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Messaging app Kik launches a bot store

Messaging app Kik launches a bot store

In recent years, people have been actively moving their communication to messaging apps. Therefore it’s been only logical for bots to appear in the apps as a way of letting companies speak with or entertain people. Today, a popular chat app Kik launched a new bot store inviting users and developers to join in this…

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Kik Introduces QR Codes

It isn’t know whether Tencent representatives said something during the Kik investment deal, or whether the conclusion was independently drawn by Ted Livingston’s team, but the fact remains: the Canadian messaging app ripped off one of the main features of Chinese messaging app WeChat – the QR code. Last month, company co-founder and CEO Ted…

Tencent gaming Kik plus a $50 million investment

Tencent gaming: Kik plus a $50 million investment

Tencent injects funds into Kik Interactive Inc.! Tencent is the largest internet company in China, as well as the owner of QQ and WeChat messaging apps, has decided to invest into Kik Interactive Inc. The situation looks rather strange, but both WeChat and Kik are regionally popular communication clients. They’re practically rivals, to be honest….

Happy Birthday KIK!

Happy Birthday KIK!

KIK’s achievements Can you believe it? KIK is 6 years old! This is a good reason to recall all the key points, updates and achievements that a tiny group of just 30 developers made for 200 M users. KIK runs on such platforms as iOS, Android, Windows Phone and Amazon. Since the time of its…

Kik introduces Jam music community

Kik introduces Jam music community

Is Jam so far only for a limited audience? The management team of Canadian Kik messenger are launching a pilot version of Jam, a chat-based music community, created around the world’s best music bands and performers. First, it will be open only for a few hundred thousand users to help the developers test the newly…

Kik proposes trial by ordeal

Kik proposes trial by ordeal

Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials is coming to cinemas on September 18. However, if the wait is killing you and you are just too eager to find out what will happen to the Gladers next and what WCKD’s got in store for them, you should definitely install Kik. Kik Promoted Chat The other day, Canadian…

SCREENPLAY WRITTEN WITH SMILEYS KIK CAN HELP!

SCREENPLAY WRITTEN WITH SMILEYS? KIK CAN HELP!

A text made of emojis? Could this actually be done? Last week our team found out that Sony Pictures Animation was going to create an animation movie, using only emojis. The new week arrived and the KIK development team got down to thinking whether a screenplay of over 300 pages long can be written with…

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AppMess review: KIK – download for free

KIK – is a Canadian messenger, which was created in 2009. A group of young boys from the University of Waterloo (Ontario, Canada) has decided to move away from the traditional applications for computers and focus on the smartphone owners. Chinese messenger WeChat served as an example for them, as in 2009 it could be…

HOW KIK USES MICROSOFT PHOTODNA TO PROTECT ITS USERS

HOW KIK USES MICROSOFT PHOTODNA TO PROTECT ITS USERS

PhotoDNA on the Internet Kik Interactive became the first company in Canada that began using the PhotoDNA technology, a Microsoft product, in order to protect its users. Let us recall, that PhotoDNA is a technology of fighting the spreading of illegal images. It transfers photos into the format understandable by computer – mathematical values –…

KIK’S UPDATES FOR ANDROID AND IOS

KIK’S UPDATES FOR ANDROID AND IOS

When Kik upgraded last time, it was about fighting spam and improving the functionality for working with videos. The new updates are about letting users save images and videos directly from the app’s chat windows. Images and video can be downloaded from Kik’s chat window It’s that simple and predictable: by tapping an image and holding…