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Amiglia on CNET News.com, The NY Times and MSN

Stefanie Olsen from CNET News.com wrote an extensive article about Family 2.0 that posted on NY Times and MSN as well and interviewed Paul Berry for it:

Husband and wife team Paul and Milena Berry started Amiglia, a photo-sharing and family tree site. Privately funded, it launched a public beta in late February, but the Berries plan to introduce a new version this summer. They say Amiglia has already drawn about 100,000 readers...

"Our focus has been anti-WebVan--low cost of operations. We've managed to build Amiglia and develop it for very little," Berry said...

Amiglia.com plans to make money by selling annual subscriptions for better storage. It's free to store 1GB of photos and videos on the site, but access to 100GB of storage costs about $50 a year...

As for the family meme on the Web, Berry believes that good ideas float around in the ether and smart people pick up on them at the same time.

"We hope that our strategy of low-cost operations but powerful development cycles will allow us to out-survive them all," Berry said. "We really hope the whole category does burst out in the next six to nine months, but that will be left to be seen."

Read also this translation into Japanese, posted on June 14, 2006

Growing the Family Tree

Bob and Joy Schwabach from On Computers wrote this detailed review about Amiglia's genealogy tools today:

There's a new Web site and service for creating a chart of your family tree, and it is by far the best we've ever seen.

The site is called Amiglia.com , and it lets you attach photos, commentary and sound to a treelike structure representing your extended family or group, past and present. Anyone on the tree can add his own stories, pictures and memories.

The leaves, so to speak, are linked to each other; a change in one is recognized by the others. A broadcast e-mail can be directed to all members who have an address listed. Clicking on the "people" tab can show you everyone at once in a huge display of close relatives and distant cousins.

The leaves, so to speak, are linked to each other; a change in one is recognized by the others. A broadcast e-mail can be directed to all members who have an address listed. Clicking on the "people" tab can show you everyone at once in a huge display of close relatives and distant cousins.

The Amiglia.com  site is in beta testing right now and free to all comers. A calendar will be added soon, allowing for the scheduling of family reunions and other events. After beta testing is over, general membership will remain free, with 1 gigabyte of storage. Above that, the charge will be $50 a year for 100 gigabytes of storage. That's enough for 20,000 photos and a lot of explanations.

Some more press today

Irish Dev News posted about Amiglia's family social software today:

Amiglia.com is launching this month promising a truly amazing photo and social software technology for families.

Peruvian newspaper El Commercio raves about Amiglia

Peruvian news paper El Comercio gives a great mention to Amiglia for its genealogy functions today:

Uno de los más espectaculares es Amiglia.com (www.amiglia.com). Este funciona sin necesidad de descargar software alguno. Solo requiere crear una cuenta gratuita y luego usted podrá subir fotografías y crear un árbol genealógico virtual.

AirForce Times, ArmyTimes and LSJ note Amiglia on the web

AirForceTimes, ArmyTimes and LSJ published about Amiglia's family software today in articles about whats New and Notable on the Web and Recording Your Life Online:
Families looking for a way to share photos and much more online will want to check out this new site where you also can create an interactive family tree, keep a family calendar and upload videos.
www.amiglia.com

Indystar and Cincinnati pick up Amiglia

Indystar.com and Cincinnati.com published a blurb about Amiglia today

Families looking for a way to share photos and much more online will want to check out this new site where you also can create an interactive family tree, keep a family calendar and upload videos.
www.amiglia.com