Vodafone acquires mobile social networking startup ZYB
Vodafone has acquired a Danish mobile startup called ZYB for 31.5 million euros ($48.7 million).
ZYB combines a back-up service for your mobile contact and calendar info with social networking tools that allow you to share the info with your friends. Its service also allows you to send images and messages from your computer to multiple mobile devices.
Now, there are plenty of mobile social networks out there, and web heavyweights Facebook and MySpace also have mobile… Continue Reading
Mobile startups growing: photos, videos, presence detection and storage
If you’re in the mobile industry, and you’re not growing, you have a problem.
We’re in the midst of a mobile revolution (all arrows pointing up), and numerous start-ups are riding the tide as it rises
This week, those reporting success include mobile photo-focused social network Radar, a mobile video-sharing site Avot Media, a mobile social presence detector Aka Aki and a mobile data storage company Zyb.
Sure, Google, Yahoo, Apple, Facebook and other large companies are providing… Continue Reading