Bytendance Ltd.’s ticket ok website is displayed on the smartphone in an arranged photograph. Andrew Herrer | Bloomberg | Getty Images Of the many questions surrounding the fate of the ticket ok, the biggest would be if the Trump administration, in the U.S., both financially and operationally, would approve a …
Read More »Mart mart becomes creative, goes virtual as he plans to buy holiday toys
Toys for sale at Wal-Mart in Burbank, California. Patrick T. Falan | Bloomberg | Getty Images Before each holiday season, Walmart gathers hundreds of children at a convention center near its Arkansas headquarters. Young testers try a lot of toys and choose what they want to get from Santa. It …
Read More »China tightens tech export controls, jeopardizing tech deal, reports say
In this arranged photograph in London, UK on Monday, Aug 3, 2020, the ticket ok application icon, in front of the national flags of China and the US, is displayed on the smartphone. Holly Adams | Bloomberg | Getty Images According to reports published in the Wall Street Journal and …
Read More »Walmart wanted to strike majority of TikTok; collaborated with Alphabet, SoftBank
The TikTok website of ByteDance Ltd. is displayed on a smartphone in a remote photo. Andrew Harrer | Bloomberg | Getty Images Walmart and Microsoft may seem like an unlikely partnership to acquire TikTok’s US assets, but until very recently the retailer had other plans. Before Walmart partnered with Microsoft …
Read More »With bids on TikTok, Walmart is looking to turn a political turmoil in its own favor
For Walmart, a political tug-of-war over TikTok has become an opportunity to follow an app with a huge fan base. The company confirmed Thursday that it is partnering with Microsoft to buy the tech platform, which is owned by Beijing-based ByteDance. The parent company of TikTok is looking for a …
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