Kik Messenger raises $19.5M as it aims to lead the HTML5 revolution

Only a few weeks after hitting 50 million users, the popular mobile messaging service Kik has received a new chunk of funding to fuel its impressive growth.

Kik at 50M users: Who needs Facebook Home when you can build an in-app platform?

The popular mobile messaging company Kik isn't sweating Facebook Home.

Kik Messenger hits 30M users, launches Kik Cards to easily share media

While the hype for group messaging apps has died down considerably over the past few years, that hasn't stopped Kik Messenger from continuing to improve its app.

250K beta testers later, MightyText launches possibly the best texting app for Android, ever

iMessage is coming for Mac users in July. But Android smartphone owners can get something better, for free, right now. It’s called MightyText, and it’s launching from public beta today.

MightyText is a very simple product with a killer value …

Control any screen with a browser: Clik turns your smartphone into the world’s best remote

From the minds that brought you Kik, the ultra-fast mobile messaging app, comes Clik: a new platform that will let developers create smartphone apps that can control just about any screen with a web browser.

To prove the value of …

Just Kik it: New Kik API lets you share from any app across iOS, Android

Plenty of apps let you share items with friends via Facebook, Twitter, and e-mail, but it’s still difficult to instantly share content within apps — for example, a cool new restaurant on Yelp’s app — across mobile devices.

Kik, maker …

How Huddle ripped its name back from Google+ (exclusive)

Google recently rebranded a number of the features on its social networking site, Google+. One of those features was Huddles, the site’s group messaging feature, that is now known as Messaging.

That change was apparently always in the works because …

Can Google+ circles stand the test of time? A look inside Google’s user experience

No one can doubt that Google+ circles are fun, easy to set up and innovative. In terms of user experiences, circles are one of the more exciting features we’ve seen in a social app in quite a while.

Touch-friendly and …