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0 pointswanda9y ago0 comments

I suspect the parent is thinking of the Sparrow acquisition by Google, but Sparrow was a native app for OS X/iOS; thus it stands to reason that the acquisition was more of an acqui-hire for creating/refining Inbox. [1]

[1] https://twitter.com/jmdenisme/status/524968589489479680

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nkkollaw9y ago

Yes, I used to use Sparrow.

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0 pointswanda9y ago0 comments

I suspect the parent is thinking of the Sparrow acquisition by Google, but Sparrow was a native app for OS X/iOS; thus it stands to reason that the acquisition was more of an acqui-hire for creating/refining Inbox. [1]

[1] https://twitter.com/jmdenisme/status/524968589489479680

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nkkollaw9y ago

Yes, I used to use Sparrow.

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse