by Nenita M. Eller | Jul 30, 2020 | Start Up
The Weeknd will hop on the virtual stage in TikTok’s app next week for a special augmented-reality, live-streamed concert featuring songs from his hit album “After Hours.” “The Weeknd Experience,” created by TikTok in partnership with XO, Republic Records, and Scooter...
by Nenita M. Eller | Jul 30, 2020 | Start Up
(Bloomberg) — China’s government blasted the U.S. for flouting the rules of global trade and business by threatening to ban TikTok, in Beijing’s strongest defense yet of ByteDance Ltd.’s viral video app. President Donald Trump has said he’s considering blocking...
by Nenita M. Eller | Jul 30, 2020 | Start Up
(Bloomberg) — Power companies are loaning out Teslas in Washington, electrifying bus fleets in Virginia and lobbying for electric vehicle tax credits on Capitol Hill. San Diego Gas & Electric Co. even went so far as to help train salespeople on how to...
by Nenita M. Eller | Jul 30, 2020 | Start Up
(Bloomberg) — Quibi, the video-streaming service started by former Walt Disney studio head and DreamWorks co-founder Jeffrey Katzenberg, must defend a lawsuit claiming it stole its signature “turnstyle” technology from an Israeli company. A federal judge in Los...
by Nenita M. Eller | Jul 29, 2020 | Start Up
Steven Mnuchin and President Donald Trump in the Oval Office of the White House February 13, 2017 in Washington, DC. Alex Wong/Getty Images The US Treasury is investigating social video app TikTok over national security concerns, Secretary Steven Mnuchin confirmed...
by Nenita M. Eller | Jul 29, 2020 | Start Up
Kodak (KODK) — which vaulted back into the spotlight via a multi-million deal with the federal government to make medical ingredients — associates itself more with chemicals than the cameras and photos that made it famous, CEO Jim Continenza told Yahoo Finance on...
