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"Google has acquired iOS and Mac email client Sparrow, with the team behind the popular app heading to Google to work with the Gmail team. \n\u201CWe care a lot about how people communicate, and we did our best to provide you with the most intuitive and pleasurable mailing experience,\u201D Dom Leca, CEO of Sparrow, said in a statement on the company\u2019s website. \u201CNow we're joining the Gmail team to accomplish a bigger vision \u2014 one that we think we can better achieve with Google.\u201D\nIn the note on Sparrow\u2019s site, Leca also thanked the app\u2019s users who have provided support and feedback and said, \u201CWhile we\u2019ll be working on new things at Google, we will continue to make Sparrow available and provide support for our users.\u201D\nA Google spokesperson told Mashable, \u201C\u201CThe Sparrow team has always put their users first by focusing on building a seamlessly simple and intuitive interface for their email client. We look forward to bringing them aboard the Gmail team, where they\u2019ll be working on new projects.\u201D\n\n\nSEE ALSO: Sparrow for Mac Simplifies Gmail For The Better\n\nWorking on new projects will mean not a lot of time for the team to work on the existing iOS and Mac apps. While Sparrow indicated that they will continue to make the app available and provide support for it, no new versions of the app are likely to be released.\nSparrow is a minimalist mail application for Mac that simplifies and streamlines your traditional mail experience. Originally started as a side project rather than a full-on business, when it launched in 2010, the app was downloaded 42,000 times in just five days -\u2013 indicating that there was a huge market for a new simplistic email client.\nGoogle has struggled with its Gmail app for iOS. The company likely brought the Sparrow team in to help improve its Gmail experience on iOS and Mac, as well as potentially Android and PCs.\nWhat do you think about Google's acquisition of the app and its team? What \"new projects\" do you think the Sparrow team will be working on? Let us know your thoughts in the comments."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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