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  Microsoft in August 2020 began talks on the proposed acquisition but the deal collapsed by September. Microsoft Corp’s near-acquisition of social media app  TikTok  last year was the “strangest thing I’ve ever worked on,” Chief Executive Officer Satya Nadella said on Monday. TikTok had been ordered by then-U.S. President Donald Trump to separate its U.S. version from Chinese parent ByteDance because of national security concerns about the collection of U.S. users’ data. Microsoft in August 2020 began talks on the proposed acquisition but the deal collapsed by September. Trump’s divestment push ended by the time he left office in January and no potential suitor ending up acquiring TikTok. Speaking at the Code Conference in Beverly Hills, California, Nadella said he was looking forward to bringing  Microsoft ‘s security, child safety and cloud expertise to TikTok. “It’s unbelievable,” Nadella said of the experience during an on-stage interview. “I learned so many thi...

  With more than 58 million installs in March, TikTok became the most downloaded non-gaming app worldwide last month, said a new report With more than 58 million installs in March,  TikTok  became the most downloaded non-gaming app worldwide last month, said a new report. TikTok was followed by Facebook which became the second most installed non-gaming app worldwide for March with more than 56 million installs, showed the data from app analytics firm Sensor Tower. Instagram, WhatsApp and Messenger – all of which are part of the Facebook family of apps – rounded out the top five most installed non-gaming apps worldwide for the month. The countries with the largest number of TikTok installs were from Douyin in China at 11 per cent, followed by the US at 10 per cent, Sensor Tower said. The countries with the largest number of Facebook installs were from India at 25 per cent, followed by the US at 8 per cent. The other apps which made it to the top 10 in the overall list incl...