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Yahoo buys Blink, and kills it (RCR Mobile Minute)

by Martha DeGrasse
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In the blink of an eye, the mobile app that delivers self-destructing messages has self-destructed by selling out to Yahoo. Yahoo has bought Blink for an undisclosed amount, and will soon pull the app from iTunes and the Google Play store. The Internet giant apparently didn’t want the app but wanted the developers who worked at Blink. Blink had seven employees and they are all going to Yahoo, according to TechCrunch. One of Blink’s founders is a former product manager at Yahoo’s archrival Google.		 Other top stories:Syniverse to buy Aicent Syniverse has agreed to purchase Aicent, expanding its interconnection footprint and its analytics capabilities for mobile context. … Read More
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Martha DeGrasse is the publisher of Network Builder Reports (nbreports.com). At RCR, Martha authored more than 20 in-depth feature reports and more than 2,400 news articles. She also created the Mobile Minute and the 5 Things to Know Today series. Prior to joining RCR Wireless News, Martha produced business and technology news for CNN and Dow Jones in New York and managed the online editorial group at Hoover’s Online before taking a number of years off to be at home when her children were young. Martha is the board president of Austin's Trinity Center and is a member of the Women's Wireless Leadership Forum.

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