Time and again Kik Messenger use has been mentioned in connection to recent court cases involving the sharing of files containing child pornography, and it might serve as reminder to parents of the ...

Kik Messenger is closing down, with hundreds of developers losing their jobs, as the company pivots to its cryptocurrency, Kin. The company’s CEO said the company ...

(WKRG) — Kik is a smartphone messenger app popular among younger teens. But with its popularity also comes the danger of predators. Like Instagram, Snapchat, and other messaging rivals, Kik provides ...

Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. "HTML 5 today sucks." Whereas WhatsApp has focused on replacing SMS, Livingston believes that offering privacy by ...

Messaging app Kik has raised $38.3 million in new funding and acquired Relay, a messaging network focused on sending and receiving GIFs. The round was led by Valiant Capital Partners, and included new ...

Kik, a new chat application for smartphones that is quicker and more social than SMS, is showing impressive viral uptake. The company says it has registered 450,000 downloads in the first 10 days ...

Kik Interactive has hit back at the Securities and Exchange Commission lawsuit that claims a $100 million token sale was illegal. The company, which owns Kik Messenger, filed a 130-page response today ...

Popular messenger app Kik, which hosts a colossal 185 million users, revealed it had snapped up GIF messaging firm Relay on Wednesday for an undisclosed sum. Additionally, the company secured a $38.3 ...

Kik Interactive, the company that created a BlackBerry Messenger-esque Kik Messenger service for Android, iPhone, and BlackBerry before getting sued by Research in Motion has received an $8 million ...

Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. is a senior reporter covering technology, gaming, and more. He joined The Verge in 2019 after nearly two years at ...