Things have been very much up in the air for users of Kik Messenger after its owner Kik announced plans to close down the messaging tool and focus on its Kin cryptocurrency. But now things have changed. Kik has announced that Kik Messenger has been acquired by holding company MediaLab. While details of the acquisition […]
Popular messaging app Kik is, indeed, “here to stay” following an acquisition by the Los Angeles-based multimedia holding company, MediaLab. It echoes the same message from Kik’s chief executive Tim Livingston last week when he rebuffed earlier reports that the company would shut down amid an ongoing battle with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Livingston
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WhatsApp rival Kik Messenger has announced it it shutting down, despite having hundreds of millions of active users around the world. The company said it was closing down the messaging service to focus on its Kin cryptocurrency, known as Kin. Kik chief executive Ted Livingstone said in a blog post that the decision had been
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