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TikTok suspends livestreaming in Russia
New Delhi: The short-video social media platform TikTok has suspended new content and livestreaming abilities on its platform in Russia due to country’s new “fake news” law. Russian President Vladimir Putin recently…
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TikTok rival Dubsmash dies quietly
New Delhi: Popular online discussion platform Reddit, which acquired short-form video social platform Dubsmash late last year, has finally shut down the platform. Dubsmash will not be available to download through the…
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Facebook Reels goes global with new money-making tools for creators
New Delhi: Meta has launched its TikTok-rival short-video making app Facebook Reels for iOS and Android to more than 150 countries across the globe. To help creators earn money from Facebook Reels,…
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YouTube adds TikTok-style live rings to show when someone is streaming
New Delhi: Google-owned video-streaming giant YouTube is adding a new indicator to show when a channel is live streaming on the platform. The feature would make it easier to find live content.…
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TikTok is future of social media, agree Meta, Snapchat
New Delhi: As more and more people, especially the millennials and Generation Z, watch videos on social media, both Meta (now formerly Facebook) and Snapchat have indicated that the future of social…
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Uzbekistan’s political party proposes banning TikTok
Tashkent: The Adolat Social Democratic Party of Uzbekistan on Wednesday called for a complete ban on Chinese video-sharing social network TikTok, accusing it of doing more harm than good. “It is necessary…
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YouTube Shorts hit 5 trillion all-time views: Sundar Pichai
San Francisco: YouTube Shorts, a TikTok-like short form video app, has hit 5 trillion all-time views and has over 15 billion views each day globally, Alphabet and Google CEO Sundar Pichai has…
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TikTok confirms testing support for paid subscriptions
Beijing: Short video platform has said that it is testing support for paid subscriptions, paving the way for creators on the short form video platform to charge for their content. The company…
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Soon retweet with TikTok-like reaction videos on Twitter
New Delhi: Joining Meta-owned Instagram in blatantly copying TikTok features, micro-blogging platform Twitter has started testing a new tool called “quote tweet with reaction,” where the users can embed a tweet copy…
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TikTok testing ‘repost’ button to share clips
Beijing: Short video platform TikTok is reportedly testing a “repost” button in its app that allows users to quickly re-share a clip with their followers. According to Engadget, the new feature which…
