socalTECH

OCTOBER 21, 2009

Los Angeles-based Geni , the online family tree and genealogy web site started by David Sacks, was hit by unexpected downtime Tuesday and today, the firm told its users Wednesday afternoon. The company said it managed to get the service back online at 4:30am Wednesday. Tags: geni yammer downtime network issues family tree.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 19, 2009

Hollywood-based Geni , the venture-backed firm which has developed an online, Web 2.0-style style genealogy and social networking web sites for families, has connected the company's service with the popular Facebook social networking web site. Tags: social web2 geni networking genealogy facebook. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

MAY 26, 2010

The poster service--which takes data from Geni.com's service and turn it into printed, 16x20 posters--was originally announced on May 10th. Geni is venture backed by Charles River Ventures and the Founders Fund, and was started by ex-PayPal founder David Sacks. Tags: geni family tree genealogy poster printed.

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socalTECH

MAY 10, 2010

West Hollywood-based Geni.com , the online genealogy and family tree site, said Monday afternoon that it has rolled out a new product--one that takes the family tree from the service, and turns it into a paper poster. Geni said it also allows users to customize "almost every aspect" of the posters before printing. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 14, 2010

Taking a clue from Twitter, North Hollywood-based Geni , the family history and tree site, said Thursday that it has added a new "Follow" feature to the site. Geni said that the new follow feature allows users to follow people and profiles on the site, allowing user sto get notification on changes or updates from those users or profiles.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 2, 2011

Los Angeles-based Geni , the online family tree and genealogy site, is swizzling its membership plans again, as the company looks to fine tune its business model. Geni has been shuffling its various pricing tiers since August, when the firm started encouraging users to move off its free service to one of its paid tiers.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 1, 2011

Los Angeles-based Geni , the online family tree and genealogy site, suffered an unexpected outage over the weekend, the firm reported Monday evening. Geni said that it had an issue with its PostgreSQL database, which it says it is investigating. Geni is venture backed by Charles River Ventures and the Founders Fund.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 29, 2012

In the case of the kid getting much (much) larger than its parent, Yammer , the one time spinout of Los Angeles-based genealogy and family tree website Geni , has now squarely out-raised venture capital than its parent firm, saying Wednesday that it has raised an $85M funding round. Geni is, however, an original investor in Yammer.

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socalTECH

APRIL 24, 2009

West Hollywood-based Geni said this week that the firm has improved the firm's site, which allows users to create family trees and network with family members. The firm said that it has enhanced the ability to find duplicate profiles in the service, with automatic advanced searches when users view a profile. Geni's Web 2.0

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socalTECH

MAY 19, 2011

West Hollywood-based Geni , the online family tree and family history service, said Thursday that it has promoted a number of employees, including naming two executives. Geni said it has named Justin Balthrop as its Chief Technology Officer, and named Michael Stangel as Vice President of Engineering.

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socalTECH

MAY 19, 2011

West Hollywood-based Geni , the online family tree and family history service, said Thursday that it has promoted a number of employees, including naming two executives. Geni said it has named Justin Balthrop as its Chief Technology Officer, and named Michael Stangel as Vice President of Engineering.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 15, 2009

Los Angeles-based Geni , the Web 2.0 According to Geni, all Geni Pro subscriptions now include unlimited virtual gifts, the firm's virtual items which can be sent to other members of the service. Geni is venture backed by the Founders Fund and Charles River Ventures. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

JULY 1, 2016

Burbank-based family tree software developer Geni --which is now part of MyHeritage--said late Thursday afternoon that it has added DNA testing to its service, letting its users test their DNA for a more accurate family tree. Geni also said it would use the DNA results to help for matching previously unknown relatives.

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socalTECH

JULY 29, 2009

Los Angeles-based startup Knowledge Genie is launching a new, online site today which allows people to publish, share, and sell their knowledge online. The service is available based on a subscription to users, who can use the tool to charge people for access to the information in their "genie" via payment systems like Paypal.

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socalTECH

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 READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

APRIL 24, 2013

In one of the first major updates to its service since its acquisition, Geni , the Los Angeles-based family tree site, said it has started adding historical records and information to its family trees. Geni was acquired by MyHeritage in November. Geni was acquired by MyHeritage in November. 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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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

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

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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socalTECH

JUNE 23, 2011

Santa Monica-based BetterWorks said today that it has expanded its services into San Francisco and the Bay Area, and is planning on opening up in New York and Boston soon. Craig's co-founders include Zao Yang, the creator of Farmville, and George Ishii, co-founder of Geni and Yammer.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 29, 2011

West Hollywood-based Geni , the online family tree and family history site started by ex-PayPal vet David Sacks, said Thursday afternoon that it has linked its service with historical documents from sites Archives.com and GenealogyBank.com. Geni said it has made documents from the two sites available via links within those services.

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Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 21, 2010

Geni is solving the problem of genealogy by inviting the world to build the definitive online family tree. Using the basic free service, users add and invite their relatives to join their family tree, which Geni compares to other trees. Tags: Events Social Media Startup Video Geni social Spotlight.

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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

OCTOBER 3, 2018

According to Jam City, players of its popular games Cookie Jam, Cookie Jam Blast, Panda Pop, and Genies & Gems will be encouraged to register to vote ahead of the November 6th midterm elections.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 27, 2012

By now you probably know that David Sacks , co-founder of PayPal and founder of both Geni & Yammer made some observations on Facebook that Silicon Valley “as we know it” was coming to an end. “In order to create a successful new company, you have to find an idea that. (1) Where I Might Expand the Argument.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 21, 2020

How GenY Entrepreneurs are Rocking the World of Business ,” was one of the first to predict that Gen-Y would lead the charge, bounce back from the recession at that time, and be big winners. These are chances to broaden your product line, change distribution, offer new services. Donna Fenn, in her book from the last decade, “ Upstarts!

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SoCal CTO

MAY 15, 2009

For the past 26 years, Majid has founded, led, turned-around and merged several companies in various industries, as well as providing consulting services to corporate executives in the areas of technology, governance, turn-around and strategy. He has performed this role since the company’s inception after Yammer was spun-out of Geni Inc. (a

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2008

Sacks also talked about Yammer.com, the firm's business-focused, instant messaging service recently spun out as a side project of the company and which has seen a great deal of attention from its recent award at the TechCrunch conference.

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Tech.Co

APRIL 7, 2020

With its offices vacated by workers, LABS has also volunteered its space resources to those that can make use of them – the emergency services currently on the front line combating the pandemic. All these services are being made available to those who need them, free of charge. The Future for Co-working Spaces.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 12, 2023

How GenY Entrepreneurs are Rocking the World of Business ,” was one of the first to predict that Gen-Y would lead the charge, bounce back from the last recession, and be big winners. These are chances to broaden your product line, change distribution, offer new services. Donna Fenn, in her classic book, “ Upstarts!

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 1, 2013

How GenY Entrepreneurs are Rocking the World of Business ,” was one of the first to predict that Gen-Y would lead the charge, bounce back from the recession, and be big winners. These are chances to broaden your product line, change distribution, offer new services. Donna Fenn, in her book from a while back, “ Upstarts!

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 4, 2012

How GenY Entrepreneurs are Rocking the World of Business ,” seems certain that Gen-Y will lead the charge, bounce back from the recession, and be big winners. These are chances to broaden your product line, change distribution, offer new services. Donna Fenn, in her book from a while back, “ Upstarts!

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Tech.Co

JANUARY 3, 2022

The Jeenie app is home to a host of certified translators who speak multiple languages and can be summoned (like a genie) through the phone, when needed. As Jeenie expands, you can be sure that they'll add more languages and services to their repertoire. The Beans offers two tiers of features.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 2, 2010

How GenY Entrepreneurs are Rocking the World of Business ,” seems certain that Gen-Y will lead the charge, trounce the recession, and be big winners. These are chances to broaden your product line, change distribution, offer new services. Donna Fenn, in her recent book “ Upstarts! It's your opportunity to respond to those shifts.

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Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 9, 2016

Actually, those performed a very different, very important service: They allowed the developers to cheat. Eventually even products entirely devoted to cheating emerged, like the Game Genie cartridge. Why did cheat codes first become such a staple in early video games? Did developers want their players to cheat?

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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. Moderator : Dan Flanegan, VP Strategy & Client Services at BrandInHand Speakers: Jeff Sass, Vice President, Business Development, Chief Evangelist, Myxer Inc. Who are the agents for the change?

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