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Google buys app, shuts down iPhone version

Google Inc. has acquired reMail, which develops e-mail search applications for smart phones, and promptly shut it down for Apple Inc.’s popular iPhone.

The move likely marks another skirmish in the escalating war between the two Silicon Valley giants.

Google of Mountain View hasn’t discussed the purchase publicly — and no one’s disclosed the price — but ReMail revealed the purchase and decision to discontinue the iPhone app on its blog.

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15 Features Apple Must Build Into iPhone OS 4

It’s almost March. In Apple land, this means that if this year is anything like the last two years, it’s almost time for another Apple event where company executives show off a new version of the iPhone operating system for developers.

So as competitors like Google Android continue to improve, what should we expect in the next version of the iPhone OS? (Which we assume will be called iPhone OS 4.)

For the best ideas, we asked a handful of iPhone app developers and iPhone app investors what they’re interested in working with for iPhone OS 4.

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