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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

The top 5 takeaways from BlackRock head Larry Fink’s 2021 letter to CEOs

Lab-grown wood could let us grow furniture in a lab instead of in a forest

Will your cat need a COVID-19 vaccine?

News

It’s critical that you update your iPhone to iOS 14.4 right now. Here’s why and how

Credit Karma weighs in on why its scores are different after viral Twitter discussions

America’s top pandemic playthings: L.O.L. Surprise!, Barbie, Star Wars, Pokémon dominate soaring toy sales

Co.Design

COVID-19 won’t kill cities

Even the White House logo got a makeover. See what changed

This breakthrough mask is a ‘smoke detector’ for COVID-19

Work Life

Newcomers will change your startup’s culture. That’s a good thing

A great strength of remote work? More democratic meetings

Why we adjusted salaries for all traditionally female-dominated roles at our company