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, the Canada-headquartered mobile messaging service that hit 50 million registered users this month, has closed a $19.5 million Series B round as it prepares to begin drawing revenue for the first ...

Kik is one of those messaging apps that is flying under the radar for old people, but gaining strong traction among teens and college kids. As a sign of its youthfulness, Kik actually zoomed into the ...

Kik’s attempt to become “the WeChat of the West” has been bolstered by a $50 million infusion from WeChat’s Chinese developer, Tencent. Kik will use the funds to focus on the US teen market, a ...

Facebook just acquired mobile-messaging service WhatsApp for $16 billion because it has millions of users. That’s the same reason that mobile developers are looking to WhatsApp and programs like Kik ...

On the same day Instagram announced it was getting into messaging with its Direct feature, Kik, a popular messaging app among the world’s mobile-hungry teens said it had reached the ...

Mobile messaging firm Kik is upping its focus on music after launching a new service to connect fans of top artists and bands via its popular chat app. For now, it seems that Kik is focused on ...