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Digital Desires #47: Tik Tok

Ahmad Fuad Rahmat, Night School | Vizla Kumaresan | Samuel Lim

05-Dec-18 15:00

Digital Desires #47: Tik Tok

On this episode, hosts Ahmad Fuad Rahmat and Vizla Kumaresan, together with writer Samuel Lim discuss the Tik Tok app - a short-form-video social media app, which has been downloaded about 800 million times worldwide. Said to defy easy categorization, it has even pushed Facebook and Tencent to release copycat versions, mostly targeted at teens. We find out more about this app that's taking over the social media market.

Produced by: Chua Ern Teck

Presented by: Ahmad Fuad Rahmat and Vizla Kumaresan


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Categories:  Business Analysis,  Technology,  Tech,  Education

Tags:  Tik Tok,  media apps,  Tencent,  Facebook,  live and learn,  the bigger picture, 


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