"Sparrow's Awesome Email Clients Are Now Property of Google". "How to prepare for Google's acquisition of Sparrow". "First Thunderbird, now Sparrow? We need e-mail clients, please". "You shall know Google by its trail of dead-a Sparrow user's lament". ^ a b McCracken, Harry (July 20, 2012)."Google acquires Sparrow, integrates it into the Gmail team". "Sparrow takes flight: how a startup built the Gmail app Google couldn't". A Mac Mail client fluttering aimlessly with little originality". "Sparrow Is an Attractive, Minimal Email Client". "Sparrow - New Email Client for Mac OS X". "Sparrow 1.0 hands-on: smooth, highly usable e-mail for the Mac". ^ a b Foresman, Chris (February 10, 2011).Inbox was shut down by Google on April 2, 2019. In 2014, Google released Inbox by Gmail, an email app with functionality similar to Sparrow. Adrian Covert of Gizmodo expressed excitement about a possible official desktop client for Gmail. However, TIME noted that the acquisition may lead to better apps for Gmail. Rob Beschizza of Boing Boing created a satirical video instructing users to prepare for the acquisition by deleting the app from their computer. Rafe Needleman of CNET wrote that the purchase combined with the ceasing development of Mozilla Thunderbird meant there was a growing lack of quality desktop mail clients. Sean Gallagher of Ars Technica wrote he was concerned for the app's future given Google's previous history of buying out and subsequently abandoning development on other startups such as reMail, Meebo and Quickoffice. The purchase and subsequent discontinuation prompted criticism from some tech sites, who were uncertain about the future of the apps. Due to this, they also announced that development of both of Sparrow's apps would be ended except for critical bug fixes. On July 20, 2012, Sparrow and Google jointly announced that Sparrow had been purchased by Google and the company's employees would be added to their Gmail team. In March 2012, Sparrow for iOS was released in the App Store. It also includes features such as drag-and-drop attachments, Dropbox or Box.net support for uploading attachments, Growl support, Gmail labels and keyboard shortcuts, as well as quick replies, threaded replies and easy switching between accounts. Sparrow currently works with Gmail and Google Apps accounts, along with other IMAP email accounts. Sparrow uses a simplified user interface reminiscent of Twitter clients such as Tweetie or iOS apps, as opposed to a more traditional email style such as Apple's Mail or Mozilla Thunderbird.
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