Google has acquired Sparrow for its Gmail team, says CEO Dom Leca. As one of the most widely praised native clients for iOS and the Mac, Sparrow has garnered a large following among those who appreciate well designed apps. Google, on the other hand, has been unable to deliver a native iOS app that’s provided a class-A experience, so this acquisition makes a lot of sense for them. In one swoop, Google has gone from not having an iOS or Mac client that presents the best experience possible for Gmail, to having both. Sparrow had recently said that it was working on an iPad version of the app, the future of that project is unclear. Read the full story at The Next Web.