Hello, Skype … and WhatsApp: Viber has 200M users and a new, spiffy desktop video-calling client

May 7, 2013 8:56 AM John Koetsier
John Koetsier

The result is a combination of just about every kind of communication you could wish for in a single client: mobile text-message-like messaging, audio, and video. Which means that not only is Viber competing with mobile messaging platforms like the massive WhatsApp, it's also competing with existing VOIP giant Skype.

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

April 22, 2013 12:02 PM Devindra Hardawar
Devindra Hardawar

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?

April 11, 2013 9:03 AM Devindra Hardawar
Devindra Hardawar

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

mBlox: app developers, here’s how to revive old apps (and 30K free messages to help)

November 6, 2012 4:39 AM John Koetsier
John Koetsier

You built the app. Everyone came, and you were over the moon. But now, months later, no-one is opening your app, and you're pulling out your hair.

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

December 22, 2011 9:00 AM Devindra Hardawar
Devindra Hardawar

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 …