Strathmore Student Wins LG TikTok Dance Contest
November 23, 2021
A freelance dance choreographer who also doubles up as an MC and hype man has been named the winner in the just-concluded “Paca Dance Challenge” – a collaboration between LG Electronics and Ubisoft’s Just Dance…
TikTok Adds Automatic Captions in Latest Update
April 7, 2021
Up until now, TikTok users who wanted to add captions had to undergo the painful manual process. But it was a struggle worth undergoing since captions help videos get more accessibility on the platform. Today,…
New TikTok Feature Available to Help Creators Easily Engage with Fans
March 8, 2021
Popular short video sharing platform TikTok is rolling out a new feature to creators (users with Creator Accounts) to help them easily engage with their fans. The new Q&A feature, rolling out to all creators,…
Snapchat Testing TikTok-like Navigation for Public Content
July 14, 2020
After TikTok, together with other 58 Chinese apps, were banned in India, the US government is also considering to ban the popular short video sharing platform. TikTok’s problems have been eagerly welcome by competitor apps…
List of Most Downloaded Apps and Games in the first half of 2020
July 1, 2020
The first half of 2020 has just ended and analytics firm, Sensor Tower has released its Store Intelligence report. The report reveals the most downloaded apps and games, those that made more cash among other…
India Bans TikTok, WeChat and a Number of Other Apps by Chinese Companies
June 30, 2020
Tension between India and China is rising and the latest move comes from the Indian Government targeting a huge number of applications made by Chinese companies. In total, the Indian Government has banned a total…
YouTube Starts Testing Short 15-Second Videos To Rival TikTok
June 26, 2020
YouTube is testing a TikTok-like feature inside its mobile apps on Android and iOS.
TikTok Bans Under-16s from Sending and Receiving Private Messages
April 16, 2020
Short video sharing platform TikTok has banned all persons under age 16 from using its private messaging feature. The change means that under 16s will only be allowed to continue posting videos publicly, and even…
YouTube is Working on a TikTok Competitor, Report
April 2, 2020
TikTok is having a great time. Business is booming not only on installs but on the revenue as well. A recent report from Sensor Tower said the video-sharing platform hacked nearly 113 million installs in…