Ancestry.com launches DNA testing, gets $300M investment
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The Generations Network, operator of Ancestry.com has just received $300 million from Spectrum Equity Investors, a Silicon Valley buyout firm, which will take a majority stake in the company.
Ancestry.com has also just launched DNA testing of its 5 billion records, so that family members can… Continue Reading
Roundup: Virtual sex bed suit, Geni, Gay.com, Netvibes, Helio and more
Here’s the latest (ahem) action:
Second Life avatar sues another avatar, over virtual sex bed — We should have predicted this. Second Life entrepreneur Kevin Alderman has filed a copyright infringement lawsuit against Second Life resident Volkov Catteneo. This is apparently the first time an avatar has… Continue Reading
Geni raises $10M at whopper valuation, to let you create family tree
Geni, the fast-growing Web site that allows people to create family trees, has raised $10 million second round of financing, led by Charles River Ventures. The Los Angeles company says the company company is valued, after the investment, at $100 million, a significant jump from… Continue Reading
Roundup: USA Today stiffs Google, and Google gossip, Reuters, Geni, Rockyou…
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Here’s the latest action:
USA Today launches new social networking features, but stiffs Google — The newspaper has offered an array of new features, letting registered readers have their own profile pages, where they can recommend articles, solicit comments — and there’s more. Alas, the new content… Continue Reading
Geni aims to build family tree for whole world
Geni, a new start-up in Los Angeles, wants to do for families what LinkedIn does for business contacts: Create one giant tree that shows you who is connected to who.
The world may be getting smaller; Geni, if successful, will make it tinier still.
Geni has just… Continue Reading
SOMA’s return, Google’s smokescreen and copying, iTunes flatlining?
Roundup of the latest tech action in Silicon Valley:
Young start-ups pouring into the South of Market (SOMA) area in San Francisco. Deja-vu? — The region’s real estate prices are lower, at least where large companies like Looksmart are able to sublet expensive buildings to new copycat… Continue Reading