Press Room
Chikka while surfing the web
October 28, 2011
Chikka, the creators of the classic app Chikka Text Messenger, just released its latest version of the Chikka Chrome Extension.
Chikka Chrome Extension is a Chikka Text Messenger plugin which sits on your Google Chrome browser’s bar. “You can open it to chat with online Chikka buddies and also text other friends straight to their mobile phones without having to leave the page you’re on. Afterwards, you can just minimize it and wait for notifications to pop-up when you get replies,” Chikka CIO Dennis Mendiola explained, “and as usual you earn extra credits for every reply you receive.”
Chikka Lite on Chrome actually started as a pet project of the engineers at Chikka.com as more and more browser-based applications were populating the Chrome Store. The company then quietly released the initial version of the Chikka Chrome Extension early this year. Inevitably, the number of searches and installs increased as more Chikka users and curious web browsers discovered it.
Just this September, Newsbytes.ph released an article for the National Hereos’ Day (August 31) commemorating the most-searched national heroes including Andres Bonifacio, Juan Luna and Jose Rizal vis-à-vis the most-searched Chrome Extensions and Chikka Chrome extension made it to the list as “it feeds the nation’s love for texting”.
Aside from the Chikka for iPhone and Android, there is also Chikka Lite for Facebook. “We want to be where our users are and we’re on this quest of making the classic free texting app available on different platforms and browsers for use on all computers and mobile devices.” Dennis Mendiola added.
About Chikka
Founded in 2001, Chikka’s flagship is the Chikka Text Messenger, an online application that supports the delivery of instant messages as SMS to mobile phones. According to the company, Chikka Text Messenger, now with over 68 million registered users, is probably one of the most widely-used and viewed Internet and mobile-based communications tools by Filipinos worldwide. For more information about Chikka visit their new website at www.chikka.com.