Twitter acquires Crashlytics

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Post by jamesjyu » Mon, Jan 28, 2013, 10:24 PM UTC

Twitter acquires Crashlytics
crashlytics.com

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Post by andrewhillman » Mon, Jan 28, 2013, 10:41 PM UTC

This looks like the Google Urchin deal (2005) which became Google Analytics. Google got its hooks into every web page/site with the Urchin deal. I guess Twitter is looking to do the same on mobile via Crashlytics. Good move.

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Post by mayop100 » Mon, Jan 28, 2013, 10:43 PM UTC

Congrats to Jeff and the team!

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Post by monatron » Mon, Jan 28, 2013, 10:47 PM UTC

Crashlytics was never really on my radar until today, but I'm really impressed by their design work. Really great stuff.

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Post by [deleted] » Mon, Jan 28, 2013, 10:47 PM UTC

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Post by cpsales » Mon, Jan 28, 2013, 10:58 PM UTC

Title should be "acqui-hires"

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Post by MaxGabriel » Mon, Jan 28, 2013, 11:03 PM UTC

Will Crashlytics continue to sponsor NSMeetup?

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Post by benatkin » Mon, Jan 28, 2013, 11:07 PM UTC

I didn't see the part about twitter turning into a multiple-product company. They've kept Posterous alive but besides that, just about anything they've acquired has been rolled into their core product or dismantled. I'd welcome the change, but I really don't know whether to believe the part about Crashlytics continuing unabated.

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Post by objclxt » Mon, Jan 28, 2013, 11:22 PM UTC

benatkin wrote: post #8

I didn't see the part about twitter turning into a multiple-product company. They've kept Posterous alive but besides that, just about anything they've acquired has been rolled into their core product or dismantled. I'd welcome the change, but I really don't know whether to believe the part about Crashlytics continuing unabated.

It is an interesting acquisition - clearly, Twitter has a lot of use for the product internally, and they were probably one of, if not the biggest, client (in terms of raw data collected). There is something to be said for mitigating the risk that your third party suppliers disappear from under your feet.

I don't know what Crashlytics enterprise pricing structure is like, but if it's anything like other similar services they'll probably be on twelve month agreements with their clients, which would be complex to untie. I doubt the service will go anywhere for paying clients for a little while. If you're relying on a free third-party service in your apps you always have a recovery plan should something get bought, retired, or just plain go wrong.

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Post by zmitri » Mon, Jan 28, 2013, 11:28 PM UTC

monatron wrote: post #4

Crashlytics was never really on my radar until today, but I'm really impressed by their design work. Really great stuff.

Crashlytics has literally changed the game with regards to crash reporting. Their UI and customer service has been wonderful (unlike most other mobile service providers...) and I really hope they continue to offer their services to devs.