Microsoft / TikTok: Cradle to Grave "Social Network" ...

[shri]

Spotted as the rumors about MS looking at buying TikTok pick up some momentum....

Their cradle to grave strategy involves...

Minecraft » TikTok » LinkedIn » Excel » Clippy

And no word yet of TikTok integration with MS Teams.

Not sure what happened to MS Bob... if any of you guys remember.

[GentleGeorge]

TikTok, meet QQQ

[shri]

They're still toking with the clock is ticking.... (sorry, could not resist)

It is not clear how much Microsoft could pay for TikTok. Reuters reported last week that ByteDance’s valuation expectations for the app exceeded $50 billion, although U.S. pressure to divest it could lower that price tag.

A key issue in the negotiations will be separating TikTok’s technology from ByteDance’s infrastructure and access, to alleviate U.S. concerns about the integrity of personal data. ByteDance owns a Chinese short video app called Douyin that was based on the same code used for TikTok.

One idea under consideration is to give Microsoft and ByteDance a transition period to develop technology for TikTok that will be completely separate from ByteDance, one of the sources said.

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-u...-idUSKBN24Y0UD

[shri]

HQ move ...

Still uncertain on who really owns ByteDance shares...

https://twitter.com/Rover829/status/1290177531555921922

[shri]

Spotted on CNBC....

Twitter - Twitter is said to be interested in the U.S. operations of TikTok, according to multiple reports. Twitter would be competing with Microsoft, which is already in talks with TikTok parent ByteDance

[shri]

And now Oracle ... this is getting messy.

https://twitter.com/Financial...49749765066752

[gch555]

Danmit Oracle don't do it. Stick to what you are better at. Don't try your luck with social media, it's not for you Larry.

[shri]

And the winner is....

The deal will be structured not as a sale but as a restructuring, the source said, without disclosing how much of TikTok’s U.S. operations ByteDance and its investors will continue to own. Oracle will be ByteDance’s technology partner and will handle TikTok’s U.S. user data, the source added.

ByteDance will need approval for the deal from governments of the United States and China. It is not clear whether Trump, who wants a U.S. technology company to own most of TikTok in the United States, will approved the proposed deal.

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-c...24370001f91ab5

[shri]

And the chances of this being approved are very high....

https://twitter.com/JasonFark...07695268978688

[vmlinuz]

And the chances of this being approved are very high....

https://twitter.com/JasonFark...07695268978688

There seems to be a lot of chatter about a) whether this would satisfy Trump's requirements and b) whether it would be approved by the Chinese side.

To be honest, I think Bytedance will take it to court in the US and stretch things out long enough that either Trump won't be in any position to be involved, or he'll have had himself declared President-for-Life anyway...