ByteDance is expanding in the Seattle area. A third quarter report from real estate firm Broderick Group reveals that TikTok owner ByteDance recently subleased another 66,000 square-feet of office space… Read More
TikTok is looking to aggressively grow its employee footprint in the Seattle area as the social media video app takes on Amazon for e-commerce shoppers, according to a report Thursday… Read More
States and cities continue to ban TikTok from government-owned devices. New York City became the latest to do so this week, issuing a directive that cited security concerns. We checked… Read More
With the future of TikTok in the U.S. in doubt again, there’s a fresh round of speculation about potential buyers for the hit social video app. Microsoft is among the… Read More
Talk about a sh**ty day at work. An Amazon delivery driver making a stop at a customer’s house fell into what appears to be a septic hole. Standing in knee-deep… Read More
TikTok is hiring logistics and e-commerce industry veterans in Seattle and Los Angeles to oversee the design and creation of its own U.S. fulfillment network, according to a series of… Read More
Seattle Public Schools issued an update to families in the district on Friday morning about a so-called “TikTok challenge” involving threats of school violence on the video-sharing platform. The anonymous… Read More
ByteDance, the Beijing-based parent company of social video app TikTok, is expanding in the U.S. with a 44,000-square-foot office in Bellevue, Wash. The space, subleased from enterprise tech giant SAP… Read More
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella this week called the company’s unsuccessful efforts to acquire TikTok’s U.S. operations last year “the strangest thing” he’s ever worked on. Brad Smith, Microsoft’s president and… Read More
Rudy Willingham, the Seattle artist known for his colorful, stop-motion photo cutouts on social media, is teaming with rapper/singer Lil Nas X to release TikTok’s first-ever NFT. Willingham has 4… Read More
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella offered new details about the company’s unsuccessful attempt to acquire TikTok a year ago on Monday night at the Code Conference. “It’s the strangest thing I’ve… Read More
Nothing like a little current events mixed in with your video game play. The saga of a container ship that’s been stuck in the Suez Canal for six days has… Read More
The news this morning that the Biden administration has halted the sale of TikTok’s U.S. operations further illustrates the extraordinary nature of the Trump administration’s move to force the divestiture… Read More
Market intelligence firm Apptopia released its report on the most downloaded mobile apps of 2020. In a year that was defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, many people’s behavior on- and… Read More
Microsoft is not back in the running to acquire TikTok, a source familiar with the situation said Friday morning, refuting a statement made by President Trump to reporters on Thursday… Read More
Microsoft’s bid for TikTok fell through after the tech giant insisted on acquiring full control of the social video app’s U.S. operations, data, source code and algorithms, declining to settle… Read More
Microsoft will not acquire TikTok’s U.S. operations after ByteDance rejected the company’s offer. The Redmond, Wash.-based tech giant was seen as a front-runner to acquire TikTok after President Trump set… Read More
Here’s what we’re talking about on the GeekWire Podcast this week. When Athira Pharma filed with the Nasdaq for a possible initial public offering, led by CEO Leen Kawas, it… Read More
President Trump again called for a payment to the U.S. Treasury as part of a deal with TikTok. Speaking to reporters outside Air Force One before flying to Kenosha, Wisc.… Read More
After a tumultuous few weeks, the future of hit social video app TikTok in the United States could soon become more clear, but it might not be the end of… Read More
TikTok on Monday sued the U.S. government over President Trump’s executive order that demands the app’s owner, China-based ByteDance, to sell off or spin out its TikTok business in the… Read More
Georg Petschnigg learned a lot during an 10-year career at Microsoft, where he worked on various consumer products such as PowerPoint and Microsoft Courier. He also got an inside look… Read More
TikTok plans to sue the Trump administration over the president’s executive order to ban the popular app, according to a report from NPR. President Trump on Thursday signed an executive… Read More
Here’s what we’re talking about on the GeekWire Podcast this week. Who would have thought that Microsoft could be the likely white knight to save social video app TikTok from… Read More
A new Seattle startup is launching next month targeting the influencers and creatives who make TikTok and Instagram popular. LitPic believes it can differentiate itself in a hotly competitive space… Read More
Wired posted a chummy interview on Friday with Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates and long-time technology reporter Steven Levy. The two connected earlier this week for a conversation touching on many… Read More
President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday blocking all transactions with ByteDance, the China-based company that owns TikTok, in 45 days. Trump cited a “national emergency with respect to… Read More
Microsoft might be TikTok’s most likely buyer but Amazon will host the popular mobile app’s TV debut. Starting Thursday, TikTok is launching on Amazon Fire TV devices in the U.S.… Read More
Microsoft is considering buying a bigger chunk of fast-growing social media giant TikTok. According to a report in The Financial Times, Microsoft has discussed the possibility of buying TikTok’s business… Read More
The clock is ticking on TikTok. With a Sept. 15 deadline looming on the social media sensation, technology pundits are trying to answer a multi-billion dollar question: How much should… Read More
