Google snapped up Remail on Wednesday, and the very first thing it managed was to end Remail’s ties with Apple’s App Store.
This is a fairly big hint as to what Google has planned for the technology powering Remail, which created a webmail email search application for the iPhone. Initiator Gabor Cselle proclaimed his decision to reunite with Google, where he worked on Gmail, on his personal weblog, stating “reMail’s goal was reimagine mobile email, and I’m proud we have built a product that so many users find useful.”
However, that product is certainly going away. It’s no longer within the App Store, and Remail will certainly end delivering assistance for it right after March, Cselle said. The obvious implication is that Remail’s technology is destined for either Android or Gmail, and although Google has its own iPhone application, its track record with Apple on mobile is a bit checkered.
Financial conditions of the deal were not revealed. Google has produced a number of acquisitions of late, right after decreasing its pace last year amid the economic downturn.
And it’s getting close to making another one, after On2 shareholders approved Google’s sweetened offer to acquire their company. Google originally proposed to acquire the company in August, but was forced to increase its offer to $133.9 million based on Google’s share price in December. A Google representative said the deal won’t formally close until Friday at the earliest.
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