Mozilla had made an announcement in the beginning of July 2012 that seemed to go largely unnoticed by most blogs. They have decided to end development of their e-mail client Thunderbird. Thunderbird is an open source e-mail client that has been in development for years side-to-side with the Firefox browser. Mozilla seems to feel Thunderbird is no longer a viable development in this day and age's technological market, so they are shelving Thunderbird in ...

Google often acquires companies that help enhance current services. Sparrow is the latest acquisition by the search giant. Sparrow is a Mac OS X e-mail client; it runs primarily on the platform itself and on the iPhone. Google has no plans to actually utilize Sparrow in its current incarnation, instead they want to take on the technology behind it to help enhance Gmail for users. The e-mail client currently boasts five ...