I'm actually really happy when acquisitions go down like this. That is, when they keep their product running long enough to make the transition easy (i.e., <i>not</i> Meebo) and open source the product.<p>Particularly that last piece because it opens up the market to be commoditized. The secret sauce of getting a web-based viewer of a remote iPhone Simulator session is now available for anyone. And now a bunch of competing services will likely pop up (because all the hard work is done) and that means a price war. The consumers of these services are ultimately the big winner.<p>I hope more deals like this happen.
I feel like this acquisition is related to Facebook App Center (launched last week) somehow. They didn't have links or screenshots for iPhone apps, but they do for Android apps. I was curious why they did not have a screenshot area/App Store link field for iPhone apps.
<i>"Facebook is not acquiring the company, technology, or customer data."</i><p>A genuine question: Since this is essentially a talent acquisition, why doesn't someone else continue running the product? or perhaps sell it off to another company?
Really happy for them.
We can't wait for them to open source and integrate their technology to Delight (<a href="http://delight.io" rel="nofollow">http://delight.io</a>). It's going to take mobile usability testing to a new level.