Yahoo buys self-destruct chat app
Wednesday, 14 May 2014
Yahoo has acquired Blink, a mobile application that allows users to share messages that self-destruct, in order to poach the talent behind it.
The app will reportedly be shut down in the coming weeks so that Blink's seven-person team can work on Yahoo's "smart communication" products.
This includes former Google employees Kevin Stephens and Michelle Norgan, who founded Meh Labs, the start-up that created Blink.
Terms of the deal were not disclosed.
Blink made the announcement on their website, saying they "look forward to the possibilities that will come from bringing the Blink vision to Yahoo," according to BBC.