Why short-video app TikTok is taking the world by storm

TikTok is big, like really big. But your kids likely knew this already. The Chinese short-music video app has taken the world by storm, being downloaded more than 1.2 billion times across Android and iOS. The massively popular app, particularly among people under 30, allows users to upload sketches and lip-syncing music videos with tunes and sound effects from TikTok’s mammoth library. Also unique about the app is that people can perform split-screen “duet” videos with people t