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Astrid Tasks acquired by Yahoo and will be shutdown

technologyEdward Kiledjian
Yahoo has bought the popular task manager Astrid for an undisclosed amount. Yahoo has been busy buying smaller software manufacturers and revamping its existing properties (Yahoo mail, Flickr, etc).
The Astrid announcement was made on its blog. They have informed annoyed users that the service will be shutdown in 90 days and that they will allow users to download exisiting data. 

Astrid was a well designed software that whose loss will be felt in the productivity sphere.