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ByteDance’s Baby Bump: Why Did the TikTok Parent Buy a Chain of Birthing Centers?

By Louise Matsakis · Sep 9, 2022 9:15am PDT · 2 comments

ByteDance, the Chinese parent company of TikTok, made way for a new addition to the family last month, when it reportedly paid $1.5 billion to take control of one of the largest private hospital companies in China. Founded in 2006, Amcare Healthcare operates a chain of lavish birthing centers and women’s and children’s hospitals in major cities... ByteDance, the Chinese parent company of TikTok, made way for a new addition to the family last...

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Why Did Netflix Sue the ‘Bridgerton’ TikTok Musical—but Not MrBeast’s YouTube ‘Squid Game’?

By Abram Brown · Aug 5, 2022 10:00am PDT · 4 comments

Much of the past 18 months must have seemed rather like a fairy tale to Abigail Barlow and Emily Bear, the 20-something, newly internet-famous songwriting duo behind a popular fairy-tale musical. In January 2021, they published the first of the TikTok videos that became the basis of “The Unofficial Bridgerton Musical,” a lyricized version of... Much of the past 18 months must have seemed rather like a fairy tale to Abigail Barlow and Emily...

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Our Views on Smart Devices, Saas Startups and More

By The Information Staff · Mar 22, 2016 2:48pm PDT · 3 comments

We’ve received a lot of questions lately from subscribers about the state of the smart-device market and developments in subscription software companies, among other subjects. As we’ve done before, we’re publishing our responses to subscriber questions we think are of broad interest. Other subjects covered include condition of... We’ve received a lot of questions lately from subscribers about the state of the...

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Our Views on On-Demand Food, Internet.org and More

By The Information Staff · Apr 17, 2015 7:01am PDT

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Our Views on On-Demand Food, Internet.org and More

By The Information Staff · Apr 17, 2015 7:01am PDT

Subscribers to The Information are curious about all manner of technology-related subjects, judging by questions we get from you. As we did in January, we’re publishing our responses to several we thought would be of broad interest to subscribers. These cover everything from the future of on-demand food delivery services to the evolution of... Subscribers to The Information are curious about all manner of technology-related subjects,...

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Our Views on the Apple Watch, a Facebook Video Service and More

By The Information Staff · Jan 27, 2015 12:21pm PST

This month we asked you to ask us questions about the technology industry. And ask you did. You asked us to handicap the Apple Watch launch, which company will be next to suffer the same fate as Fab.com and about trends in public ad tech stocks, among others. Here are responses to a bunch we thought would be broadly interesting to subscribers.... This month we asked you to ask us questions about the technology industry. And ask you did. You...