MyHeritage.com announced Thursday in London and Tel Aviv the release of Family Tree Builder 4.0. The key improvements of the new version include a map module, a family toolbar with Family Chat™ and extensive support for albums to organize a family’s photos, videos and documents, the company said in a press release.
Gilad Japhet, CEO and [...]
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I had written some fairly positive things about FamilyLink’s new social network, GenealogyWise, whose official debut is supposed to be today. The company had a “soft” opening a week ago and within two days had garnered thousands of members with hundreds of specialty groups and discussions. Many highly influential names in the genealogy world joined [...]
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It looked a bit like the land rush when Oklahoma was opened to settlers as new social network Genealogywise.com made its appearance earlier today. The FamilyLink property had a “soft” opening–no flashy press conferences or celebratory speeches marked the launch. A simple unembargoed notice to several influential bloggers seemed to be all that was necessary [...]
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The following press release was received today from Footnote.com. For more info, contact Footnote.com.
Footnote.com Contact:
Justin Schroepfer
Marketing Director
(801) 494-6517
Justin@footnote.com
Footnote.com LAUNCHES APPLICATION ON Facebook® Platform To Help Friends remember friends
I REMEMBER Uses The Fourth-Most Trafficked Website in the United States To Bring Memories Together Like Never Before
May 5, 2009 – Lindon, Utah – Footnote.com today announced the [...]
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With press releases issued simultaneously in the UK and Tel Aviv, the Israeli company MyHeritage announced its acquisition of London-based Kindo, a social networking site. MyHeritage claims 25 million members worldwide. Kindo markets to families. According to the press release, MyHeritage will open operations in London where Kindo is based.
This is yet another example of [...]
Social networks are part of the new generation of Web applications and they are starting to reach their adolescence. In their infancy, like all tech stuff, social networks were either disregarded by “mainstream” users or disrespected by avant-garde developers as not serious. But now, it seems that nearly everyone is finding use for social networks. [...]
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Starting this week: a multi-part series on Social Networks and Genealogy–starts Thursday.
Sept 1: Deadline for Show and Tell at the Carnival!
Next week: another multi-part series: 40 Years On – A Memoir of 1968
Oct 3-5: A GeneaBlogie Special Event! More info coming soon!
