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Campfire developers 37signals acquires Ember, changes its name and makes it free. Available now on the iTunes App Store. Campfire, the project collaboration application with real time chat designed for private groups where members can share files, text, code and more (think of it as a more powerful IRC client), can now be found on the App Store as an official application by 37signals due to a takeover of Ember, the third-party application developer of Campfire. Ember, as it was then known, was originally priced at $9.99, but developers 37signals saw an opportunity which allowed them to “work out a deal [with Ember and make] a few changes to the app” according to the official blog. As of July 26th, the application has rebranded and re-released with a new price tag: rather, no price tag at all. It’s free to download from the iTunes App Store. Although the application itself is Read More

37signals has purchased the Apple iPhone app Ember and the company has retooled the Campfire-chatting app and made it free. If you’ve never used Campfire, it’s a private chat room that can be used by businesses for collaboration and coordination. We use it here at IntoMobile, as do many other tech blogs, and our chats are often filled with deep, philosophical tech talk and filthy name calling. It has also become an essential tool for lining up coverage and a stellar mobile app would be of great use to many of us. In its 37signals blog, the company explained the move: Earlier this year we started talking to them about buying Ember. They were into the idea. We worked out a deal, made a few changes to the app, submitted to the App Store. Yesterday Ember officially became 37signals Campfire for iPhone. As an added bonus, we’ve dropped the price from Read More

Campfire, from 37signals, is a web-based group chat tool that uses secure chat rooms to allow groups to collaborate from wherever they are. A little over a year ago, the developers at Overcommitted came out with an iPhone client for Campfire. That app, Ember, cost $9.99, and was an excellent tool for remotely joining a Campfire group and getting work done on the road. Well, the app was so good that 37signals announced today that they've purchased the app from Overcommitted, renamed it to Campfire for iPhone, and they're giving it away for free in the App Store. According to the 37signals blog, the company was so impressed with Ember that they approached Overcommitted about purchasing it, and the developer was happy with the idea. A deal was cut, a few changes were made to the app, the app made it through the Apple vetting process, and as of yesterday, Ember Read More

by 37signals has just released Campfire for iPhone [iTunes link], a free native iOS app that lets you connect to your Campfire network on the go. If the app looks familiar, it’s because 37signals purchased the app from Overcommitted, who released it under its old name, Ember. Ember has long been one of my favorite apps for the iPhone (earning a place on my home screen) and it’s great that it is now an official part of the 37signals family. If you were an Ember user, you won’t notice any interface variations (other than the initial login and the new icon, which we must say we don’t like as much as Ember’s), but that’s not a bad thing at all. In fact, what made Ember worth its former $10 asking price was that the app was easy to use, and that adding links, files or images has always been a snap. Read More