Google's massive acquiring spree marches forward today. The newest company to be enveloped by the search giant? reMail, an app that provides advanced e-mail search capabilities for the iPhone. The terms of the deal were not disclosed.
Founder and CEO Gabor Cselle announced the acquisition on his blog earlier today. He is the former VP of Engineering for Xobni and also a former engineer at none other than Google. Silicon Valley seed funding firm Y Combinator is an investor in reMail.
Don't be fooled: This acquisition is entirely a talent acquisition. In the announcement, Gabor reveals that both companies have decided to discontinue the reMail iPhone app, and that Gabor will become a product manager for Gmail. While we lament the loss of the app (it's quite useful), we understand that Google would rather dedicate its new talent's abilities toward Gmail rather than an iPhone app.