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Kip Kniskern

Kip has been a Microsoft enthusiast since forever, and worked on/ran LiveSide.net, a website dedicated to all things Windows Live, for 9 years. Kip came to (WinBeta.org) onmsft.com in December 2014, and is loving every minute of it. Twitter email

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Articles by Kip Kniskern

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TikTok rumors are flying: Walmart could partner with Microsoft, Oracle “in the lead,” Google says no

New rumors are flying in the deal to acquire TikTok’s US operations. We just got done adding a second update…

Kip Kniskern · August 27, 2020 · 1 min read

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(Updated) TikTok sale of US, Canada, Australia and New Zealand operations could be announced “in the coming days,” says CNBC

Suitors for a sale of TikTok operations in the US and other markets have until September 20th before a Trump…

Kip Kniskern · August 27, 2020 · 2 min read

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Microsoft talks with TikTok started small, says new report

About a month ago, news broke that Microsoft was in talks to acquire at least some of TikTok from Chinese…

Kip Kniskern · August 26, 2020 · 3 min read

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TikTok officially files formal complaint in federal court over US executive order

Over the weekend, TikTok let it be known that they would be suing the Trump Administration over its executive order…

Kip Kniskern · August 24, 2020 · 2 min read

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TikTok lawsuit battling US Gov’t over ban could come this week

The Wall Street Journal is reporting that ByteDance, Ltd, the owner of popular short form video platform TikTok, is planning…

Kip Kniskern · August 23, 2020 · 2 min read

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Oracle reportedly joins the race to acquire TikTok operations, Microsoft wants UK, too, and the clock keeps ticking

If you thought that a Microsoft acquisition of TikTok, or at least some of it, was weird, well the latest…

Kip Kniskern · August 18, 2020 · 2 min read

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Another one bites the dust: 500px drops Windows, Windows Phone apps

More news of developers fleeing the Windows and Windows Phone platforms, this time it’s 500px, the Canadian based online photography…

Kip Kniskern · August 9, 2020 · 1 min read

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Eyes-on with the HoloLens: first-hand impressions on what it is, and what it needs

Earlier this week, I traveled up the freeway 30 miles to Redmond and Microsoft’s Building 92 to witness the company’s…

Kip Kniskern · August 9, 2020 · 7 min read

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An open source Windows Live Writer coming soon?

About a year ago, Microsoft Program Manager on Azure and long-time blogger Scott Hanselman announced that he was working on…

Kip Kniskern · August 8, 2020 · 2 min read

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White House executive order bans TikTok and WeChat in 45 days, TikTok hints at lawsuits

As promised, US President Trump has issued an executive order prohibiting any US person or company from interacting with ByteDance,…

Kip Kniskern · August 7, 2020 · 3 min read