Messaging app Kik recently abandoned the Ethereum blockchain due to scalability issues. Instead, they will be building their transactions on the Stellar platform. Although the platform would currently be unable to fully support Kik's plans, Lightning could change that. Lightning Network technology would … Read More

When ethereum experienced growing pains, mobile messaging app Kik ditched the platform for the more scalable Stellar. But, if Kik really starts wants to move all of its transactions over to Stellar, the platform simply can't handle that size, McCaleb conceded. In addition, partners tech giant IBM has … Read More

In 2017, Orbs helped Kik with an initial coin offering, which netted Kik $98 million. Read more. Technology allows us to unleash deep-seated needs and desires, says Google executive. As innovation unlocks new technologies, people still feel the need to connect it to their everyday lives, Abigail Posner, … Read More

The startups' largest client is Kik, a Canada-based messaging app developer, which has about 15 million monthly active users, Mr. Attar said. … In January, Kik CEO Ted Livingston wrote a blog post addressing rumors that Kik could be migrating its Kin token onto a different blockchain network called … Read …

Kik Interactive Inc, which has been receiving venture funds from eminent institutions like Tencent, introduced the Kin cryptocurrency to put an end to venture-related funding issues, reported the sources. Just like any other major cryptocurrency, Kin's performance has been quite impressive. As evident … Read More

The most interesting feature of the SFriends app is that it enables the user to find friends directly from Snapchat, Instagram, and Kik. Using this app, the users can find and add friends from the three social media platforms and increase their popularity. The users can increase their Instagram following, … …

When Arizona soccer's season ended in mid-November, senior forward Charlotte Brascia was prepared to give up her cleats and shinguards for good. The Las Vegas native figured her playing career, which started when she was just four years old and has been a staple of her life ever since, was …

"You're not going to build the same bot on Kik that you are on Facebook." Exactly what kind of bots companies will build in the future is still uncertain. Messaging platforms themselves are still evolving and adding features from new emojis to in-app payments, and consumers and brands alike are …

The man known as the Human Hacker says popular apps such as Snapchat, Kik and Twitter are being used to “groom“ or lure kids and teens away from their homes, many ending up on child pornography sites on the darknet. “There's just so much teen and child pornography links on …

The State Attorney's Office said that during the day and a half trial, the government presented evidence that an undercover investigator posed as a young girl on the social media platform Kik starting in June 2017. The investigator noticed that Nicholas E. Fogarty created the Kik group, “Tweenteenlove,” … Read More