YouTube is the newest firm that thinks it is TikTok

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YouTube has always been the premier destination to watch music videos, skits, and how-tos, but consumers of shorter content found themselves drawn to competing apps. YouTube copied Instagram stories previously, and this new functionality seems targeted to TikTok teens. Now that TikTok’s future is uncertain, YouTube is announcing the launch of Shorts, a new way …

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Oracle beats out Microsoft to purchase TikTok’s US operations

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Oracle has been selected to purchase TikTok’s US operations over Microsoft — though, according to The Wall Street Journal, the deal won’t be structured as a sale. Minutes before the news broke, Microsoft revealed that it wouldn’t be involved in any deal even though it reportedly had Trump’s blessing ahead of the app’s anticipated ban. …

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