Changes Ahead for Gmail -- Google Acquires Sparrow

Google has acquired the social email startup Sparrow to put its team to work on improving Google's own email solution, Gmail. Sparrow announced the deal to its users on Friday.

Google has acquired the social email startup Sparrow to put its team to work on improving Google’s own email solution, Gmail.  Sparrow announced the deal to its users on Friday.

Wrote Sparrow co-founder and CEO Dom Leca in a blog post:

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.

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