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  TikTok hacked! 2 billion user database stolen- Report

  Technology | September 05, 2022 20:07 IST

  Microsoft 365 Defender Research Team just discovered a vulnerability in the TikTok app for Android that can let hackers take over private, short-form videos of millions of users once they clicked on a malicious link.

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  Beware! This TikTok bug could expose your private videos to millions

  Technology | September 01, 2022 11:14 IST

  Microsoft discovered a high-severity vulnerability in the TikTok Android application, which could have allowed the attackers to compromise users' accounts with a single click.

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  Banned in India, TikTok is giving severe headache to Facebook in the US - Here's how

  Technology | August 24, 2022 11:22 IST

  If Mark Zuckerberg (Facebook) would like to beat TikTok, he will have to copy it as soon as possible.

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  Do not share TikTok videos on Instagram and YouTube- But why?

  Technology | August 19, 2022 19:58 IST

  If you want to export the footage from Reels to use in another app (like TikTok), you have to actually post the Reel first in order to save the sound. Instagram and YouTube are discouraging this promotion, and here are the other facts.

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  TikTok Music app set to challenge Spotify and Apple: Know-how?

  Technology | August 01, 2022 15:43 IST

  TikTok Music App: The TikTok app (Brazil) further comes with a touch button which redirects the users to the Resso app- enabling the user to hear the full version of a song which they have been listening to or are interested in.

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  Why do kids and teens spend more time on TikTok?

  Technology | July 14, 2022 13:27 IST

  TikTok has been steadily inching into its territory with long-form content of its own, and could potentially lure creators to a platform where both shorter and longer content is more intertwined.

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  TikTok Update: This new feature will enable users to filter adult content filters for videos

  Technology | July 13, 2022 23:17 IST

  TikTok Update: A maturity score will be given to the user for any specific video to help them prevent adult rated filters and content from those who are under 18 years of age.

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  TikTok 'blackout challenge' took the life of 7 kids

  Technology | July 08, 2022 11:52 IST

  TikTok encouraged the users to "choke themselves with belts, purse strings, or anything similar until passing out." This indeed backlashed on the platform really bad as multiple lawsuits from parents.

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  TikTok to bring new 18+ restriction setting for live streams

  Technology | July 06, 2022 12:44 IST

  TikTok has recently said that it was developing a system to identify and restrict certain types of content from being accessed by teenagers.

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  TikTok is not handing over US users' data to China, says the CEO

  Technology | July 02, 2022 18:44 IST

  TikTok has stated that it now stores 100 per cent of US user data by default in the Oracle cloud environment, and is not handing any user information or data to the Chinese government.  

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  TikTok will not be available on Apple and Google app stores, and this is the reason

  Technology | June 29, 2022 15:19 IST

  The TikTok app is available to millions of Americans through the app stores on iOS and Android. The short video platform is reported to collect vast troves of sensitive data about US users.

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  Khaby Lame overtakes Charli D’Amelio as most followed TikTok video creator

  Trending | June 24, 2022 9:59 IST

  Khaby Lame's first viral video was posted on November 2020 which was viewed over 17 million times. In the short clip, Lame was seen reacting to a life hack where after a man lock's a woman's backpack to a post.

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  YouTube Shorts a huge hit! Logs 1.5 billion monthly users

  Technology | June 16, 2022 17:24 IST

  YouTube has reported that 1.5 billion users monthly log in to their accounts to watch the short-form videos on YouTube. The stats have been compared with around 2 billion users who visit YouTube every month- from April onwards, as per TechCrunch.

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  TikTok parent ByteDance to partner with Hiranandani Group and re-enter India

  Technology | June 02, 2022 16:31 IST

  Though it is yet not clear if ByteDance is actually looking to partner with the Hiranandani Group’s new venture Tez Platforms or is hoping to store its data in the Yotta Infrastructure Solutions’ data centres.   

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  TikTok Pulse feature enable the advertisers to place their brand next to top content, know more

  Technology | May 05, 2022 17:41 IST

  TikTok Pulse, is a new featrue on the short video platform which will begin to explore its advertising revenue share programme with creators, public figures and media publishers.

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  Instagram is working on fullscreen feed like TikTok

  Technology | May 04, 2022 13:10 IST

  The new feature is currently in the testing phase and is showing up for select users on the platform. 

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  TikTok App creators made fake accounts with content taken from other social platforms

  Technology | April 05, 2022 10:10 IST

  ByteDance allegedly took videos, usernames, pictures and more from the social media platforms and uploaded them to the app without users' consent or knowledge.  

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  Evolution of Short-Video Industry

  Technology | March 06, 2022 8:00 IST

  The short video industry has been upscaling and has gained an enormous following over the period of time. people are more comfortable with short-format videos and have been creating reels, adding pictures and making the best possible use of various platform to explore opportunity and express talent in the form of creative videos. 

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  YouTube adds live rings to show when someone is streaming Live

  Technology | February 21, 2022 19:09 IST

  YouTube has recently added an indicator to show when any channel is live streaming on the platform. The new update will display a ring along with the word "Live" on it around a channel's profile picture when they are live streaming (like Instagram).  

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  Pakistani TikToker assault case: 24 arrested for assaulting, harassing woman Tiktoker on I-Day

  World | August 21, 2021 8:05 IST

  A horrifying video from Pakistan had recently emerged online in which hordes of men were seen groping, mauling and tearing off the clothes of a woman, who is famed for her videos on TikTok.