[ad_1] A division of the financial news publication Caijing claimed that a former Smartisan executive (Wu Dezhou) is leading the project, which reportedly began seven months ago. There’s a good chance you won’t see this phone outside of China when Smartisan is a niche brand even within the country. However, it’s a reflection of ByteDance’s […]
Category: Tiktok
TikTok's creator is reportedly making a smartphone
[ad_1] TikTok's owner ByteDance may have grander ambitions than chat apps and streaming music — Financial Times tipsters have claimed that the company is working on its own smartphone. The device would draw on acquired patents and talent from Chinese phon… [ad_2] Source link
The company behind TikTok is reportedly launching a Spotify rival
[ad_1] ByteDance is already a player of sorts in this game with TikTok and its Chinese counterpart Douyin, which have been downloaded 500 million times. The apps have become surprisingly prominent in the music industry — for instance, “Old Town Road,” the current number one song, first developed a following on TikTok. In Asia, the […]
Vine successor Byte is now in closed beta
[ad_1] As you can see from Hofmann’s early demo of the app, Byte has the same feel as Vine, but delivers vertical videos instead of the boxed loops of its predecessor. TechCrunch also reports that the current version only allows direct camera recordings — meaning no uploads — and features a feed with Likes and […]
To find new K-pop and J-pop stars
[ad_1] Two rounds of competition will be held over the next five months to choose the Top 100 and Top 18 acts to advance to the next round based on the popularity of their videos and the judges’ selections. TikTok says five to ten acts will be crowned winners at the end of the season, […]