook, Twitter, Uber and Tumblr, Vaynerchuk also advises Fortune 500 companies on their social ... |
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| - | New TikTok ban bill passes key House committee on a party-line vote | The U.S. House Foreign Affairs Committee voted to advance a bill Wednesday that would clear the way for President Joe Biden to ban TikTok.
The bill passed the committee along party lines, with Democrats objecting to both the broad reach of ... |
| - | Rede social de criação e compartilhamento de vídeos curtos anuncia fusão com Tik Tok e lança fundo de investimento de US$50 milhões | O musical.ly – rede social global de entretenimento que permite a criação e o compartilhamento de vídeos curtos – anunciou a fusão com o Tik Tok. O objetivo da integração é fortalecer e criar uma grande comunidade em que os usuários possam ... |
| - | New TikTok ban is poised to advance in Congress | A bill to revise legal protections that have shielded TikTok from U.S. sanctions is expected to pass a key House committee on Tuesday, paving the way for a broader ban on the popular short video app.
Sponsored by House Foreign Affairs Commi... |
