Microsoft will reportedly unveil the console in late August
It isn't certain Twitter would be able to outbid Microsoft and complete such a transformative deal in the 45 days that President Trump has given ByteDance to agree to a sale
It's unclear whether Twitter will pursue a deal, which would involve TikTok's U.S. operations, the people said
Amid all the brouhaha over the Microsoft-TikTok deal talks, the Satya Nadella-run enterprise is all set to invest about $100 million in the home-grown regional language social media app ShareChat
Microsofts xCloud streaming game service along with Xbox Game Pass will not arrive on the iOS devices on September 15 and the company has blamed Apples App Store restrictions for this.
India has banned as many as 106 Chinese apps, including TikTok, a move welcomed by both the Trump administration and the US lawmakers
One person close to ByteDance in India said there was a "deal in the works" with Microsoft for TikTok India but it fell through, according to the report
After all, this weekend's flurry of deal activity shows that not even the coronavirus can stifle M&A demand for long
TikTok could try to lower the risk for an acquirer by striking multiyear exclusive deals with its most popular American creators, the way that platforms like YouTube and Twitch have done
The new Your Phone app would arrive first on newly-launched Samsung Galaxy Note 20 devices and other devices later
Policies must favour consortiums of local players
US law states that presidential decisions blocking deals on national security grounds are not subject to judicial reviews
Microsoft is all set to launch its much-anticipated game streaming service called xCloud on September 15 for Android users in 22 countries
For a deal to work, they say, US firm will have to accept data localisation and keep servers in India
A look at Microsoft's track record on recent acquisitions, including building game Minecraft in 2014 and business networking site LinkedIn in 2016, could validate TikTok users' optimism
Microsoft entered China in 1992, helping to engineer the government's computer systems and installing special versions of Windows operating systems
The Teams will get SIP phone calling features in the first of 2021 with support from Cisco, Yealink, Polycom, and others
If successful, Microsoft will take over the app's operations in the US and potentially also in Canada, Australia and New Zealand
Microsoft made the announcement after its chief executive, Satya Nadella, talked with President Trump, who had threatened to ban the hugely popular social media company, which is owned by ByteDance
The president's interventions in company dealings based on his own instincts are a departure from the arm's-length approach of predecessors of either party