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Mentions in press and media 13
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| May 14, 2014 | Yahoo buys Snapchat rival Blink | More On: yahoo Yahoo exits China, citing ‘challenging’ environment US government ordering Google to provide users' search data: report Banfield, Norville tell Post they are 'hurt' and 'gobsmacked' by Couric's cruelty It's a new Yahoo — agai... |
| May 14, 2014 | Yahoo buys Snapchat rival Blink | More On: yahoo It's a new Yahoo — again: Apollo Group taps Tinder CEO as whiplashed employees hold their breath Private equity firm acquires Verizon’s Yahoo, AOL for $5B The best one-liners from Yahoo Answers’ 15-year run Yahoo Answers will... |
| May 14, 2014 | Yahoo! Acquires Blink | Blink, one of the mobile messaging applications that let users share self-destructing messages, has been acquired by Yahoo! (YHOO). The amount of the deal was not disclosed. This is the final meassage of the team: Founded in 2011 by Kevin S... |
| May 14, 2014 | Yahoo acquires team behind Snapchat competitor Blink | Blink, which was spun out of friend locator Kismet last year, will be shut down (Updated with comment from Yahoo) For the second time in less than a week, Snapchat is saying goodbye to one of its competitors: first it was Facebook's Poke ap... |
| May 14, 2014 | Yahoo snaps up the mobile messaging app Blink | NEW YORK - Yahoo (YHOO) is buying the mobile messaging app Blink. Terms of the deal, which was announced Wednesday on Blink's website, are not being disclosed. Messages sent through the Blink app self-destruct after a certain amount of time... |
| May 13, 2014 | Mobile messaging app Blink to vanish as Yahoo buys it | Yahoo is buying an ephemeral mobile messaging app for itself, Blink. But a Yahoo-branded version of the app isn’t necessarily on the way. The company behind Blink, Meh Labs, will discontinue the app for Android and iOS devices, according to... |
| May 13, 2014 | Yahoo Acquires Self-Destructing Messaging App Blink, Which Will Soon Disappear | Blink, a mobile messaging application that lets users share self-destructing messages, has been acquired by Yahoo, TechCrunch has confirmed. The app competed in an increasingly crowded space alongside Snapchat, of course, but also newer ent... |
| Feb 17, 2014 | Anonymous Messaging App Blink Arrives On Android | Blink, a mobile application that allows users to send each other self-destructing messages, has now arrived on Android. The app, which first debuted on iOS last spring, lets you share text, photos, videos, sketches, and even voice messages ... |
| 2014 | Meatspace, A World Of Animated Gifs, Human Robots And The Ephemerality Of Snapchat-Like Apps | Meatspace, an addictive new web service and mobile app is part Snapchat, part Twitter and part animated gifs. It works like this: You write an update in 250 characters or less and then pose for the camera on your computer or phone. The serv... |
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FAQ about Blink
What has the press written about Blink?
Parsers VC has collected 13 articles mentioning Blink, among them “Yahoo buys Snapchat rival Blink” (May 14, 2014) and “Yahoo buys Snapchat rival Blink” (May 14, 2014).
Is Blink still active?
Yes, Blink is active; its latest activity on Parsers VC dates from Jul 23, 2014.