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The popular Kik messaging app is shutting down

Kik’s $100 million ICO for Kin cryptocurrency was “illegal,” says SEC

Crisis Text Line Is Using Chat Platforms To Proactively Offer Help

Using AI and better integration with popular apps, the peer-to-peer hotline is expanding its ability to find people in distress and offer help before the situation escalates.

Crisis Text Line Is Using Chat Platforms To Proactively Offer Help

Kik’s Big Bet On The Ad-Free, Cryptocurrency-Funded Future Of Chat

Kik raised $100 million in its ICO, and now it just has to convince you to start making cool stuff.

Kik’s Big Bet On The Ad-Free, Cryptocurrency-Funded Future Of Chat

WhatsApp Now Reaching 400 Million Monthly Users, Says Cofounder Jan Koum

Why Messaging Could Be Mobile’s Killer App

Could the next big platform fit inside a messaging app? Here’s why it might.

Why Messaging Could Be Mobile’s Killer App

The Messy, Fragmented World of Group Messaging Apps

Impact

Through protests and the pandemic, gun background checks hit record high

This website tells you when your local politicians are discussing police budgets

Evian’s new 100% recycled plastic bottle comes without a label

Creativity

A random tweet gave us Morris Chestnut Appreciation Day, the relief from misery we all so desperately need

Netflix’s ‘Mucho Mucho Amor’ is more than a love letter to celebrity astrologer Walter Mercado

This music-video ode to apocalyptic anxiety will give you the catharsis you crave

Co.Design

We’re all sick of Zoom. This new app gives it a ‘Weekend Update’-style makeover

Face it, your kids will be home for a while. This $65 cardboard kit creates the perfect desk at home

Trump wants to build a sculpture park for ‘American Heroes.’ Here’s why that’s wrongheaded

Work Life

4 ways to improve your writing and communication in your free time

How do you get to the public markets? Practice, practice, practice

Tired of filling out a never-ending list of job applications? Try this strategy to set you apart.