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Wednesday, July 30, 2025
TopicByteDance

Topic: ByteDance

TikTok rival Byte debuts at top of Apple’s US app store

Byte was downloaded more than 780,000 times over the weekend, with three quarters of those installs coming from the US.

ByteDance is looking for a new CEO for its TikTok business

The hiring of a new US-based CEO may be aimed at resolving security concerns raised by American politicians over the Chinese video app.

Vigo — the Chinese social media app where India’s cows & newlyweds’ PDA are going viral

Chinese social media app Vigo has been in the news with the alleged disappearance of one of its Indian stars.

TikTok to PUBG, Indian users in Chinese grip: free apps come with data privacy concerns

China’s domination of India’s app economy rides on users' aversion to pay for online services. But Chinese apps have been repeatedly criticised for their misuse.

TikTok owner testing music app in bid for next global hit

The new app Resso displays lyrics and also allows users to generate music-accompanied GIFs and videos, emulating a favorite feature of TikTok.

California college student sues TikTok over data use

The student alleged TikTok harvested her videos, gathered personally identifiable information and then transferred that data to servers in China.

TikTok locks teen’s account after video on China Muslims, then says no political censorship

China's TikTok suspended the account of US teen Feroza Aziz allegedly after she uploaded a video criticising treatment of Uyghur Muslims in Xinjiang.

TikTok owner ByteDance plans major global expansion and then go public

ByteDance, the world’s most valuable start-up, is unlikely to rush into an IPO in the middle of a bitter trade war and rising scrutiny from Washington.

On Camera

Meghnad Desai was a man of many passions. Marxian economics, politics to Bollywood

Meghnad’s interest went much beyond economics and politics. This is reflected in his writing, particularly after his retirement as a full-time LSE professor in 2003.

Govt’s earlier FDI limit of 74% in insurance sector has remained underutilised, Parliament told

In the latest budget, the FDI limit was increased to 100 percent, but most foreign companies are not buying such large stakes in the Indian insurance sector.

India to get last of Spain-built C-295 next month, focus now on 1st India-made aircraft

New Delhi: The last of the C-295 transport aircraft that is replacing the ageing Avro fleet of the Indian Air Force (IAF) will be...

Modi’s Bharat vs Indira’s India: 11-yr report card of politics, diplomacy, economy, nationalism

As Narendra Modi becomes India’s second-longest consecutively serving Prime Minister, we look at how he compares with Indira Gandhi across four key dimensions.