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 [...]

It comes as no surprise that when most people hear the name “Enflick” they have no idea who they are or the impact they’ve had on the mobile space. Almost two years ago, when the instant messenger craze was still in its infancy, a small Waterloo based start-up called Enflick saw a void with the [...]

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 [...]

Since its humble beginnings late last year as a simple cross-platform messaging app, Kik has made quite the impact on the mobile scene. From quickly going viral (spawning over 1 million users in its first week of launch) to the ongoing legal drama (we all know the battle of supremacy with RIM) it has been through [...]

Kik let us know via Twitter that picture sharing is coming next week! There will be an update for iOS as well as Android. Sources have also told us that group messaging will be present in these updates as well! It’s great that some key features will be added to Kik’s very reliable cross platform messenger. Unfortunately, development for the BlackBerry platform has been frozen since RIM revoked [...]

Wow! BGR is reporting that their sources at Research in Motion (RIM) are telling them that a deal bringing BlackBerry Messenger (BBM) to Android devices is DEFINITE. As well, talks are apparently occurring to eventually bring BBM to the iOS running iPhones. The rumors continue that the software might be FREE on the competing platforms or [...]

Kik, the BlackBerry Messenger-esque app that took the world by storm in the latter part of 2010 and then got sued by RIM (Research In Motion) and removed from BlackBerry App World has reached quite a milestone to ring in the New Year of 2011. Their app has hit the 3 million user mark according [...]

Oye, as if Kik wasn’t having enough issues as it is, RIM has decided to throw in the one-two knockout punch for good measure. According to Crackberry.com RIM has filed a statement of claim against Kik Interactive Inc for patent infringement (see court filing T-1996-10). Odds are a US suit will follow shortly as well, [...]

Engadget recently posted an article about Kik being pulled from BlackBerry App World. At this point, I’m sure I don’t need to explain what Kik is. RIM’s statement on the matter couldn’t be any more vague: “RIM became aware of a number of issues and customer concerns regarding the Kik app and service and, following [...]

“Kik is about having deep conversations with the people you care about,” says Ted Livingston, Founder and CEO of Kik. “That’s where the name came from: kicking a ball back and forth like a conversation.” We are sitting in a board room on the ground level of The Accelerator Centre, near the University of Waterloo [...]