In a blog post on Tuesday, Kik's CEO Ted Livingston confirmed that the company would be closing Kik to focus on Kin, its cryptocurrency business.

Kik is a free messaging app that allows users to keep in touch with family and friends using Wi-Fi or your phone's mobile data. Kik only requires an email address to sign up — there's no need to ...

Ted Livingston knows what it’s like to be copied by Facebook. After his messaging app, Kik, launched profile codes in 2016, Facebook’s Messenger app did the same. Kik launched chatbots, and Facebook ...

Kik makes it easier than ever before to keep in touch with your friends and family. Unlike other apps that require you to disclose your phone number, Kik allows you to sign up and send messages with ...

ATLANTA -Kik Messenger, a smartphone app popular among younger teens, is on the defensive following the stabbing death of a 13-year-old girl in Virginia who told friends she was using Kik to connect ...

Kik is getting ready to roll out its Kin cryptocurrency to its mobile messenger in a big way. The company has announced a new tipping feature, powered by the Kin Blockchain. Starting today, Kik users ...

This past year something interesting happened in China. Mobile services began sprouting up without mobile apps or websites. Instead these companies — some of which even raised money without a mobile ...

Messaging app Kik is embracing one of the hallmarks of social networks after it introduced hashtags to its service. An update to the iOS and Android apps today turns hashtags into clickable links to ...

Jason Cipriani is based out of beautiful Colorado and has been covering mobile technology news and reviewing the latest gadgets for the last six years. His work can also be found on sister site CNET ...

The accusations are beyond chilling: two Virginia Tech freshmen charged with the premeditated kidnapping and killing of a 13-year-old girl, who, authorities say, communicated with her killer online.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WAVE) - Kik, a Canada-based app, was allegedly used as the avenue for a Louisville man to distribute child pornography. A search warrant return from Kik for Michael Booth reportedly ...