Newton is an email app for iOS, Android and desktop computers that has been around for a long time, gaining a large fan base over the years for its forward-thinking features, but also going through many ups and downs as of recently, namely two shutdowns in two years. Media outlets have called it the better mail alternative to the Gmail app, and it has been downloaded on Google Play over a million times.

Now, soon after its most recent shutdown announcement, it appears that Netwon has been acquired from its previous owner Essential Products by two of its users, who wrote a Medium about the ...