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Putney, London, United Kingdom, 11/29/2007 - A family tree is no longer something you only find on the wall in your grandma's house. Kindo has developed the “Family Tree 2.0", with features that will turn it into an online meeting place for generations.
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Recent years growth of social networks such as Facebook has demonstrated how useful they can be for sharing news between friends and colleagues. With Kindo, recently launched in 11 languages, families can now use the same tools and technology.
The core of Kindo is the collaborative family tree, and the information added by family members. But features such as family news, a family calendar, and statistics all make it easier to stay in touch with the family.
Since so many families are spread out around the world, Kindo is already in 11 languages: Swedish, French German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Polish, Russian, Turkish, Afrikaans, and English.
About KINDO
This is the story from the founders: "The idea behind Kindo was born in early 2007. We had just returned back to London after spending the holidays with our families, and got together over a cup of coffee.
As always, the topics were mostly about billion-dollar ideas for new startups and the latest web technology. But we also shared jokes about drunk relatives, disappointed siblings, and other worldwide family malfunctions. And we got to talk about how hard it is to keep in touch with these guys once you’re back in London. A phone call once a week is nice, but doesn’t give you enough insight in what’s really going on in your family.
At the same time, the web is exploding with new ways of communicating and staying in touch. Skype, Facebook, and LinkedIn are all great tools that are being used, not only by the younger generation, but by people from all different age groups. If my mother can use Skype (and she does - she always laughs when I turn on my web-cam), I’m sure I can convince her to use something else that helps our family to stay in touch.
That’s where Kindo was born. It’s us trying to connect with our families back home, finding out more what they’re up to. It’s about creating a modern media/web company that has a 100% focus on the family and what families want. So what you see right now is only the first small step towards realizing this vision. We like to think of the family tree on Kindo as our own version of Disney’s Mickey Mouse - something to get it all started."
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