Trump: Either we ban TikTok or we buy it. Microsoft is already in the queue
Microsoft has basically given up the entertainment industry, remaining solely within it in the video game market. The reports of attempts to take over the famous TikTok are therefore unbelievable. The problem is that they come from good sources. The company responsible for Office or Azure used to invest heavily in the entertainment market. Xbox was just one of a host of endeavors – including the Groove music service, Windows Live’s suite of consumer applications, multimedia platforms like Windows Media Center, and more. The, let’s call it, entertainment section of Microsoft did not survive the explosion of smartphone popularity. After numerous defeats with Facebook, Apple, Google and the rest, the Redmond giant decided to stop further efforts. From the entertainment products and services, only the gaming Xbox remains. Everything else that Microsoft has in its offer is to make our work faster, more pleasant and more efficient. That’s why it’s so hard to believe that Microsoft is sha...