It's All Ending; We Gotta Stop Pretending Who We Are

Seriously, anybody who's heard of the Mission Impossible movies has to be familiar with the exploding Oakley's (aka "This message will self-destruct in five seconds"). But for those of you who have forgotten this oh-so-iconic first scene (which, unfortunately was the best part of the second movie), here the video, just to refresh your memory:

(Acrophobia, oh my.)

Wanna send self-destructing messages too? Apparently, now you can! Not in the same way though, of course.

Tiger Text is this new application which allows you to control how long your text messages stay recorded on other people's phones, before they get erased (aka self-destruct). Pretty cool, eh? From 5 seconds after reading to a couple of hours, their lifespan is entirely up to you, the sender.

Unfortunately, however, as mentioned above, Tiger Text is not technically an SMS service provided by your network, but is more like a fusion between text and instant messaging in the form of an application available and compatible currently only with iPhones and Blackberries. (Boo.) Here's an image of the interface:

(And yes, as it is with most things in this world, it isn't free.)

Outside of the whole novelty aspect of it though, I see no actual, substantial use for this beyond people who aren't planning surprises or cheating on their significant others. It's sorta like the "private browsing" setting of Firefox or "Incognito Mode" of Chrome. I'm half-kidding.

But if you're interested, you can read more about Tiger Text here and here.