A few weeks back it was announced that reMail had been acquired by Google. We were somewhat surprised by the announcement. What does Google plan to do with reMail? Was it a pure talent acquisition? (Gabor Cselle, the founder of reMail, is an ex-Googler.)
Today an even more surprising announcement was made: reMail is going open source! I’m still not sure what this means. Are Google open sourcing reMail because they don’t care for it (they just wanted Gabor back), or is it part of a bigger strategy? Perhaps Google is planning to embed the technology behind reMail in Android. If so, it might make sense for them to first open source the technology.
This announcement leaves me with a lot of questions. Hopefully we will see the reMail technology built into an upcoming version of Android. I’m all for open source, but I’m just confused about Google’s strategy.
I’ve attached a video demo of reMail after the jump.
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I know a lot of people are frustrated with Facebook’s lock-in when it comes to communication. Until today, all communication by email with Facebook was one-way. When someone post a message your wall or comment on a post, you receive an email notification (which can be configured).
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