"雅虎購買Blink"

雅虎買下了Blink，此行動應用程式能讓使用者寄送自毀訊息。Blink的用戶能夠傳送只能在特定期間內點閱的簡訊、照片和影片，時間一過就會被刪除，這些功能受到注重隱私的人們歡迎。

外界視此舉為雅虎試圖「挖角」正要崛起的小型企業背後的人才，以確保雅虎未來的成功，在此例之中，凱文史戴芬和米雪兒諾根是前Google員工，他們創立了才剛起步的Meh實驗室，而Meh實驗室創造出了Blink。不過交易的條款尚未公開。

自雅虎的執行長梅麗莎梅爾兩年前接下此職位後，雅虎就買進了估計40間起步的公司試圖要增加市場能見度和市場價值。

根據Blink的網站指出，他們「期待將Blink視界帶至雅虎後產生的可能性」，而「……建立Blink，因為我們相信每個人都應該能自在地在線上對話中展現和面對面對話時同樣的誠摯和自然」。

線上傳訊應用程式已經在這極具競爭的智慧型手機和平板市場變成一筆大生意，日本企業樂天最近用九億美金買下了Viber，而臉書最近也以190億美金買下Whatsapp。據傳臉書也向Snapchat提了一筆破億的收購案。

(Technology) Blink Bought By Yahoo

Blink, a mobile application that allows users to send self-destructing messages, has been bought by Yahoo. Blink users can send texts, photos and videos that can only be viewed within a certain time frame before they are deleted, making them popular with people concerned with privacy.

The move has been seen as another example of Yahoo trying to poach talent behind smaller upcoming companies in a bid to ensure its future success, in this case Kevin Stephens and Michelle Norgan, former Google employees who created the start-up Meh Labs that created Blink. Terms of the deal, however, have not been disclosed.

Since Yahoos chief executive Marissa Mayer took over two years ago, Yahoo has bought an estimated 40 start-ups in an attempt to increase its market presence and value.

According to Blinks website, they look forward to the possibilities that will come from bringing the Blink vision to Yahoo, and ...built Blink because we believe everyone should be free to show the same honesty and spontaneity in their online conversations as they can in person.

Online messaging apps have become big business in the competitive smartphone and tablet market, with Japanese firm Rakuten recently buying Viber for US$900 million dollars, and Facebook recently purchasing Whatsapp for US$19 billion. Facebook is also reported as having offered Snapchat a multi-billion dollar buyout.

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