In the world of mobile cross-platform IM apps, there is absolutely no denying the ever-growing popularity of WhatsApp messenger. It’s quick, reliable, and for the most part free (the BlackBerry version must be paid for after the first year). But, have you ever wondered just how popular the app really is? According to the WhatsApp [...]

  Remember Kik? The ever-popular cross-platform BBM-esque instant messenger that went very viral, very fast last year? The same one that - as quickly as it went viral - lost access to RIM API’s, thus killing its push functionality rendering it useless to BlackBerry? Yea, that app. Well, guess what? It’s back and “better than [...]

Over the last year or so Kik has quickly become a force to be reckoned with in the over-saturated world of cross-platform Instant Messengers (IM’s). Through lawsuits and loss of support from BlackBerry, they still managed to build a user base of over 3 million users and recently secure a new round of VC funding [...]