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What do LinkedIn and TikTok have in common? In some cases, now you can see who viewed your profile in the last 30 days. TikTok confirmed to TechCrunch that TikTok…

How to see who viewed your TikTok profile

Earlier this year, TikTok said it was developing a new system that would restrict certain types of mature content from being viewed by teen users. Today, the company is introducing…

TikTok to roll out content filters and maturity ratings in pledge to make app safer

Duolingo, the Nasdaq-listed language learning app, is back in China’s Apple App Store and Android stores nearly a year after it disappeared from the country’s app stores. Users in China…

Duolingo back in China app stores after 1 year, with a local twist

TikTok may be the most successful app that has emerged from China and is making impressive international inroads, but there is a host of smaller entertainment apps built in China…

China-born audio networking app Tiya sets up Singapore headquarters

TikTok announced today it’s expanding its Video Kit offering for developers to include those building apps for the web, desktop and consoles, in addition to its previous support for mobile…

TikTok brings its Video Kit to desktop, web and consoles

Subscription newsletter platform kingpin Substack shared today that they’ve acqui-hired the team behind Cocoon, a subscription social media app built for close friends. We covered the Y Combinator-backed startup’s initial…

Substack acqui-hires team behind subscription social app Cocoon

Shein‘s quiet rise has reached a crescendo as the fast fashion e-commerce app takes the crown from Amazon as the No.1 app in the shopping categories of iOS and Android…

Shein overtakes Amazon as top shopping app on US app stores

TikTok today announced it’s expanding its parental control feature set known as Family Pairing to give parents additional tools to manage various aspects of their teen’s account as well as…

TikTok expands parental controls to include search, commenting and account privacy

Helicopter parenting turned into surveillance with the debut of family-tracking apps like Life360. While the app can alleviate parental fears when setting younger kids loose in the neighborhood, Life360’s teenage…

Family-tracking app Life360 launches ‘Bubbles,’ a location-sharing feature inspired by teens on TikTok

As TikTok’s fate remains in flux, its smaller rival Likee has been making waves around the world, garnering 150 million monthly active users as of this June. That’s according to…

TikTok rival Likee reaches 150M monthly users worldwide