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Yahoo Buys Blink, a Snapchat Rival, Just to Shut It DownYahoo has purchased Blink, a self-destructing messaging app that itself will soon disappear Blink, which was founded in 2011, confirmed the purchase on its website and in the tweet below: See also: 8 Brands Rocking Snapchat Were excited to announce that Blink is now part of Yahoo! Thanks to all of our userst.co/dU3lOqJRXI — Blink (@blinkapp) May 13, 2014 Terms of the deal were not disclosed. I can confirm that the entire team behind Blink will be joining our mobile team in Sunnyvale where they will focus on smart communication products, a Yahoo rep confirmed Launched as location-based app Kismet by ex-Googler Kevin Stephens and cofounder Michelle Norgan, Blink pivoted to ephemeral messaging about a year agoTechCrunch reported that Yahoo plans to shut Blink down and hire founders in what appears to be an aqui-hire Read more...More about Yahoo, Business, Startups, Snapchat, and Blink Mashable
Posted on: Wed, 14 May 2014 14:52:52 +0000

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