Sparrow, a third-party email app for both Mac and iOS, especially for the iPhone, has been acquired by Google. The company’s team will be integrated within the Google Gmail team.
Sparrow’s chief executive Dom Leca says that the company will continue to make Sparrow available, and keep it up and running with support, however the two versions of the product will not gain any new features.
Google’s official iOS Gmail application is in need of new features, says 9 to 5 Mac, and Sparrow’s team could create a new Gmail experience for iOS users.
