<p>Blink, a new mobile application for ephemeral messaging, is debuting today on the Apple App Store allowing users to text, plus share photos, and soon videos, with other friends as well as with groups. The app represents a spin-off from the same technology which also powers social friend finder, Kismet. Though the company says it has no plans to shut down Kismet at this time, its current focus will be on continuing the development of Blink at present.</p><p>You may remember Kismet, founded by ex-Googler Kevin Stephens and Michelle Norgan, as one of the apps which surged in popularity around the time of SXSW 2012, when "ambient location" seemed to be the latest trend. As it turned out, while Kismet saw some pick up on college campuses, and particularly in the Greek community, its user base remained under a million.</p><p>Now Blink is repurposing the company's technology platform to attack mobile social networking from a new angle: disposable messaging.</p><p>The mobile messaging market is huge, fragmented, and growing, but competitors focused on ephemeral messaging are still few. The most notable entrants at present are Snapchat and Facebook's Poke, the former which is primarily focused on sharing photos and video, and the latter which has so far failed to find significant traction.</p><p><a href="http://techcrunch.com/2013/04/26/blink-a-new-app-for-ephemeral-text-and-photo-messaging-arrives-on-iphone/">Keep reading...</a></p><p>Read also:</p><p><a href="http://vator.tv/news/2013-04-26-kismet-launches-blink-for-group-messaging-that-expires">Kismet launches Blink for group messaging that expires</a> (VatorNews)</p><p>Explore: <a href="http://news.google.com/news/more?ncl=dZ-YBLr74ruh2WMxeYjriGIxGMDIM&ned=us">2 additional articles.</a></p>