As 2020 winds down, apps like Apple Music, YouTube Music, Tidal and Spotify Wrapped have let users look back on how they spent the year. TikTok is getting in on the action with Year on TikTok, a new in-app feature that lets you look back on 2020. To see your Year on TikTok, make sure …
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TikTok and Walmart are teaming up for a “livestream shopping experience” on Friday that’ll let people shop for fashion items without leaving the popular video app, the retailer said in a blog post. The livestream is scheduled to start at 5 p.m. PT on Walmart’s page and feature 10 TikTok creators for the hour-long variety show called Holiday Shop-Along Spectacular. …
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Twitter’s streaming service for live videos, Periscope, is shutting down in March. Twitter said Tuesday that declining usage and rising costs made it unsustainable. Instead, many of its features have been built into Twitter. “Leaving it in its current state isn’t doing right by the current and former Periscope community or by Twitter,” the Periscope team wrote in a Medium …
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For the most up-to-date news and information about the coronavirus pandemic, visit the WHO and CDC websites. TikTok on Tuesday revealed its efforts to fight misinformation about the COVID-19 vaccine, as the preventive measure rolls out in the US. The video streaming platform will push people toward trustworthy sources like the CDC, as part of a wider update to its …
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TikTok is heading to the living room, at least overseas. On Monday the popular social media app began rolling out an app for Samsung Smart TVs in Europe. As spotted by Business Insider, the new app will first be available in the UK and can be accessed on Samsung TVs from 2018 or later. In a press release, Samsung says …
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Reddit on Sunday said it has acquired short-form video app Dubsmash, a rival to video-sharing giant TikTok. As part of the purchase, Reddit will integrate Dubsmash’s video creation tools into the site, “which will empower Reddit’s own creators to express themselves in original and authentic ways,” the company said in a blog post. It didn’t share financial terms of the deal. …
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Over the course of 2020, TikTok’s future has sometimes seemed to be on a knife edge. The Trump administration tried (and failed) to ban the platform, citing concern over data security for TikTok’s US users. And the administration is now forcing Chinese parent company Bytedance to sell the short-form video app’s US operations. But TikTok’s VP of global business solutions, …
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This year was rough, thanks to the coronavirus pandemic and no shortage of other tragedies. But one bright spot was the endless supply of funny, insane, inspirational and comforting videos on TikTok. The short-form video platform on Wednesday unveiled its picks for the top 100 TikTok videos, creators, trends and songs in the US, where it has about 100 million …
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Short-form video app TikTok is reportedly looking to make its content a little longer. Social media commentator Matt Navarra shared a tweet Wednesday featuring a message from TikTok saying some users now have “early access to uploading videos up to 3 minutes long.” 😮 TikTok is rolling out ability to upload longer videos of up to 3 minutes long 🤳🏻 …
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TikTok wants to makes its platform more accessible, and the video sharing site’s latest feature should help people with epilepsy feel more comfortable. The option will roll out in the coming weeks. If you encounter a video that could trigger photosensitive epilepsy, you’ll see a pop up notification with a warning and an option to skip that and all future …
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