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.
socalTECH
OCTOBER 28, 2008
Los Angeles-based Yammer, the corporate focused instant messaging service spun out of Geni.com, said today that the firm is updating its service and adding a new groups feature. According to Yammer, its new Groups feature allows messages and members on the site to be managed around specific groups within companies.
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Tech Zulu Event
JULY 19, 2012
Microsoft in late June announced to have acquired social network for enterprises Yammer at $ 1.2 He says,” all closing conditions for Microsoft’s acquisition of Yammer have been met, and the deal is completed”. He says,” all closing conditions for Microsoft’s acquisition of Yammer have been met, and the deal is completed”.
socalTECH
JULY 31, 2009
West Hollywood-based Yammer , the corporate microblogging site inspired by Twitter, is moving from the Los Angeles area to Silicon Valley, according to founder David Sacks. Sacks said that Geni, which spun out Yammer, remains in West Hollywood. Sacks said that Geni, which spun out Yammer, remains in West Hollywood. READ MORE>>.
socalTECH
SEPTEMBER 30, 2008
Our interview this morning is with David Sacks, CEO of Geni.com, an online family tree and social networking site, as well as Yammer, the instant messaging startup spun out of Geni.com at TechCrunch50. We sat down with David to catch up on what Geni and Yammer are doing, plus got his insights into entrepreneurship and the Paypal mystique.
socalTECH
MAY 9, 2019
Although the company has yet to roll out a product, it says its tools will include "Second Opinion", which it says willbuild trust with patients and reduce liability; "Practice Intelligence" to make practices more efficient and streamlined and "Smart Margin" to automate a more precise and cost-effective dental restoration process.
socalTECH
OCTOBER 21, 2009
The company said it managed to get the service back online at 4:30am Wednesday. No reason for the downtime was given, however, the downtime at Geni paralleled a similar, more widely reported downtime issues at sister firm Yammer. Tags: geni yammer downtime network issues family tree. READ MORE>>.
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