WeChat: China’s Other Trojan Horse

The Tencent Holdings Ltd. headquarters in Shenzhen, China, on Tuesday, Oct. 12, 2021. Photographer: … [+] Qilai Shen/Bloomberg © 2021 Bloomberg Finance LP Momentum is growing behind a bill in Co...

Could The TikTok Deinfluencing Backlash Topple Influencer Culture?

Influencer Mikayla Nogueira has been caught up in a social media storm amid the rise of … [+] deinfluencing. (Photo by Stefanie Keenan/Getty Images for L’Oreal Paris) Getty Images for L...

ThredUP Teams With Nava Rose To Help Users “Dump Fast Fashion”

TikTok influencer Nava Rose wearing one of the looks she styled for Valentine’s Day. Courtesy of thredUP Influencer Nava Rose, who has 6 million followers on TikTok, has collaborated with resale...

TikTok CEO Gears Up For Congressional Hearing

Getty Images Key takeaways TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew will testify before Congress on March 2023 regarding the viral app’s data security measures The House Energy and Commerce Committee will also grill C...

TikTok CEO To Testify Before Congress Amid Growing Concerns Of Privacy, National Security, Child Exploitation

Topline TikTok Chief Executive Shou Zi Chew will testify before the U.S. Energy and Commerce Committee in March, Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-Wash.) said Monday, as the social media app f...

TikTok in Europe’s crosshairs as U.S. mulls ban on Chinese-owned app

TikTok holds its End Of Year Event 2022 in Milan, Italy, on Dec. 13. Claudio Lavenia | Getty Images Entertainment | Getty Images TikTok is beginning to feel the sting of political and regulatory press...

Julia Fox Apologizes After Misinterpreting TikTok’s Secret Meaning Of ‘Mascara’

Julia Fox attends Converse Presents “Savitree,” A Richie Shazam Short Film, At The Tribeca Festival … [+] at Spring Studios on June 16, 2022 in New York City. (Photo by Cindy Ord/Get...

Hawley Demands Biden Administration Enforce Bill Banning TikTok From Federal Devices

Topline Sen. Josh Hawley (Mo.) has requested the Biden Administration quickly enforce a bill banning TikTok from federal devices, according to a letter sent Friday to the Office of Management and Budg...

Can BookTok Save Bookstores? Read Between The Lines

#BookTok display at Half Price Books in Downers Grove, IL. Photo courtesy of Half Price Books Have you read that 25-year-old book, “Message in a Bottle,” from Nicholas Sparks? The 22-year-olds are rav...

Why Sped-Up Music—From SZA, Steve Lacy And Many More—Took Over TikTok And Became A Key Marketing Strategy

Topline Here’s why your favorite recent chart-topper has probably gotten that sped-up remix treatment on TikTok, the app’s latest viral phenomenon, which artists and record labels are jumping to capit...

TikTok iconic sensation Aopanda makes its way into Web3

The absolute TikTok phenomenon Aopanda makes its way into the Web3 arena. Aopanda happens to be an extremely cute and cuddly animated panda. It gets its characterization from an immensely popular and ...

How A Creepy Dance And Instant Gay Icon Status Turned ‘M3GAN’ Into A Box Office Smash

Topline M3GAN went viral months before her film premiered thanks to a widely imitated dance curated for TikTok fame and her instant emergence as a queer icon, paving the way for record-breaking box of...

Move Over TikTok, Make Way For Gaming

Three female models in extravagant outfits, CGI. getty Luxury brands aren’t exactly known for their pioneering curiosity when it comes to new sales and marketing channels. Most took a wait and see app...

Gen Z Launched Online Marketplace Consumerhaus Brings CPG Founder Stories To Center Stage

Consumerhaus is a recently launched Gen Z-focused marketplace selling digitally-native brands. Consumerhaus Consumerhaus, a centralized marketplace selling digitally-native brands that focus on health...

Customers Favor Buy Online Pick Up In Store As U.S. Holiday Sales Climb 5% Over Last Year

Global consumers used buy-on-line-pick-up-in-store (BOPIS ) over the holidays for online orders. getty U.S. online sales climbed from $257 million for the 2021 holiday season to $270 million for 2022,...

Customers Favor BOPIS As U.S. Holiday Sales Climb 5% Over Last Year

Global consumers used buy-on-line-pick-up-in-store (BOPIS ) over the holidays for online orders. getty U.S. online sales climbed from $257 million for the 2021 holiday season to $270 million for 2022,...

7 Consumer Loyalty Trends That Will Shape Retail In 2023

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TikTok Banned From Federal Devices – Will Fashion Sales Suffer?

(Photo by Chesnot/Getty Images) Getty Images The recent spending bill signed by President Biden includes an unexpected provision, “No TikTok on Government Devices Act,” which gives the government 60 d...

Facebook Down, Spotify Up, TikTok Stable, CapCut Keeps Growing

Most-downloaded apps globally in 2022, according to Apptopia. Apptopia If you want to know what’s happening in the world, one important metric is what apps people are downloading. For 2022, Facebook d...

This Senior Data Analyst Quits Day Job to Focus on TikTok Content Creation

Williams has branded herself on TikTok as a career strategist who helps people build wealth, and now earns a salary of about $200k a year. Hannah Williams, a 26-year-old business management major from...

Elon Musk Expresses Dissatisfaction Over IRS Norms For EV Credits, Largest iPhone Plant In China Resumes 100% Production, US Republican Back TikTok Sale To US Entity: Top Stories Today

Benzinga Elon Musk Says IRS Qualification Norms For EV Credits ‘Messed Up’ — Why He Finds It ‘Bizarre’ Ever since the IRS announced the qualifying criteria for availing of the ...

Sequoia’s Neil Shen Tops Forbes China Ranking Of Best Venture Investors

Sequoia Capital China’s Neil Shen in 2019. (Photo by VCG/VCG via Getty Images) VCG via Getty Images Neil Shen, the founding partner of Sequoia Capital China, topped an annual list of China’s bes...

Tech Companies Move Ahead Of Broadcasters In The Online Video Advertising Space

NEW YORK, NY – JUNE 17: The Apple logo is displayed at the Apple Store June 17, 2015 on Fifth … [+] Avenue in New York City. The company began selling the watch in stores Wednesday with th...

Congress Passes Bill To Ban TikTok From Federal Devices

Topline Congress approved a ban on TikTok from federal devices Friday as part of a larger government spending bill, amid a recent surge by state governments banning the app—owned by Chinese firm ByteD...

Colleen Hoover Dominating 2022 With 6 Of Year’s 10 Best-Selling Books

Topline Romance and young-adult author Colleen Hoover wrote six out of the top 10 best-selling books of 2022 through the end of November, according to market research company NPD BookScan, fueled by h...

On the Matter of TikTok, Republicans Are Perilously ‘Here to Help’

“I’m from the government and I’m here to help.” Ronald Reagan famously referred to the previous words as the most terrifying ones in the English language. What’s sad in the here and now is that Republ...

TikTok Ban On Government Devices Will Get House Vote

Topline House Speaker Nancy Pelosi supports legislation banning TikTok from federally issued devices, according to reports, following unanimous approval by the Senate Wednesday and a surge of state go...

Win Up to $1k in the QuickSwap And VersaGames TikTok Contest

QuickSwap and Versa Games are hosting a TikTok Contest and giving away $1,750 in USDC to the top 3 winners. The first place winner of the contest will receive $1,000, the second $500, and the third $2...

How to build wealth in 5 simple steps, according to a former Wall Street trader with 2 million TikTok followers

Vivian Tu, trusted by over 2 million followers to dispense sound financial wisdom, has a word of advice if you’re looking to get your money in order: STRIP. It’s an acronym that Tu, 28, has developed ...

Bipartisan Ban On TikTok Introduced By Sen. Rubio

Topline Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) announced bipartisan legislation Tuesday to ban TikTok in the U.S., citing national security concerns that the app—owned by Chinese firm ByteDance—could be used to sp...

Alabama Latest State To Ban The App Amid Security Concerns

Topline Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey (R) banned TikTok on government-issued devices in a memo sent Monday to state agency heads, the latest in a surge of states pushing to ban the app—owned by Chinese firm B...

Utah Latest State To Ban The App On Government Devices

Topline Utah Gov. Spencer Cox (R) issued an executive order banning the use of TikTok on government devices Monday, the latest in a surge of states pushing to ban the app—owned by Chinese firm ByteDan...