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The popular Kik messaging app is shutting down

The company is shutting the app and letting go of 80% of its staff to focus on its kin cryptocurrency.

The popular Kik messaging app is shutting down

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

The agency says Kik should have registered its Kin cryptocurrency sale as a securities offering.

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

Those figures make its user base 16 times bigger than that of Snapchat.

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

If SXSW serves as a barometer of hot trends in tech, then group messaging and texting apps are one of the hottest–even by Austin, Texas, standards. Are they worth the hype?

The Messy, Fragmented World of Group Messaging Apps

Impact

Taste alone won’t persuade Americans to swap out beef for plant-based burgers

This fake leather is made from silk

This genetic tech could help save billions of baby chickens from unnecessary death

News

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Why Peloton is both succeeding and flailing: Reflections on a most memorable week

How to track China’s Long March 5B rocket live as it crashes somewhere on planet Earth

Co.Design

Are graphene-coated face masks a COVID-19 miracle—or another health risk?

Planning a post-pandemic office? Here’s how much it will cost

Unpacking the CIA’s cringey recruiting strategy

Work Life

Your home life is about to get more complicated. How to manage a hybrid schedule

The link between mental health and financial literacy for Gen Z

The one piece of data your company needs to track to improve diversity efforts