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MARCH 27, 2009

Hollywood-based Geni , an online site that allows users to share family trees and network with relatives and family, is the latest Web 2.0 site to add "pro" accounts to their services. According to Geni, its new pro accounts will cost $50.00 Tags: geni web2 genealogy family history. annually, or $4.95

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socalTECH

JULY 9, 2009

Los Angeles-based Geni rolled out a number of enhancements to the site, plus told its users late Wednesday evening that it will now allow all of its users a 14 day, free trial of the firm's premium offering, Geni Pro. Geni operates an online genealogy and family networking site; the firm launched its premium offering in March.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 6, 2009

Los Angeles-based Geni , an online genealogy and social networking site, has tightened up the firm's privacy settings, saying last night that it has added new settings which allows users to restrict viewing of profiles of kids younger than 13, and changed the firm's "family groups" defaults to a smaller set of relatives.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 24, 2008

Los Angeles-based genealogy and family networking site Geni has rolled out a new "Family Finder" feature, the firm said Friday, allowing users to import addresses from Microsoft Outlook, web email programs like Google's Gmail and Yahoo, or other sources. Geni operates a Web 2.0

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socalTECH

JANUARY 21, 2009

Los Angeles-based Geni, an online genealogy and social networking site, upgraded the firm's services last night, adding new statistics features and gift accounts. According to the firm, it now allows users to view statistics on profiles, and has added the ability of users to give "Geni Pro" accounts as a gift to relatives.

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socalTECH

APRIL 9, 2009

West Hollywood-based Geni , the venture-backed, online family tree and networking site, said today that it has added a number of new features to its site, including the ability to search for similar profiles on the site, and improved access to popular features. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 10, 2008

Los Angeles-based Geni.com said today that the firm has enhanced its virtual gifts feature, the ability of the users of the family tree site to send each other birthday greetings and other gifts on the site. Geni runs a Web 2.0-style

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socalTECH

JANUARY 20, 2009

West Hollywood-based Geni, and instant messaging spinout Yammer have both raised $5M in funding from the firms' existing backers, Charles River Ventures and the Founders Fund, according to regulatory filings and reports. Geni and Yammer have both been fundraising since the middle of last year. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 22, 2008

Los Angeles-based Geni, the online genealogy and social networking site run by ex-PayPal cofounder David Sacks, has rolled out two new features. The firm said that its Geni Pro version is available for less than $5 a month. The firm said that its Geni Pro version is available for less than $5 a month. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

MAY 1, 2009

West Hollywood-based family tree site Geni has rolled out a slew of updates for the service, saying today that it has added features to help users collaborate with others, map out locations, and see recent photos. Tags: geni genealogy family tree social networking web2. READ MORE>>.

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JULY 6, 2009

Los Angeles-based Geni was one of the firms hit by a fire in Seattle, which took down the firm's payment processor, Authorize.net on Friday. According to Geni, due to the issue with Authorize.net, it was unable to process payments for the firm's virtual gifts and subscriptions on due to the downtime.

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JULY 29, 2009

This morning, Knowledge Genie (www.myknowledgegenie.com) launched a new web site that helps experts and authors publish online information to the web. What is the idea behind Knowledge Genie? We call this a "Genie," and you can build a Genie using Knowledge Genie.

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SoCal CTO

MAY 15, 2009

Just a quick note that I'll be moderating a Technology Council Event : Social Networking as a Business Strategy May 19, 2009 - Culver City Social networking media are used on a daily basis to grow businesses and expand career opportunities. This Panel will explore issues such as: How can companies best utilize social networking media?

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socalTECH

JUNE 14, 2012

Yammer , the business focused micromessaging service which started as an offspring of Los Angeles-based family tree and genealogy site Geni , is reportedly in the last legs of a deal to be acquired by Microsoft for more than $1 billion. According to Bloomberg and other sources, the deal is expected to be announced as early as Friday.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 11, 2008

Yammer offers instant messaging focused on internal corporate communications, and is the result of work by engineers at Geni. Geni is the online, Web 2.0-style style genealogy and social networking web site headed up by former PayPal founder David Sacks; the firm is venture backed by Charles River Ventures and Founders Fund.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 15, 2008

David Sacks, one of the co-founders of PayPal, pitched Geni.com, an online site focused on both family trees and social networking. The "best of show" prize went to Magnify360, which develops software for optimizing content and web sites for specific users.

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Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 7, 2010

In this session, you'll hear from the experts on what the future really holds for the app and if there is a genie in the bottle. Presenter: Ian Wolfman, CMO, imc² 3:00pm: The Mobile Commerce Experiment: There is a slew of mobile commerce experimentation starting to pop up on mobile networks and devices.

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SoCal Delicious

OCTOBER 8, 2012

Network for professionals engaged in the acquisition, disposition, operation, development, leasing, brokerage, project management, tenant representation, and asset management of office, retail, land, industrial, and multi-family properties. Manage Email Preferences. Thank you ! You will receive in your inbox. Manage Email Preferences.

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