After trying to buy TikTok, adtech giant AppLovin launches its own social media challenger

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AppLovin just launched a new social media app called Gist.

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TikTok Is Allegedly Working on a New Photo App and Its Icon Looks Awfully Familiar

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Never let it be said that an impending national app ban and swarming billionaire vultures ever stopped TikTok from plowing ahead.

The viral success of ByteDance's new app Lemon8 shows just how pointless a TikTok ban would be

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Bytedance is pushing a new social media app in the US, Lemon8, as it deals with calls for a TikTok ban.

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ByteDance's Lemon8 App Is Like If Instagram Were All Ads

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You wouldn’t have seen any mention of it on your social media feeds or even a press release, but TikTok’s parent company, the China-based ByteDance, has been quietly rolling out a newer app called Lemon8 in the U.S. and UK. This app bills itself as a place to “discover beautiful, authentic, and diverse content.” All…

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