Zipiko Blog
Contact upload, group administration, new background
Stefano J. AttardiThis week’s update to Zipiko brings you a new background. Zipi the fish now feels much more happy and at home in his natural habitat. To celebrate this, Zipi now talks! Look for him at the top of the main page. He will bless you with hints or news or random chit-chat, depending on his mood.
We also added the first set of group administration features: if you create a group you can now choose who else can post plans to it, and you can add a group description.
If you have a Java-enabled phone, you can now upload your phone contacts! We hope this will get you started using Zipiko with all your friends faster, without all that tedious number-typing.
We also made a small but potentially powerful policy change: we are now showing everyone who has been invited to an event, not just the people you invited personally. We feel that the added information you get about an event can be very useful in some situations. Let us know what you think about this!
Finally, if you get an SMS invite or someone sends you a link to an event or a group, starting from today you can preview the details of the event (or the group) before you even register for Zipiko.
Things are speeding up here at Zipipop as we approach our San Francisco outing. We’re looking forward to bringing you another load of useful changes next week!
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