Google (GOOG) Said to Acquire iOS, Mac Email App Creator Sparrow (AAPL)
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According to reports out Friday, Google (Nasdaq: GOOG) has acquired Sparrow, one of the most popular Apple (Nasdaq: AAPL) iOS and Mac email app creators out there.
Sparrow's team which made apps for the iPhone and OS X will join Google's Gmail team.
Financial terms of the deal weren't disclosed.
Sparrow issued a statement on its website:
"We’re excited to announce that Sparrow has been acquired by Google!
We care a lot about how people communicate, and we did our best to provide you with the most intuitive and pleasurable mailing experience.
Now we’re joining the Gmail team to accomplish a bigger vision — one that we think we can better achieve with Google.
We’d like to extend a special thanks to all of our users who have supported us, advised us, given us priceless feedback and allowed us to build a better mail application. While we’ll be working on new things at Google, we will continue to make Sparrow available and provide support for our users.
We had an amazing ride and can’t thank you enough.
Full speed ahead!"
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Sparrow's team which made apps for the iPhone and OS X will join Google's Gmail team.
Financial terms of the deal weren't disclosed.
Sparrow issued a statement on its website:
"We’re excited to announce that Sparrow has been acquired by Google!
We care a lot about how people communicate, and we did our best to provide you with the most intuitive and pleasurable mailing experience.
Now we’re joining the Gmail team to accomplish a bigger vision — one that we think we can better achieve with Google.
We’d like to extend a special thanks to all of our users who have supported us, advised us, given us priceless feedback and allowed us to build a better mail application. While we’ll be working on new things at Google, we will continue to make Sparrow available and provide support for our users.
We had an amazing ride and can’t thank you enough.
Full speed ahead!"
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