Dropbox buys email app Mailbox

Dropbox has announced that it has bought over the critically acclaimed email app Mailbox only a month after it hit the markets. This is the first time Dropbox is venturing out of its file-sharing niche to acquire apps and services beyond it.“Like many of you, when we discovered Mailbox we fell in love—it was simple, delightful, and beautifully engineered,” Dropbox wrote in its blog announcing the acquisition. “After spending time with Gentry, Scott, and the team, it became clear that their calling was the same as ours at Dropbox—to solve life’s hidden problems and reimagine the things we do every day. We all quickly realized that together we could save millions of people a lot of pain.”Click here for full story