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Before Kaagaz Scanner's success, these techies had built a solid AI tool

Sorted AI is led by the mission to bring AI to tailor-made applications for millions of Indians. And it is now at an inflection point

TikTok: As Microsoft emerges saviour, netizens are all praise for old firm

A look at Microsoft's track record on recent acquisitions, including building game Minecraft in 2014 and business networking site LinkedIn in 2016, could validate TikTok users' optimism

US wants to ban TikTok rather than force a sale: Internal ByteDance letter

The letter was sent only to ByteDance's Chinese employees after news that ByteDance was in talks to sell parts of TikTok to Microsoft Corp

Snapchat testing new feature of snaps with music to take on TikTok

Photo-messaging app Snapchat has started testing a new feature that lets users set their Snaps with music, similar to what Chinese short-video making app TikTok offers

Microsoft's long history in China complicates potential deal with TikTok

Microsoft entered China in 1992, helping to engineer the government's computer systems and installing special versions of Windows operating systems

Donald Trump seeks TikTok payment to US, despite no clear authority

It would be unprecedented, based on recent history, for the US government to collect a cut of a transaction involving companies in which it doesn't hold a stake

China won't allow a TikTok 'smash and grab' by US, state media warns

ByteDance became the world's largest startup thanks to the success abroad of TikTok, which American lawmakers accuse of posing a threat to national security by vacuuming up data

Microsoft's takeover would be a win for TikTok and tech giants - not users

If successful, Microsoft will take over the app's operations in the US and potentially also in Canada, Australia and New Zealand

With TikTok, 'uncool' Microsoft aims for love of tweens, perception change

Microsoft made the announcement after its chief executive, Satya Nadella, talked with President Trump, who had threatened to ban the hugely popular social media company, which is owned by ByteDance

TikTok, Donald Trump and an impulse to act as CEO to Corporate America

The president's interventions in company dealings based on his own instincts are a departure from the arm's-length approach of predecessors of either party

Donald Trump vows TikTok ban if no US sale deal reached by Sept 15

Microsoft said Sunday that CEO Satya Nadella had spoken to Trump and "is prepared to continue discussions to explore a purchase of TikTok in the United States"

Chinese unicorn ByteDance to shift HQ from Beijing to London: Report

A formal announcement from ByteDance's founders on setting up shop in London is expected soon, said the report

Microsoft nears big bet on TikTok after risky LinkedIn deal shows promise

Microsoft on Sunday said it aims to complete a deal by Sept. 15 for TikTok's U.S., Canada, Australia and New Zealand operations

Microsoft talk of buying TikTok's US operations raises hackles in China

The proposed acquisition of parts of TikTok, which boasts 100 mn US users, would offer Microsoft an opportunity to become a major competitor to social media giants such as Facebook and Snap Inc

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'Kingmaker Nadella': How Tiktok could become Microsoft's deal of the decade

American software giant confirms talks to buy the short-video sensation that boasts more than 100 million users in the US alone

Tiktok's ByteDance initiates talks with tech firm for US operations: Report

President Donald Trump only agreed to allow Microsoft Corp to negotiate the acquisition of popular short-video app TikTok if it could secure a deal in 45 days

Rising call to ban TikTok in US brings chaos to its user community

TikTok has had a fraught relationship with the United States government for some time

Trump gives Tiktok's ByteDance 45 days to agree to Microsoft sale: Report

One idea under consideration is to give Microsoft and ByteDance a transition period to develop technology for TikTok that will be completely separate from ByteDance

TikTok owner ByteDance accuses Facebook of 'plagiarism and smears'

The Chinese firm also said it faced 'complex and unimaginable difficulties' as it worked to grow into global company