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Major record labels want more money for music played on ByteDance-owned app TikTok and its China-based equivalent Douyin
According to a report in Bloomberg, Universal Music, Sony Music and Warner Music could pull their catalogs from the apps if no progress is made during negotiations presently taking place ahead of the expiration of their deals this spring. TikTok is a short-form mobile video and live video streaming platform based in Los Angeles, with… Read more »
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Borussia Dortmund becomes first Bundesliga club to launch on TikTok
Sports clubs and teams around the world have been long trying new ways to reach a wider fan base across the world. With major players within the sports world investing in new world brands and conjointly in social platforms, the limits of reaching news fans every year are just beyond the eye can meet. TikTok… Read more »
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80% youngsters want TikTok prohibited in India: Survey
Eight out of ten millennials living in India want the controversial Chinese video app TikTok to be banned, reveals a survey by news app Inshorts. This comes after the Madras high court last week advised the Central government to ban the app claiming it was encouraging pornography among children. The court said that inappropriate content was being… Read more »
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Snapchat’s reinventing itself to fight Instagram
Last week, Snapchat held its first partner summit, where it described the company’s new approach to standing out from competitors like Instagram. Key announcements included new ar features for lenses, new Snap original content, a multiplayer gaming platform, and a brand new developer kit to integrate Snapchat stories in other apps (like Tinder). Let’s break down these announcements to understand what the corporate wants to do. First, the new ar features include: Solving math… Read more »
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Queen Elizabeth II posts on royal family Instagram account for the first time
Queen Elizabeth II has posted on Instagram for the first time, sharing a picture and personal message with the royal family account’s 4.7 million followers. The monarch shared the post on the Royal family’s Instagram account to help promote the science museum in London. The image was of a letter from 19th-century inventor and mathematician Charles Babbage to Queen… Read more »
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4 Brands crushing it on Instagram right now
Instagram has quickly evolved from a simple image sharing platform to an unbelievably effective social media branding and marketing tool for businesses – giant and small. We all know the importance of a Facebook marketing strategy on-line, however is your company using Instagram to brand itself? If not, you’re not alone. However what’s vital is that you get started, and simply jumping right… Read more »
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Facebook stops asking new users for email passwords
Facebook has halted a sketchy practice of asking some new users for their outside email credentials in order to verify their accounts. After a Twitter user on Sunday shared a screenshot of Facebook asking them for the password to their email, the social media large faced intense criticism from security professionals. A spokesman for Facebook… Read more »
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Tik Tok Adds Video Reactions to Next-Gen App Experiences
The evolution of in-app video stories is absolutely fascinating to watch. ByteDance currently knows a way to build some of the foremost viral apps within the world, as Douyin (called “TikTok” outside of China) is doing something that’s truly innovative. What if the era of binary likes, upvotes and Facebook reactions is over and you… Read more »
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Report: online predators use teen app TikTok to solicit kids
A popular app for teens and tweens is reportedly now a magnet for child predators. It’s called TikTok. It’s one amongst the most downloaded apps among teenagers, beating out Instagram and Facebook. Specialists say kids and teens love TikTok as a way to express themselves briefly, fun videos, gain a following, and attract interaction with… Read more »
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TikTok wasn’t banned in Pakistan
Posts on Facebook and Twitter, which have been shared hundreds of times, claim that Pakistan would block music video app TikTok from January 10, 2019. TikTok said the claim was false; Pakistan’s telecoms regulator said it was not responsible for any ban, and the app was still on the market within the country days after… Read more »









