Friday, August 6, 2010Geni Adds UndeleteWest 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. The change came along with a number of other minor upgrades to the service, including controls over family discussions and the ability to control the privacy of close relatives.
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Interview with Sam Hayes, SharesPostIt's been about a year since Santa Monica-based SharesPost (www.sharepost.com) stepped into the market last year with a way for owners of privately held, venture backed companies to gain some liquidity, as well as diversify their holdings. As the M&A and IPO market has started to heat up, we thought it would be worth revisiting how the firm is doing, so we spoke to COO and co-founder Sam Hayes, to hear more about how things are going and if the revived exit market has affected how the firm does (More info...)
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Demand Media Launches New Content ChannelsSanta Monica-based Demand Media announced Thursday that it has launched a new product, called Content Channels. According to Demand, the new product is aimed at online publishers, and will provide them with original content focused on attracting readers. According to Demand, it is providing the service to both Hearst and USA Today. The new offering takes Demand's sometime controversial process of tailoring web content based on search and other interest of web users, and creating low-cost article (More info...)
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