TikTok aims to grow its TikTok Shop

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Spotify launches educational video courses in the UK, TikTok turns to teenage 'youth council', and the studio behind Spyro remakes and Crash Bandicoot 4 is reportedly working with Xbox on a new game. It's Tuesday, March 26th and this is Engadget News. Learn more about your ad cho ... Show More

Brevity is the heart of TikTok but the company wants to see if giving people the ability to record longer videos is something its creators want to explore. In this episode, we discuss the benefits of that. We also talk about Apple possibly owing iPhone 11 users you a free screen ... Show More

TikTok has already dominated the short-video and social media market, and is now looking to take on Spotify and Apple Music with its latest offering.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices 

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<p><span>TikTok is getting ready to compete head-on with Google. Where the ad dollars will go if TikTok gets banned. Microsoft rolls out some nice updates to its ads platform. And Elon Musk&#39;s plan to rid Twitter of bots appears to be backfiring.</span></p><p><br></p><p><stron ... Show More

TikTok has upended how music is discovered, used and consumed these days; now, its long-term effort to build a business around that is getting a boost.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices 

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