Yahoo is buying its way into the discrete messaging craze with another acquisition. An app called Blink is Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer’s latest takeover target.
Blink is a small startup with less than 100,000 downloads on the Google Play store. It grew out of a location-focused app called Kismet, which was developed at Meh Labs run by ex-Google employees.
"The entire team behind Blink and Kismet will be joining our mobile team in Sunnyvale [Yahoo's headquarters in California] where they will focus on smart communication products,” a Yahoo rep said in a statement.
Blink users were able to send texts and share photos, videos and music in a secretive way.
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