Kik Messenger: Greatest App You Never Heard Of

Most iOS Android Windows Phone BlackBerry and Symbian operating systems offer the Kik Messenger application free Kik Messenger sports some attractive features such as adfree messaging across different operating systems no messaging fees customizable notification options and offline messages The individual and group chat features are fun for friends and family members and useful for professional conferences No messaging system would be complete without pictures so the developers at Kik Interactive added that too One of the major benefits of Kik Messenger is that it uses the smartphone39s data plan or WiFi to transmit data sparing the user expensive text messaging rates With a free download fast connections and lower text messaging rates Kik Messenger is becoming one of the hottest apps in 2014The beta version of Kik Messenger hit the market in April of 2010 and parent company Kik Interactive released the official version in October of that year It took only 15 days for to Kik Interactive to register its first million Kik Messenger users Growth continued at a tremendous rate for this little upstart By April 2012 there were 10 million Kik Messenger users Just a few months later Kik Messenger became the topdownloaded free social app in iTunes One year later in April of 2013 Kik Messenger had registered 50 million unique users Today the app has been downloaded into more than 100 million smartphones Unlike other phone apps Kik Messenger and its features are fast even on slower connections This greatly enhances the usability of smartphones which can otherwise be frustratingly slow on sluggish connectionsKik Messenger is not only fast it feels as powerful as a conventional PC browser Kik Interactive recently introduced Kik Cards which feature builtin HTML5 that allows users to search for send and enjoy YouTube videos create sketches and memes locate and share Reddit pics GIFs and other images without ever leaving the Kik platform or downloading new software Its chat features allows up to nine people in a single conversation a capability unheard of in other smartphone messaging platformsKik Messenger now even works on Kindles Kik Interactive updated their Android version of the app so that it works on Kindle Fire versions Fire OS 10 or later Kindle Fire Tablet users can download the Kik Messenger app from the Amazon App storeA group of students from University of Waterloo founded Kik Interactive in 2009 The students39 focus was to develop new technologies for use on smart phones only which the students predict will dominate future communication and computing technologies RRE Spark Capital ampamp Union Square Ventures backed Kik Messenger with Round A fundingKik Messenger is widely available Users of iOS 60 and later can get the app from iTunesApp Store Google Play Store has Kik Messenger for Android 22 and later while the Amazon Appstore has Kik for Fire OS 10 and later Windows Phone 7 users can go to the Windows Phone Store of course while Nokia users should go to Ovi Store BlackBerry OS 46 amp8211 7 users can download the app directly from kikcomIf you are receiving this report you are a registered member to MyersBizNet or are receiving it as part of a registered corporate membership As a member Jack responds personally to your emails requests and comments He is available to speak at your company events In addition to MyersBizNet Media Business Reports your membership underwrites MediaBizBloggerscom Women in Media Mentoring Initiative MyersBizNet Economic Media Business Report MyersBizNet Video Media Report plus our exclusive industry economic forecasts trend forecasts and corporate performance research Redistribution in any form except among approved individuals within your company is prohibited As a member you have full access to all archives and reports at wwwjackmyerscom If you require your ID and password contact maryannjackmyerscom

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