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TikTok Retains Its Crown as World’s Most Downloaded Short Video App, Other Chinese Apps Follow

Several Chinese short video/live broadcast applications made it into the Top 20 of Apple’s App Store and Google Play in terms of downloads and revenue outside mainland China during the second quarter of 2019.

ByteDance To Release Its Own Smartphone

China's ByteDance, owner of the popular TikTok streaming app, is confirmed on July 29 to be taking a step into hardware to develop its own smartphone.

TikTok Owner ByteDance Seems to Have Bought AI Music Startup Jukedeck

TikTok’s parent company ByteDance might have acquired Jukedeck, an AI music startup behind a tool that can automatically generate tunes.

ByteDance To Build India Data Center To Avert TikTok Trouble

ByteDance announced it is setting up a data center in India, where its app TikTok has been under scrutiny for privacy violations and possibly facing a ban.

TikTok Investigated Over Children’s Data Privacy

UK regulators are investigating ByteDance's short video application TikTok on how they handle the personal data collected from younger users, and whether it prioritizes the safety of children on its social network.

ByteDance Enters Gaming Sector

Caijing’s Late Post reported that ByteDance, the world’s most valuable startup, is looking to begin developing mobile games.

Bytedance Invests $182 Million in Sports Community Platform

On June 6, sports community platform Hupu officially confirmed that it obtained 1.26 billion yuan ($182 million) from Bytedance in the pre-IPO round. This gives Bytedance a 30% stake in Hupu.

TikTok Owner to Launch a Music Service Just as its Music Licenses are About to Expire

Just over a month ago news surfaced that TikTok’s music licenses were expiring, which could put the company in a complicated situation.

TikTok Ban in India Lifted by Madras High Court

TikTok users in India can breathe a sigh of relief as the temporary ban on the app downloads gets lifted, making the app available for download again.

TikTok Banned In India For Pornography Only? Not Really

If someone hasn't downloaded TikTok, the viral video-sharing app by the Chinese company ByteDance, from the Indian app store, he might not be able to ever use the app.

Huawei and ByteDance Founders Featured in Time’s 100 Most Influential People List of 2019

On Apr. 18, Time released its list of the 100 most influential people in 2019. Apart from entertainment celebrities like Taylor Swift and Ariana Grande, the list also brings with it big guns from China's tech industry including Ren Zhengfei, founder of Huawei, Zhang Yiming, CEO of Bytedance and He Jiankui, the initiator of the world-renowned gene-editing surgery.

These Chinese Apps are Growing in Popularity in India

India has become the world’s fastest-growing mobile application market over the past few years. With more than 1.3 billion potential consumers, the Indian app market is attracting lots of attention as a huge opportunity for app growth. Thus, Chinese apps such as TikTok, Helo, LIVE, UC Browser, backed by China’s tech giants, have managed to gain popularity in India.