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You could just sit and add people to your own family tree program, but people hadn't applied Web 2.0-style, What we realized is that when you add someone to your family tree, you can put in the email of any living family member, invite them to the site, and they can add information to.

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What I want to answer with this post (long though it may be) is: Why did Web 2.0 We had email, instant messaging, group calendars, discussion boards, etc. They had a proprietary browser, their own search engine, their own content, chat rooms, email system, etc. Social Networking in Web 2.0: The Present Era.

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Berkonomics , November 29, 2010 Rice Alliance IT/Web 2.0 Forum December 9th Lineup - Startup Houston , November 27, 2010 When to step on the gas and go for it?

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