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  • Clutch.io Refugees Can Find Solace In Convert.com

    Back in August, Twitter announced that they had acquired Clutch.io. It was one of the many “acquihires” that happen in the tech industry where Twitter was more interested in the talent instead of the product. As such, Twitter is ditching the Clutch.io platform and all support for it on November 1. Thankfully, they released the source code so developers could host their own applications built using Clutch.io, but what about those who don’t have the resources to host their own applications?

    Convert.com, a “leading A/B multivariate testing software for retailers and agencies” announced today that they would be picking up the slack for Clutch.io users. Any developer who used Clutch.io can move their apps from Clutch.io’s servers over to Convert.com by just signing-up with the service. It’s all part of Convert.com’s plan to break into the mobile space.

    “Retailers and agencies that support testing realize mobile is the future, and Convert.com’s strategy has always been to be on the forefront of innovative testing. Clutch.IO is a wonderful service. This is why we will open up our mobile beta program to both new and existing Clutch.IO users. We will begin fully supporting the Clutch.IO infrastructure by initially setting up the same exact hosted service current users are familiar with, then making the migration as smooth as possible for them” said Dennis van der Heijden, Convert.com’s CEO and Co-Founder.

    Convert.com’s integration with Clutch.io will be a two-phase project. The first phase will be integration with already existing apps built upon the exact same hosted Clutch.io service that existing users already know. After this initial beta period, apps will switch to Convert.com’s mobie platform for full integration with mobile Web sites and apps in one united platform.

    If you want to move your Clutch.io applications, you can sign up for the service over at Convert.com.

  • Twitter Releases Clutch.io Code Under Open Source License

    Back in August, Twitter acquired the Clutch.io staff to work with their growth and international teams. Some users were concerned about the fate of Clutch’s tools that enabled many developers to easily create iOS apps. The team said that they would release the tools in the coming weeks that would allow developers to run Clutch.io on their own servers. It’s been more than a few weeks, but the team has finally fulfilled their promise.

    Twitter announced that Clutch.io is now completely open source. Twitter released the code on GitHub under the Apache Public License 2.0. They have even gone back and fixed up the documentation to make getting started easier.

    As previously stated, the hosted version of Clutch.io will continue to operate until November 1. After that point, it will be taken down, but with no negative consequences for those who were using the service. Twitter encourages all Clutch.io users to download the source code and implement Clutch.io on your own servers.

    Twitter is also hoping that the developer community helps them make Clutch.io even better. They say that certain areas like documentation and setup could use some improvement. It’s now up to the community to make that happen. The open source community has proven many times that they’re more than capable of making it happen.

    Interested parties can grab the source code right now from GitHub. Here’s some documentation to get you started. Twitter also states that the the Clutch team is more than happy to answer any questions via their Twitter account.

  • Twitter Buys App Development Tool Clutch.io

    Clutch.io, a company that provides software to help iOS developers design and test their apps, announced today that it has been acquired by Twitter. On its website, the company describes itself as “an easy to integrate library for native iOS applications designed to help you develop faster and deploy instantly.” In a post on the company’s blog, Clutch announced that its employees are working with Twitter’s growth and international team, starting today. From the blog post:

    We know that there are many of you who love the Clutch Framework and Clutch A/B Testing, and you may be wondering: what happens to my apps? We’re happy to announce that over the coming weeks we will make available everything you need to run Clutch.io on your own servers, so that even after our hosted service is no longer running, you can continue to operate it on your own. We plan on leaving our hosted service active and supported until November 1st. Also remember that all of our libraries are designed to fail gracefully when the service cannot be reached, so your users will never notice a thing.

    As noted above, developers have until the end of October to transition their software away from Clutch.io or begin hosting the service on their own servers. The blog statement ends with a request to follow the two former Clutch developers on Twitter. Eric Florenzano and Eric Maguire both started work at Twitter today. Both were also co-founders of Convore, a now-defunct web chat application funded by Y Combinator.