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West Hollywood-based Geni said this week that it has added a new feature which allows users to undo deletions. Geni said the addition has been a "long requested" feature and allow users to find profiles users have delete, who deleted them, and allow those profiles to be undeleted. MORE
That big acquisition of Los Angeles family tree site Geni had an unwanted side effect: it took down the site for nearly five hours, Geni reports. Geni said it suffered unexpected downtime, starting at 7 a.m. geni family tree merger acquisition myheritage genealogy downtime MORE
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 MORE
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 is venture backed by Charles River Ventures and Founders Fund. MORE
Los Angeles-based Geni , the family tree and genealogy site, looks to be further tilting its efforts towards its paid, Pro users, by swizzling access to the various features of the site. geni family tree genealogy MORE
Los Angeles-based Geni , the online family tree and social networking site, has enhanced the firm's search features, telling its users that it is now allowing them to search any profile on the site, regardless of whether those profiles are connected into a user's family tree or not. MORE
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. Tags: geni yammer downtime network issues family tree MORE
West Hollywood-based Geni is expanding the number of paid tiers of its service, saying Tuesday evening that it has launched a new tier of its service, Geni Plus. geni plus genealogy family tree research MORE
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 MORE
Hollywood-based Geni , the venture-backed firm which has developed an online, Web 2.0-style genealogy and social networking web sites for families, has connected the company's service with the popular Facebook social networking web site. MORE
Los Angeles-based Geni , which operates an online site for graphing out family trees and tracking family history, announced Wednesday afternoon that it has released a new revisions feature for Geni Pro users. Geni is venture backed by Charles River Ventures and the Founders Fund. MORE
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 MORE
Los Angeles-based Geni , the online family tree and genealogy site, said Thursday that it has launched a new program to allow institutions like public libraries and genealogical societies with full access to the site. geni genealogy family tree research subscription MORE
Los Angeles-based Geni , which operates an online site for tracking your family tree, said Friday that it has rolled out a new widget which allows users to show how big Geni's family tree is. geni family tree widget software genealogy blog MORE
Los Angeles-based mobile game studio SGN has launched a brand new game, Genies & Gems , across iOS, Android, and Facebook, the latest in a series of puzzle games from the studio. game videogame mobile genies gems cookie smartphone facebook social MORE
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. Tags: genealogy premium trial geni MORE
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. Yammer has far exceeded Geni in fundraising, with Geni only announcing somewhere around $16.5M Geni is, however, an original investor in Yammer. MORE
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. MORE
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. The Geni "Follow" feature behaves and looks much like the similar feature on the Twitter micro-messaging service. MORE
Geni operates an online site which allows users to create family trees and share family news, and is venture backed by Charles River Ventures and the Founders Fund. Tags: history social family online geni networking genealogy MORE
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. According to Geni, the addition of DNA testing will help by "separating fact from fiction" and let users confirm if, indeed, family relationships are what they seem. Geni also said it would use the DNA results to help for matching previously unknown relatives. MORE
Geni is backed by Charles River Ventures and Founders Fund. Tags: geni genealogy family tree web2 West Hollywood-based family tree site Geni.com said Friday that the firm has made a number of updates to the firm's services. MORE
West Hollywood-based Geni , the online family tree and history site, said Wednesday afternoon that it has rolled out a new, application programming interface for the site. According to Geni, the new API is aimed at allowing users to develop third-party tools and application. MORE
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 family history tree genealogy membership pricing MORE
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 According to Geni, its new pro accounts will cost $50.00 Tags: geni web2 genealogy family history MORE
In a post on its blog, Geni said it was working on the "Next Stage of Genealogy" and showed a brief YouTube video with what appeared to be a Geni application running on an iPhone. geni iphone application family tree genealogy MORE
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. MORE
The acquisition today of Los Angeles-based family tree and genealogy site Geni has one big benefit: its users now have full access to the service, without having to pay for premium features. geni myheritage merger acquisition genealogy family tree MORE
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. MORE
West Hollywood-based Geni.com , the online family tree and genealogy site backed by the Founders Fund and Charles River Ventures, told its users today that it has created a new "Geni Lab" for experimental features from the firm. Tags: geni family tree genealogy translation software MORE
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. Geni's Web 2.0 Tags: geni genealogy family tree networking social web2 MORE
Hollywood-based online family networking and family tree site Geni officially announced late last week that the firm has launched a new, Facebook application. Geni is venture backed by Charles River Ventures and the Founders Fund. MORE
Hollywood-based Geni , which operates an online site for networking with family and tracking family trees, released a new feature Wednesday that allows its users to filter out cousins on the site. Tags: tree social family web2 geni networking genealogy MORE
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 is venture backed by Charles River Ventures and Founders Fund. MORE
Geni said it also allows users to customize "almost every aspect" of the posters before printing. Geni is venture backed by Charles River Ventures and the Founders Fund. Tags: geni genealogy family tree poster MORE
Los Angeles-based Geni , the family tree and family history site, said over the weekend that it has added a new social feature to connect Geni with Facebook. geni facebook social sharing connect genealogy family tree MORE
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FEBRUARY 3, 2011
In a post on its blog, Geni said it was working on the "Next Stage of Genealogy" and showed a brief YouTube video with what appeared to be a Geni application running on an iPhone. geni iphone application family tree genealogy
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SEPTEMBER 4, 2012
Los Angeles-based Geni , the family tree and family history site, said over the weekend that it has added a new social feature to connect Geni with Facebook. geni facebook social sharing connect genealogy family tree
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AUGUST 11, 2011
Los Angeles-based Geni , the family tree and genealogy site, looks to be further tilting its efforts towards its paid, Pro users, by swizzling access to the various features of the site. geni family tree genealogy
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DECEMBER 15, 2010
West Hollywood-based Geni , the online family tree and history site, said Wednesday afternoon that it has rolled out a new, application programming interface for the site. According to Geni, the new API is aimed at allowing users to develop third-party tools and application.
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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 family history tree genealogy membership pricing
socalTECH
SEPTEMBER 13, 2011
West Hollywood-based Geni is expanding the number of paid tiers of its service, saying Tuesday evening that it has launched a new tier of its service, Geni Plus. geni plus genealogy family tree research
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.
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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. According to Geni, the addition of DNA testing will help by "separating fact from fiction" and let users confirm if, indeed, family relationships are what they seem. Geni also said it would use the DNA results to help for matching previously unknown relatives.
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AUGUST 11, 2010
Los Angeles-based Geni , which operates an online site for graphing out family trees and tracking family history, announced Wednesday afternoon that it has released a new revisions feature for Geni Pro users. Geni is venture backed by Charles River Ventures and the Founders Fund.
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MARCH 16, 2016
Los Angeles-based mobile game studio SGN has launched a brand new game, Genies & Gems , across iOS, Android, and Facebook, the latest in a series of puzzle games from the studio. game videogame mobile genies gems cookie smartphone facebook social
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AUGUST 6, 2010
West Hollywood-based Geni said this week that it has added a new feature which allows users to undo deletions. Geni said the addition has been a "long requested" feature and allow users to find profiles users have delete, who deleted them, and allow those profiles to be undeleted.
socalTECH
AUGUST 18, 2011
Los Angeles-based Geni , the online family tree and genealogy site, said Thursday that it has launched a new program to allow institutions like public libraries and genealogical societies with full access to the site. geni genealogy family tree research subscription
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FEBRUARY 19, 2009
Hollywood-based Geni , the venture-backed firm which has developed an online, Web 2.0-style genealogy and social networking web sites for families, has connected the company's service with the popular Facebook social networking web site.
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. Tags: geni yammer downtime network issues family tree
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NOVEMBER 28, 2012
The acquisition today of Los Angeles-based family tree and genealogy site Geni has one big benefit: its users now have full access to the service, without having to pay for premium features. geni myheritage merger acquisition genealogy family tree
socalTECH
NOVEMBER 13, 2009
Geni is backed by Charles River Ventures and Founders Fund. Tags: geni genealogy family tree web2 West Hollywood-based family tree site Geni.com said Friday that the firm has made a number of updates to the firm's services.
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NOVEMBER 30, 2012
That big acquisition of Los Angeles family tree site Geni had an unwanted side effect: it took down the site for nearly five hours, Geni reports. Geni said it suffered unexpected downtime, starting at 7 a.m. geni family tree merger acquisition myheritage genealogy downtime
socalTECH
JANUARY 31, 2011
Los Angeles-based Geni , which operates an online site for tracking your family tree, said Friday that it has rolled out a new widget which allows users to show how big Geni's family tree is. geni family tree widget software genealogy blog
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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. Tags: genealogy premium trial geni
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DECEMBER 16, 2009
West Hollywood-based Geni.com , the online family tree and genealogy site backed by the Founders Fund and Charles River Ventures, told its users today that it has created a new "Geni Lab" for experimental features from the firm. Tags: geni family tree genealogy translation software
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 is venture backed by Charles River Ventures and Founders Fund.
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 is venture backed by Charles River Ventures and Founders Fund.
socalTECH
MAY 26, 2010
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
socalTECH
MARCH 11, 2009
Hollywood-based Geni , which operates an online site for networking with family and tracking family trees, released a new feature Wednesday that allows its users to filter out cousins on the site. Tags: tree social family web2 geni networking genealogy
socalTECH
MAY 10, 2010
Geni said it also allows users to customize "almost every aspect" of the posters before printing. Geni is venture backed by Charles River Ventures and the Founders Fund. Tags: geni genealogy family tree poster
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. Yammer has far exceeded Geni in fundraising, with Geni only announcing somewhere around $16.5M Geni is, however, an original investor in Yammer.
socalTECH
APRIL 13, 2009
Hollywood-based online family networking and family tree site Geni officially announced late last week that the firm has launched a new, Facebook application. Geni is venture backed by Charles River Ventures and the Founders Fund.
socalTECH
JUNE 1, 2009
Los Angeles-based Geni , the online family tree and social networking site, has enhanced the firm's search features, telling its users that it is now allowing them to search any profile on the site, regardless of whether those profiles are connected into a user's family tree or not.
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
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 According to Geni, its new pro accounts will cost $50.00 Tags: geni web2 genealogy family history
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. Geni's Web 2.0 Tags: geni genealogy family tree networking social web2
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.
socalTECH
FEBRUARY 6, 2009
Geni operates an online site which allows users to create family trees and share family news, and is venture backed by Charles River Ventures and the Founders Fund. Tags: history social family online geni networking genealogy
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
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.
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