Bytedance goes on a lawsuit spree, sues both Tencent and Baidu on same day
Bytedance just can't seem to get enough of court hearings. After losing a court battle to Tencent in July last year over copyright violations and suing…
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Tencent and ByteDance founders argue on WeChat Moments about Douyin
Tencent’s CEO and chairman, Pony Ma, and founder of ByteDance, Zhang Yiming, were caught bickering today on their WeChat Moments, a function similar to…
Douyin is the most downloaded app in the Apple App Store
Douyin has become the world most downloaded non-game app in the iOS App Store, according to market research company SensorTower. The short video app ha…
The company behind Jinri Toutiao is creating its own AI chips
The recent US ban on selling components to China’s state-owned communication technology ZTE has become a boon for China’s chip makers. Bytedance—the co…
Toutiao and 3 other news apps taken down from Chinese app stores
Four of China’s most popular news apps have disappeared from Chinese app stores as of 3pm today. The enforced takedown by authorities was reported by S…
We need a Toutiao for podcasts
Last month, I wrote an op-ed taking a critical eye to the globalization strategy of Bytedance, the Beijing-based parent company of ultra-popular Chines…
China’s most popular apps are also helping find the country’s missing people
Jinri Toutiao is now the single biggest finder of missing people in China. Since incorporating the functionality in February 2016 until mid-December 20…
Toutiao is making fake news to train its anti-fake news AI
Toutiao’s AI software did not generate this headline, but for the 20 million pieces of content that flow through the platform each day, headline genera…
Toutiao and beyond: How Bytedance will keep making global headlines
AI-powered news recommendation app Jinri Toutiao is as sticky as apps get. Plus the user data it generates could be far richer than the likes of social…
Toutiao parent continues world expansion with Musical.ly purchase and Cheetah Mobile collaboration
Toutiao's parent company ByteDance is taking globalization seriously and its recent shopping spree proves it. On Wednesday, the proud owner of China’s …