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Foxconn says demand for iPhone 12 is strong and US factories will continue investing as planned Foxconn, an Apple product manufacturer, expects strong demand for the new iPhone 12 in the Christmas holiday this year. The company also pointed out that it will continue to invest in the U.S. as…

Last month, TikTok, and its sister app Douyin, were downloaded 66 million times globally, representing a year-on-year increase of 9.5%, according to a report by research firm SensorTower.Users in China had the strongest interest in the app, with the country accounting for 12% of its total October downloads, followed by Brazil with…

(Source: Forbes) The U.S. Department of Commerce announced to allow ByteDance’s TikTok to continue to operate in the U.S. on Nov. 12, the previously set deadline for the executive ban, putting a pause on the months of confrontation between the viral short video app and the Trump Administration on the issue…

The US government on Thursday said that it won’t enforce the order that would shut down the US usage of TikTok, the viral short video app owned by Chinese company ByteDance, which was labeled as a national security threat by the Trump administration, the Wall Street Journal reported. As the…

The US Department of Commerce will delay enforcing a ban on Bytedance’s TikTok following a court order in favor of the video-sharing social networking app.On Thursday, the US Court of Appeals in Washington DC set new dates of December 14 and 28 for ByteDance and the Trump administration to file…

The fate of TikTok in the United States got even more confusing this week. The U.S. Justice and Commerce Departments sent conflicting messages today about TikTok’s future, which is now up in the air with the upcoming administration transition. The Department of Commerce said Thursday it would abide by an…

In the heat of the recent US elections, it almost seemed that the current Trump administration was too busy to remember the deadline it set for TikTok to divest or shut down its operations in the US. After months of uncertainty, TikTok has finally gotten a reprieve as the US…

President Donald Trump has issued multiple executive orders aimed at banning TikTok or forcing it to sell to US investors. Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images; Samantha Lee/Business Insider The Commerce Department said it won't enforce an executive order that would have effectively banned TIkTok in the US in order to comply…

US delays TikTok ban Updated 1 day ago · Published on 13 Nov 2020 9:00AM · No deal has been finalised to transfer ownership of TikTok to an American business to allay security concerns. – AFP pic, November 13, 2020. THE United States government said yesterday it would delay enforcement…

Last Updated: 13th November, 2020 11:39 IST In line with PM Modi's vision, two brothers from Kashmir's Budgam district have created a mobile application which they say is an alternative to China's TikTok After India banned China-based highly popular TikTok in June following a border dispute with China in the…