ZYB will be hosting the next meeting of the Copenhagen Cocoa group tonight in the brand new ZYB Lounge, featuring Guitar Hero and a Foosball table 
We are ramping up for a lot of cool stuff for the iPhone, and it’s always cool to have fellow geeks drop by for a beer and a chat.
If you wanna join, sign up on the Copenhagen Cocoa forum!
That was the motto when ZYB attended the launch of the iPhone in Copenhagen, Denmark. Allied with a mobile espresso-machine, and some quality coffee, we were handing out coffee to all the guys in the queue, waiting to get their hands on the latest wonder from Apple.
The reason for all this apparent altruism is that ZYB is out looking for the best and brightest iPhone developers in the country, and what better way to find them, than in the line for the new iPhone 3G.
If you know any talented iPhone developers, or even better if you are one yourself, send us a mail and let’s talk!
Some of the more technically minded amongst you might be wondering what exactly makes ZYB tick.
To answer that, we’ve created the Pimp My ZYB blog. Here, the talented developers behind ZYB let you in on a lot of secrets and hidden features as well as giving you a sneak peek at the future direction of ZYB. It’s also the best place to tell the ZYB developers what you would like from future releases.
Our mission is clear: Share information about zyb.com with everyone interested. The subjects we will address here will be of a technical nature and could be about almost anything related to the zyb.com website.
The reason is that a lot of the features we develop are hidden by nature. It could be the RSS feeds or FOAF files that you already have access to, but might never notice. That’s why we feel the need to share with you all of these little secrets and hopefully you will give us feedback on them so we can improve them continuously.
If you are a ZYB user and technical minded this is exactly what you have been looking for, so make sure you visit today.
Here at ZYB we have always believed that the future of social networking is Mobile.
So today, Tommy was part of the Mobile Social Panel at the Mobile 2.0 Europe conference in Barcelona. Along with thought-leaders from operators, web media companies, handset manufacturers and startups, Tommy discussed where the industry is today, and where it is heading tomorrow.
He also shared his thoughts on the role mobile operators play, the importance of different platforms and gave attendees a sneak peek at the ZYB Phonebook.
I have good news for all of you ZYB users. Today we are joining the Vodafone Group. The ZYB team is very exited about this opportunity and we are all looking forward to working with Vodafone in pursuit of our vision – to create a new mobile experience by connecting your phone to your real life social network of friends, family and colleagues. In the discussions we have had with Vodafone it has become clear to all of us that Vodafone shares our vision and is eager to support us in our endeavours. Ahead of us lies a great opportunity to continue our innovation at an even greater pace than was possible before. As for the service, ZYB will stay open and free for all users all around the world, regardless of whether they are customers of Vodafone or any other network operator. I want to use this opportunity to thank all of you out there who have used ZYB in the course of these last two years. Your feedback has been an absolutely invaluable asset for us!
-tommy
I’m happy to announce that we have bought Imity. I’m impressed with the things Imity has achieved and glad to welcome both the team and the ideas to ZYB.
We have known the guys over at Imity for a while and discussions have been ongoing for almost as long. We both feel that this is the right time to make Imity a part of ZYB. Imity has been pioneering the area for Bluetooth-based mobile social networking and have built a great concept and a strong team. Their skills, technology and team are a great fit with ZYB now that we are adding the location-dimension through the ZYB Phonebook, where we will tie together information from Online Social Networks, GPS, Cell-Towers and Bluetooth etc and provide the best mobile address book ever.
Welcome onboard, Imity.
-tommy
When we started ZYB more than two years ago there were many obstacles to building an independent, direct-to-consumer brand in the mobile services sector. The mobile industry was known for its lack of standards, walled gardens, and closed attitude towards “outsiders” trying to offer new services directly to mobile users. Despite this, we’ve established an innovative brand, added sexiness to a boring space, and created a free, useful service for several hundred thousands mobile users. And we continue to strive to deliver the best solutions for real problems - we tend never to be satisfied!
The good news is that the mobile industry is now changing and in really positive ways. Operators and handset vendors are embracing the internet and independency as we have never seen before. And by opening their doors, they’re making it easier for smaller, innovative companies like ZYB to offer better mobile services for people. These are very exciting times and ZYB is right at the forefront of the rapid changes taking place in the internet-mobile space. This could not have been illustrated more clearly by the level of interest shown by the industry in what ZYB is doing at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona in February – i.e. Business Week rated ZYB one of the 10 most innovative mobile companies at the show.
The bad news though is that the change is happening too slowly. There is still too much friction in the industry and that friction is making it much harder for people to get the full benefit of their fancy new mobiles and from the data packages they’ve just subscribed to. Our dream is to make services for mobiles just as fluid and free as they are for any online web application. There is still some way to go - but everything is (finally) moving in the right direction. We’re continuing to work around the obstacles and vested interests, to create an even better mobile experience for people in the future
So, you just bought yourself a new cool phone and are really existed about getting it up to speed. An ordinary ZYB user would of course just go to zyb.com, add his new phone, and start transferring the data. However, we at ZYB have also developed a tool to be used by our partners or anyone else out there who could find this useful – The ZYB Phone Migrator
The Phone Migrator takes you through a step-by-step process where the data from your old phone is sent to the ZYB server and then transferred to the new phone. The process is really quick and easy. And as it all works over-the-air, it doesn’t require the use of any cables or downloads. The ZYB Phone Migrator is available free of charge. You can check out a ZYB branded version on http://zyb.com/migrator/zyb .
T-Mobile in the Netherlands, who recently acquired Orange, asked ZYB to assist with a migration tool enabling existing Orange customers to transfer their phone data to their new T-Mobile phones. That is the beginning of a great story of how the T-Mobile Migration Tool evolved. Check it out on http://zyb.com/migrator/tmobile .
Feel free to send an email to partners@zyb.com if you would like to get the ZYB Phone Migrator on your own website.
Apple has just picked our beloved iPhone application for their featured webapp for the iPhone. This has gotten a lot of attention to the app, and for people new to ZYB, here’s a step by step guide on how to get your contacts from your old phone, onto your new shiny iPhone
That’s it! You now have access to all of your contacts, and calendar events, directly from your iPhone. The interface is very similar to the one you already know from iPhone’s native contactlist, and you can of course call, email and display on Google maps, directly from the list.
Apple has promised to open up the iPhone to allow others to develop applications for it, and as soon as that happens, we will of course develop a client for it, so that you can ultimately sync your iPhone automatically, without the need for pesky cables. A lot of our users has asked for this, and to be honest, so have a lot of people on the ZYB team
If you want to be notified when our client is ready, please comment below, or shoot a mail to our guys at support.
Our little iPhone integration has just been picked as the featured webapp on Apple’s list of webapps for the iPhone
Update:
I’ve written a little guide to how to get contacts to your iPhone here