Tag: TikTok
Tech Digest daily round up: Tom Cruise deep fake goes viral on TikTok
No, that isn’t Tom Cruise you’re watching on TikTok – it’s just a scarily good deepfake, writes The Metro. In three videos uploaded to @deeptomcruise, the 58-year-old can be seen practising his golf swing, falling over in a store, telling an anecdote about Mikhail Gorbachev and performing a magic trick with a coin. Only… it…
Tech Digest daily round up: TikTok settles facial recognition lawsuit
TikTok has agreed to pay $92m (£66m) to settle a lawsuit accusing it of misusing artificial intelligence to track and store users' data, writes the BBC. A group challenge alleged it breached laws by using software to recognise facial features in user videos and algorithms to identify age, gender and ethnicity. It also alleged that…
TikTok user spending increases 400% in January 2021
Despite having a bleak outlook in 2020, TikTok ended the year on a high and has embarked on an upward trajectory during 2021. According to the research data analyzed and published by Comprar Acciones, TikTok was the top-grossing non-game mobile app globally in January 2021. Users spent $128 million on the app, up by 380% from…
TikTok and Shopify launch partnership to help UK businesses
TikTok and Shopify have today announced a partnership in the UK, helping Shopify merchants create and run ad campaigns through TikTok's social media platform. In the past year, Shopify has seen high growth in the UK market with the number of new store creations on Shopify increasing 116% vs. 2019, it claims. Some of the…
China to reach 1.1 Billion social media users by 2025
Social media is one of the most popular activities on the internet in many parts of the world with 3.6 billion users globally. One of the fastest-growing social media regions is in Mainland China, despite the country imposing a ban on foreign internet corporations such as Facebook. According to data presented by TradingPlatforms.com, Mainland China is…
1 in 4 TikTok fitness influencers giving wrong advice
New research has been released that reveals that one in four fitness influencers on TikTok are giving incorrect workout advice, despite increasing demand for useful 'FitTok' content during lockdown. Money.co.uk worked with qualified personal trainer, Maiken Brustad, to analyse hours of fitness content on the video-sharing app and grade them based on the techniques…
Zoom was fastest growing brand in 2020, claims survey
Several brands experienced tremendous growth in 2020 due to the Coronavirus pandemic shifting demand in many industries. One of the brands that became a household name during the pandemic was video communications company Zoom. According to data presented by Trading Platforms, Zoom was the fastest-growing brand of 2020 with a 34% growth in brand recognition. COVID-19…
TikTok now available on your TV screen
TikTok has today (February 4th, 2021) announced a new app on Google TV and other Android TV OS devices, bringing TikTok's trending content into the home of people across the UK, France and Germany. Building on the Samsung TV partnership announced in December, the new app follows a similar approach and is specially designed for a…
TikTok feature to help epileptics avoid seizures
Social media network TikTok has announced a new feature that will allow people with photosensitive epilepsy to skip videos that could trigger their seizures, reports the BBC. It comes a few months after it began labelling videos featuring effects such as flashing lights. The Skip All option, to be rolled out in the next few…
1 in 3 wish TikTok had never been invented, survey reveals
Social media is the creation of the last 20 years most disliked by consumers, with a third of people (33%) wishing that TikTok had never been invented, reveals research from Uswitch.com. Facebook (30%), Twitter (27%) and Instagram (23%) were the second, third and fourth-least popular inventions. But it’s not just the older generations who regret…
