Indian Chat App Hike Adds Private Mode And 100Mb File Sending, As It Hits 20M Users
We’re all familiar with ephemeral messaging, but how about password-protect chats? That’s a new feature that has been added to Indian chat app Hike, which announced that it has passed 20 million registered users today. In addition to the aforementioned ‘Hidden Mode,’ Hike users can now transfer files of up to 100MB in size across the service — that includes MP3s, PDFs .docxs and more. Locking away conversation might sound appealing to unfaithful partners, but Hike CEO Kavin Bharti Mittal explains many users in India simply crave addition privacy: A major cultural factor in India is that most kids still...
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