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[UPDATE: Removed From The Play Store] TikTok Clone Mitrom Is a Clone of Pakistan App TicTic: Report By Techtonic group Mitron  - a TikTok clone that masqueraded its way to Google Play's Top Charts with over 50 lakh installations for being an "Indian app", turns out to be a replica of a Pakistani app called 'TicTic' made by a company named Qboxus. As reported first by  CNN-News18 , the app's source code was purchased by an IIT Roorkee student named Shivank Agarwal for $34 (~Rs.2,600). In other words,  Mitron is a clone of TicTic, which is a clone of TikTok . While Irfan Sheikh - founder, and CEO of Qboxus doesn't have a problem with the app getting unprecedented attention due to the  YouTube vs TikTok chaos  going on in the country, he doesn't like the fact that Mitron is being promoted as an Indian app since Agarwal has apparently not done any major changes in the app's interface. "We expect our customers to use our code and build ...

ByteDance to Set Up New Corporate Entity in India: Report By Techtonic group TikTok's parent company ByteDance is reportedly setting up a second corporate entity in India. The report comes a few days after  Reuters  reported  that ByteDance wants to move the decision-making authorities and research team out of China. According to  The Economic Times  citing two sources familiar with the matter,  the new entity will provide IT and IT-enabled services to support ByteDance's platforms  present across the globe. This includes TikTok, Helo, and Vigo Video, to name a few. As a step to accelerate the process, the company will reportedly file an application with the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) in the next few weeks. "There will be data and technology transfer into India with ByteDance looking to ramp up its workforce in India, a market where the company will look to create a centre of excellence over the near-ter...

TikTok Clone Mitron is a Clone of Pakistani App TicTic: Report By Techtonic group Mitron  - a TikTok clone that masqueraded its way to Google Play's Top Charts with over 50 lakh installations for being an "Indian app", turns out to be a replica of a Pakistani app called 'TicTic' made by a company named Qboxus. As reported first by  CNN-News18 , the app's source code was purchased by an IIT Roorkee student named Shivank Agarwal for $34 (~Rs.2,600). In other words,  Mitron is a clone of TicTic, which is a clone of TikTok . While Irfan Sheikh - founder, and CEO of Qboxus doesn't have a problem with the app getting unprecedented attention due to the  YouTube vs TikTok chaos  going on in the country, he doesn't like the fact that Mitron is being promoted as an Indian app since Agarwal has apparently not done any major changes in the app's interface. "We expect our customers to use our code and build something on their own. But Mitron’s ...

ByteDance Want to Move TikTok Team Out of China: Report By Techtonic group Last week, Disney's Kevin Mayer became the CEO of ByteDance-owned popular short-form video platform TikTok. As reported first by  Reuters , this is apparently  one of ByteDance's steps to move the decision-making authorities and research team from China . According to a recent  Reuters  report citing industry sources familiar with the matter, ByteDance has been making moves to shift its teams from China as part of a new strategy. To support the transition, ByteDance has expanded TikTok's engineering, and research & development operations in Mountain View, California. As per the source,  the company had hired over 150 engineers for its California team . ByteDance might be attempting to address the privacy concerns revolving around the app with this restructuring. The company has apparently hired a few data engineers from the U.S. as well. Apart from this,  ByteDance ha...

TikTok's Play Store Rating Recovers As Google Removes Millions of Negative Reviews By Techtonic group If you have been following the spat between YouTubers and TikTokers in India, you would know that an  influx of negative reviews  from angered netizens tanked Tiktok's Android app's rating close to one. Yeah, TikTok went from a 4.5 rating to 1.2 within a couple of days. Google stepped to the occasion and fixed the app's rating by deleting over eight million reviews that didn't represent genuine feedback. Google has removed millions of reviews to bring TikTok's rating back to 4.4 on the Play Store. The company justifies this is a correction action to curb spam abuse, as  reported by TechCrunch . What caused the outrage, you ask? The YouTube vs TikTok debate saw fans of a certain well-known YouTuber take aim at the short-video platform. Users also discovered and shared derogatory content, which saw creators (such as Faizal Siddiqui) promoting acid atta...

IIT Roorkee Student Developes TikTok Clone 'Mitron'; Crosses 50 Lakh Installs on Android By Techtonic group Looking for a homegrown alternative to TikTok? Well, worry not, Mitron has emerged as the newest competitor to TikTok in India. It has already amassed a  whopping 50 lakh downloads  and peaked at number 2 on the 'Top Free' apps chart on the Google Play Store. Is the app any good? What's all the hype about? Should you install it? Well, we're here to answer all of these questions for you. Before we do that, here's a bit of background on this short video sharing app. Mitron (translates to Friends in English) is said to have been developed and quietly released by an IIT Roorkee student named Shivank Agarwal. Why is Mitron Growing Fast? The launch of the app comes at an urgent time. One, TikTok has already been flamed by Indian users due to the "YouTube vs TikTok" feud - involving YouTube sensation CarryMinati (aka Ajay Nagar). The Chi...

TikTok Rating Decreases Drastically as YouTube vs TikTok Rages On By Techtonic group Popular video sharing platform TikTok has exploded in popularity over the last year. In fact, the app has become such a rage that it was  banned in India  for a while. However, there is no denying that TikTok has become a massive platform, with a lot of creators and viewers. All of that is great, but the app is not void of controversies either. Now, in a surprise development, TikTok's rating has suddenly dropped down to an all time low on the Google Play Store. This  development follows the massive resurgence of the #BanTikTok hashtag in India . The app's rating was 4.5/5 on the Play Store a few days back. However, today, TikTok's rating has dropped down to just 2/5. SUPER クロニクル @DBSChronicles Pic 1: 17 May at 5:41 IST Pic 2: 19 May at 5:36 IST Tiktok rating drops from 4.5 to 2.0 on Playstore 43 5:52 AM - May 19, 2020 Twitter Ads info and privacy See SUPER クロニクル's other Twee...

TikTok Failed to Protect Children's Privacy, Allege Advocacy Groups By Techtonic group Viral video app,  TikTok , is once again in the news for all the wrong reasons after being accused of repeatedly failing to protect children on its platform. According to  The News York Times , a coalition of 20 children’s rights and consumer advocacy groups in the US filed a complaint against the company on Thursday, accusing it of not doing enough to  protect the privacy of children  using the service. According to the complaint filed with the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC), TikTok has refused to delete a number of videos posted on the platform by children under 13, going as far back as 2016, in spite of agreeing to do so as part of a $5.7 million settlement last year with US authorities over accusations that the company’s app illegally collected personal information about children. The complaint also alleges that the app is making it easy for children to flout its...

Zoom, Tiktok Dominate Global App Downloads in Spite of Security Concerns By Techtonic group The latest Store Intelligence report released last week by Sensor Tower suggests that video-conferencing software, Zoom, was the most-downloaded non-gaming app on both the Play Store and the App Store in April with close to 131 million installs. India emerged as the country with the most downloads during last month, in spite of  official warnings from the Indian government  about  its myriad security vulnerabilities . While India accounted for 18.2 percent of all Zoom installs globally, the US came in at number two with 14.3 percent. TikTok, which is itself  not a stranger to controversies  in India and beyond, was the second-most-installed non-gaming app last month with more than 107 million downloads worldwide. India remained one of the leading markets for the app, accounting for 22 percent of all downloads, followed by the US at 9.4 percent. Facebook, Whats...

The ''Black Skin Trend'' on Tiktok Is Causing a Wave Of Outrages As It Promotes 'Colourism' By Techtonic group TikTok has become a synonym for short video creation.  As it has a massive user-base , we all know that most of the viral internet trends originate on this platform. Now, the trends that go viral on the platform are mostly funny, creative and challenging like the " Gesture Challenge " that we saw previously. However, a recent Indian-trend on TikTok has been deemed as an act of "promoting colourism" and some TikTokers are really angry about it. The "Black Skin Trend" is a trend which recently went viral on TikTok amongst the Indian users.  It basically involves a person digitally darkening his/her skin and sadly lip-syncing with the once-top-charted song "Why This Kolaveri Di " from a Tamil film named "3". Now, at the end of the video, as the users' face brightens up with a digital "w...