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Kik messaging app saved by MediaLab acquisition

Kik Interactive had announced it would shut down the app

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Kik CEO prepares $5m DefendCrypto fund in opposition to SEC

During an interview on the Unchained podcast, Ted Livingston, founder of the Kin Foundation and Kik CEO, announced he has launched a DefendCrypto fund in opposition to the Securities and

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Investment Round: Kik, Thinkerbell, Appier and Adwerx

Investment Round is our weekly update on which firms have secured new funding, which areas are seeing the most financing, and who is putting up the cash that enables these

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Chat app Kik prepares to take on the big boys with own digital currency

Instant messaging platform Kik will be launching a digital currency to act as the primary payment method for a range of decentralised digital services. The ‘Kin’ cryptocurrency, which will be

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Kik Acquires Video Chat Social Network Rounds for Reported $60-$80m

Kik has acquired Rounds, a Tel Aviv, Israel-based video-enabled real-time social network, in a bid to boost its group video chat features – which it launched in December 2016. The

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Kik Messenger Introduces Video Chat Feature

Popular Canadian mobile instant messaging app Kik now allows users to video chat with friends. Unlike other popular video call providers, such as Facebook Messenger, Apple’s FaceTime or WhatsApp’s recently

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Chatbot 101

Just a year ago, bot was for the most part a dirty word in this industry. It conjured up images of fake Twitter accounts sending endless spam, but over the

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Top of the Bots: Who Can You Chat to in Facebook Messenger, Skype and Kik?

Maybe youve noticed, but theres been an influx of interest in bots in the past few weeks. It all started with the disastrous launch of Microsofts Twitter bot Tay, but the

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Kik Boots Up Bots in its Messaging App

Messaging app Kik has launched its Bot Shop, where users can download chatbots. The store is broken down into three categories – Entertainment, Lifestyle and Games – with 18 bots available at

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Kik Tasks MediaBrix With Growing In-app Loyalty Program

Chat app Kik has appointed MediaBrix to help it grow its Kik Points rewards program, in which users can earn points by completing activities on Kik, such as watching a video

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