I wonder if there's a financial explanation for the timing. Do acquisitions pad some kind of investor vanity metric?
Best guess is that they're either planning another huge fundraising round or going public.
Can anyone chime in as to what Propeller does (did)? Looks like they shut down the site as part of this? (probably an aqui-hire?)
They provided higher level tools to create iOS and Android apps without programming. The co-founder @clayallsopp is prominent in the RubyMotion community.
I don't have any problem with the acquisition but it seems like every single one of these inevitably includes "It's been an incredible journey" in their message. Surely people can be a bit more creative with the phrasing.