Hike Messenger 5.0 brings Hike Wallet with UPI and revamped UI

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Hike Messenger has updated its app to version 5.0 that brings a UI revamp along with the Hike Wallet. With the latest update, Hike adds a total of 11 App Themes that are a combination of a colour and pattern. Continue reading “Hike Messenger 5.0 brings Hike Wallet with UPI and revamped UI”

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Hike Messenger gets Snapchat-like Stories, Live Filters and in-app Camera

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Hike Messenger has received a major update that brings new features to the home grown instant messaging app. The app gets Stories, new in app camera and live filters in this update.

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Hike Messenger ropes in former Motorola exec Rajesh Rudraradhya as VP

Hike Messenger announced that the company has appointed Rajesh Rudraradhya as the Vice President and Head of Engineering. Rajesh will report into Founder and CEO, Kavin Bharti Mittal and will be responsible for helping Hike scale its engineering team and streamlining product development.

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Hike Messenger crosses 100 million users, claims 40 billion messages per month

Hike Messenger has announced that it has surpassed 100 million user mark. The latest milestone comes from the platform after it had clocked 70 million users in October.

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Hike Messenger clocks 30 billion messages per month

Hike, the homegrown messenger service has announced that its users are exchanging over 30 billion messages per month. Hike claims that its users are exchanging more than 1 billion messages per day.

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Hike Direct will let you chat, share files without any data charges

Hike Messenger has introduced a new feature dubbed as Hike Direct that allows you to chat, exchange stickers, transfer photos and heavy files of any type without using the Internet and without internet.

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Hike Messenger brings free voice calling with ‘Hike Calls’

Hike Messenger has kept its promise and introduced free voice calling in India. Hike Calls will allow users to call for free, over 2G, 3G and Wi-Fi and across the globe in over 200 countries.

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Hike Messenger acquires Zip Phone, will debut voice calling in India

Hike Messaging app has acquired US based voice calling company Zip Phone for an undisclosed sum. This is the first acquisition from the messenger that is a product of BSB (Bharti SoftBank, a joint venture between Bharti Group and Japan’s SoftBank).

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hike Messenger gets new political sticker pack for General Elections 2014

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hike, cross-platform messenger got $14M funding from Bharti Softbank (BSB) recently. hike crossed 15 million users in February and has over 80% user base under 25%. It has released new political sticker pack aimed at youth for the general election 2014. The pack includes stickers for Narendra Modi, Rahul Gandhi, Arvind Kejriwal and other generic stickers dedicated to elections. These are co-created with the youth, says hike. Continue reading “hike Messenger gets new political sticker pack for General Elections 2014”

Hike messenger clocks 15 million users

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Hike messenger by Bharti Softbank (BSB) has announced that it has crossed the 15 million users. It crossed 5 million users in just four months after its launch on 12th December 2012 and has tripled its user base within 9 months. The cross-platform messaging app that is targeted at youth introduced Last Seen Privacy, a new feature that lets users choose to share their  ‘Last Seen’ and ‘Status Updates’ with a chosen set of friends.
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