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Facebook launches Lasso, its music and video TikTok clone
Done cloning Snapchat, Facebook is now chasing Chinese short-form video sensation TikTok with the launch of its knock-off Lasso. Available now for iOS and Android, Lasso is Facebook’s answer to the zany mobile lipsyncing playground that’s gained ground with young users, both in China and in the West.

The release confirms TechCrunch’s scoop from last month that the company was building an app called Lasso to let people share short videos with soundtracks. With TikTok looking like the next big thing, it’s not surprising to see Facebook playing chase, much like it did, successfully, when Snapchat posed an existential threat.

A Facebook spokesperson confirmed that the launch of Lasso on iOS and Android is in the U.S. only for now, telling us “Lasso is a new standalone app for short-form, entertaining videos — from comedy to beauty to fitness and more. We’re excited about the potential here, and we’ll be gathering feedback from people and creators.” While Lasso was released under the Facebook umbrella, the company launched it informally and with relatively little fanfare via a tweet from a product manager on the team.


Lasso lets you shoot up to 15-second long videos (no uploads allowed) and overlay popular songs. The app centers around an algorithmic feed of recommended videos, but also lets you tap through hashtags or a Browse page of themed collections.

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Lasso app

The original slate of videos seeded by Lasso’s beta users look pretty good, making use of the millions of songs in its soundtrack catalog. There are no augmented reality effects or crazy filters like you’ll find in TikTok, but users are already taking advantage of the slo-mo and fast-forward recording features to make fun clips. Overall the app feels well constructed, and has that colorful and playful teen vibe.

Surprisingly, Facebook is releasing Lasso under its own name rather than trying to obscure the connection to its social network that younger users have largely abandoned. You can log in with Facebook or Instagram to get instant personalization, with the option to syndicate your Lassos to Facebook Stories with that option for Instagram is coming soon. Notably, all content and profiles on Lasso are public, which could cause some concern about older users leering at dancing teens.

Musical.ly had its own big problems with inappropriate underage content. Its leaderboard of top videos often included scantly clad pre-teens dancing to racy pop songs, seemingly flaunting the U.S. COPPA child protection laws. Lasso includes a report button, but it’s unclear where Facebook will draw the line on what’s allowed.

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The big question is whether Lasso is too late. Musical.ly rose to over 200 million registered users before being acquired by Chinese tech giant ByteDance and rolled into its similar app TikTok. That app has been on an epic rise over the past few months, turning into a global phenomenon that surpassed Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, and YouTube in downloads during October.

While Instagram and Facebook were massively successful at cloning Snapchat’s Stories, they had the advantage of building the feature into their already-popular apps. Lasso will have to start from scratch as a standalone app, and Facebook’s previous teen-focused standalones like Slingshot and Poke failed spectacularly with the same strategy. Facebook will have to hope its initial cadre of content creators will prove so compelling as to convince people to download a whole new app, which could be an uphill battle — even for Facebook.

https://techcrunch.com/2018/11/09/lasso-facebook-app-store/
 
No,they would say it is completely difffent app, and even similar but very little borrowings from CHINA app,may be from somalia or korean app but definitely not from CHINA app.
 
Before tik tok there was dubsmash. When have the chinese made anything original?

Tick Tock is the rebranding of the Chinese company it bought, called Musical.ly.
Musical.ly : initial release date August, 2014
Dubsmash: initial release date November, 2014

Not only Dubsmash came out late, the two products aren't even the same in terms technology and features in the those two products, it's like comparing bike to cars. Why do you think Facebook wants to copy Tick Tok instead of Dubsmash?

Can you Indian be a bit smarter and do some digging first? Understand you Indian are not the brightest bulb in the room and are extremely jealous of Chinese rapid advancement in innovations and original ideas. Here's another news that will make your Indian cry, Apple pays hundreds of millions royalty to China each year for Chinese technologies and patents.

https://www.yicaiglobal.com/news/ap...ns-dollars-patent-royalties-huawei-every-year
 
Tick Tock is the rebranding of the Chinese company it bought, called Musical.ly.
Musical.ly : initial release date August, 2014
Dubsmash: initial release date November, 2014

Not only Dubsmash came out late, the two products aren't even the same in terms technology and features in the those two products, it's like comparing bike to cars. Why do you think Facebook wants to copy Tick Tok instead of Dubsmash?

Can you Indian be a bit smarter and do some digging first? Understand you Indian are not the brightest bulb in the room and are extremely jealous of Chinese rapid advancement in innovations and original ideas. Here's another news that will make your Indian cry, Apple pays hundreds of millions royalty to China each year for Chinese technologies and patents.

https://www.yicaiglobal.com/news/ap...ns-dollars-patent-royalties-huawei-every-year

Dubsmash was in beta testing when Musical.ly's founders were busy with their educational video platform. They came across Dubsmash, copied the idea and suddenly an educational video app became a lip syncing app.

chinese companies stealing the prototype idea and pre empting the original products launch, now where have I heard that before, of yeah that's right, all the time!
 
As I said exactly,deny and accuse china stealing and a lot will follow.
Like Huawei mate 20 pro,yeah ,world leading class camera techs stolen from where?

Maybe Huawei steals techs to apply for WPO patents which bring national threat( eh,that is the only excuse we can get Mr. President,Huawei patents are really strong) to America.
Next time my pee will threaten America as well I am sure about it!
Before tik tok there was dubsmash. When have the chinese made anything original?[/QUOTE
Dubsmash was in beta testing when Musical.ly's founders were busy with their educational video platform. They came across Dubsmash, copied the idea and suddenly an educational video app became a lip syncing app.

chinese companies stealing the prototype idea and pre empting the original products launch, now where have I heard that before, of yeah that's right, all the time!
 
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Dubsmash was in beta testing when Musical.ly's founders were busy with their educational video platform. They came across Dubsmash, copied the idea and suddenly an educational video app became a lip syncing app.

chinese companies stealing the prototype idea and pre empting the original products launch, now where have I heard that before, of yeah that's right, all the time!

yep, except you have no links, no stories, nothing to back yourself up, except for this made up stories to show how extremely jealous Indian are toward the Chinese. Funny how Musical.ly can come up with a product faster than Dubsmash even as Dubsmash is already in the beta. Wow, Musical.ly must be God. You first try to imply musical.ly copied Dubsmash, I showed Musical.ly came out with products first, now Indian like you trying to say Dubsmash came up with "idea" first now? LOL, just how pathetic can you Indian be, huh? Yep, keep making up your stories filled with jealousy, the only thing that's a fact is that Facebook is copying Tick Tock for its advanced features and technologies and Dubsmash is nowhere to be seen. Indian getting extremely jealous because they are seeing Chinese rapid advancement in technology and innovation and ideas while Indian continue to be in the dumps in everything. Everyone knows it, it's not even news
 
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Silk
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To add :
world first quantunm communication stallite,800KV and above super high voltage transmission tech comprehensive techinical solution(the techs of China in this area have become world standard as Chinese companies are the only ones that master those techs,the said tehcs allow very long distance electricity transmission while controling the loss of electricity in the minimum level humanly possiblely.Brazil has already invited China national grid company to establish their long distance transmission network with this so called Super high voltage transmission)
The leading techs provided by Huawei chipset Kirin 980 and 990 as well as its Ascend(昇腾) 330 leading the world in specification.....
 
Maybe we should do the Chinese route and just ban it and claim Facebook is simply filling in a gap.
 

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