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Regulator Visits ByteDance's Douyin to Discuss Revised Pricing Rules

Beijing’s market regulator recently visited ByteDance’s Douyin video hosting service to look into the company’s livestreaming e-commerce business and discuss how to prevent over-charging, a statement, published on Thursday on the regulator’s official WeChat account, said. The regulator’s visit to Douyin – the Chinese version of TikTok – comes at a time when Beijing has […]

ByteDance Plans Music-streaming Expansion to Take on Spotify - WSJ

China’s ByteDance Ltd is in talks with music labels for expanding its music-streaming service globally to compete with industry leaders such as Spotify Technology SA, the Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday. The TikTok parent plans to eventually integrate music streaming within its short-video service and scale it to serve as a major platform for […]

TikTok's Parent Company ByteDance is Entering the U.S VR Market

According to a report from Protocol, ByteDance, the parent company behind TikTok, is taking serious steps to enter the virtual reality (VR) market. The corporation intends to invest heavily in this endeavor, according to a source familiar with the subject, to create VR-related content. It appears like ByteDance is spending a significant amount on employment. […]

ByteDance CFO becomes TikTok CEO, as company reshuffles into 6 units

ByteDance is planning to disjoin its global social media sensation, TikTok, into a solitary business unite, following an executive decision to break down the company into six entities, according to Reuters. Chief executive officer (CEO), Liang Rubo, has initiated plans to refurbish the technology enterprise into various parts, following founder Zhang Yiming’s decision to retire from […]

ByteDance leverages TikTok to take down Amazon

ByteDance plans to globally emerge into the e-commerce industry by leveraging TikTok, to launch an international shopping platform, attracting merchants and consumers taking on Amazon. The Beijing-based company proved itself as a force to be reckoned with as it expands its influence over a diversified multitude of platforms, and its latest tactic to overtake Amazon’s […]

ByteDance debunks rumors of selling TikTok’s AI Technology

Tiktok’s Chinese caretaker company ByteDance debunks any implications of selling Tiktok’s advanced artificial intelligence technology to other companies. Succeeding a published report by the Financial Times stating the Beijing-based company ByteDance will be selling its prominent Tiktok’s AI technology to well thought of list of clients.   Allegedly, the client list includes a distinct range […]

Apple halts ByteDance attempt to bypass ATT

In an unprecedent effort, ByteDance, owner of popular video-sharing app TikTok, attempted to bypass Apple’s App Tracking Transparency (ATT) measures in collaboration with a several other Chinese tech company, but Apple managed to halt any peculiar activity that might jeopardize their users’ privacy.  This transpired as Chinese tech companies attempted to switch to their new […]