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MyFamily.com Partners With Onebox.com to Deliver Email, Voice Mail and Fax
In a Single, Free Electronic Inbox
OREM, Utah, Feb. 23 /PRNewswire/ -- MyFamily.com, Inc., the premier online
resource for connecting and strengthening families, today announced a
partnership with Onebox.com, the next generation communications company, to
launch an additional online service that enables members of MyFamily.com
(www.myfamily.com) to communicate across the Web and by telephone. The free
service, called MyFamily Mail, allows people to stay connected from any
location by enabling them to use the Internet to receive and check email,
voicemail and fax messages in their personal inbox. In addition, users of the
new service can use the telephone to hear voice messages and find out if they
have email and faxes waiting.
"MyFamily.com is continually seeking to add new online services,
technologies and resources that enable our site visitors to more easily and
personally connect with their family members," said David Vandagriff, general
manager of MyFamily.com. "With families becoming increasingly busy and
geographically spread out, this new service allows people to send and receive
messages in multiple formats and from any location. Now communication can be
more flexible and more personal at the same time."
The MyFamily Mail service, developed with and hosted by Onebox.com, is
Internet-based and does not require users to download or install any
applications to their computers. Users simply give their MyFamily.com email
address and phone number to their family and friends. Unlike standard email
and fax, the user will receive all their messages in one place. Through the
service, voice messages and faxes can be forwarded in the same manner that
email is forwarded and users don`t have to own a fax machine to receive and
view faxes through their private MyFamily.com Web page.
"Onebox.com is excited to be the premier messaging provider for the
MyFamily.com Web site. Our partnership with MyFamily.com helps enable them to
offer millions of families a way to enhance their communications options,"
said Bill Nguyen, Founder and VP of Business Development at Onebox.com. "Many
families today are major users of innovative interactive technology and will
be drawn to the MyFamily Mail service for its convenience, privacy and ease-
of-use."
Faxes sent to a MyFamily.com inbox can be viewed online in electronic
format and printed from a standard printer. Voice messages can be sent and
received both by telephone and through a computer. To send voice messages
through the Internet, users speak into their computer`s microphone and push a
send button on the site. The person who receives the message only needs
standard computer speakers to listen to the message at their convenience.
About MyFamily.com, Inc.
MyFamily.com, Inc. is creating the largest and most active online
community in the world for families. In the most recent monthly report from
Nielsen/NetRatings, the MyFamily.com, Inc. network of sites ranked 14th in
total page views among all Internet properties. The company`s three Internet
sites, MyFamily.com, Ancestry.com, and FamilyHistory.com, which can function
independently, work together to form the only family service of its kind.
MyFamily.com is the leading provider of free, private Web sites for families,
where family members can share photos and news, participate in private voice
and text chats, and maintain a calendar of family events. Ancestry.com is the
premier online resource for tracing family history, where visitors can
discover their roots by searching more than 500 million names.
FamilyHistory.com hosts more than 90,000 free family history oriented message
boards that allow users to connect and share information with others who are
researching similar family lines. Privately held, MyFamily.com, Inc. is based
in Orem, Utah with offices in San Francisco. Investors in MyFamily.com, Inc.
include CMGI @Ventures (Nasdaq: CMGI), America Online, Inc. (NYSE: AOL),
Compaq Computer Corporation, Tango, Intel Corporation, Group Arnault, Pivotal
Asset Management LLC and Amerindo Investment Advisors, Inc. For more
information, visit http://www.myfamily.com/pressroom." target="_blank" rel="nofollow ugc noopener">http://www.myfamily.com/pressroom.
About Onebox.com
Onebox.com is the communications application service provider (CASP)
meeting the global demand for wireless and Internet-based messaging. With a
highly scalable, highly reliable pure IP infrastructure, Onebox.com provides
services for phone carriers, ISP`s and Internet portals to provide millions of
customers worldwide with email, voicemail, and wireless applications.
Onebox.com is a privately held company based in San Mateo, California. As
previously announced, Onebox.com is soon to be acquired by Phone.com, Inc.
(Nasdaq: PHCM) of Redwood City, CA pending regulatory approval. Phone.com is
a leading provider of software and services that enable the delivery of
Internet-based information services to mass-market wireless telephones.
Onebox and Onebox.com are registered trademarks of Onebox.com, Inc. All other
names are trademarks and/or registered trademarks of their respective owners.
SOURCE MyFamily.com, Inc.
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/CONTACT: Michael Leonard, 609-730-8181, [e-mail], or
Atalanta Rafferty, 212-593-6465, [e-mail], both for
MyFamily.com; or Leslie Nakajima, 650-356-1216, [e-mail], or Heather
Buys, 415-923-1660, [e-mail], both for Onebox.com/
/Web site: http://www.myfamily.com/pressroom/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow ugc noopener">http://www.myfamily.com/pressroom/
/Web site: http://www.Onebox.com/
/Web site: http://www.myfamily.com/

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MyFamily.com Closes Third Round of Financing for <EK.N><CMGI.O>
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MyFamily.com Closes Third Round of Financing for $30 Million;
Latest Investments Bring Total Amount Raised to $75.5 Million
SAN FRANCISCO, March 28 /PRNewswire/ -- MyFamily.com, Inc., a privately
held company dedicated to connecting and strengthening families, today
announced the completion of a $30 million, third round of private financing.
The funding comes from six previous investors in the company, as well as an
investment from Eastman Kodak Company (NYSE: EK), of Rochester, NY. This
brings the total amount raised by MyFamily.com, Inc. to $75.5 million through
private placement offerings.
In addition to Kodak, the companies that participated in this round of
financing include Tango of Boulder, CO, who led the round, as well as
investments from CMGI @Ventures (Nasdaq: CMGI), Intel Capital, Europ@web
(formerly Group Arnault), Compaq Computer Corporation (NYSE: CPQ) and Pivotal
Asset Management LLC. Along with this latest round of investments, the
company is also increasing the number of board members to include Michael Dodd
of Europ@web and granting board observer status to Paula Dumas of Kodak.
Additional terms of the financing were not disclosed.
"We continue to be pleased that these companies want to invest in
MyFamily.com, Inc.," said L. Gregory Ballard, CEO of MyFamily.com, Inc.
"Kodak has been a leader in the advancement of the imaging industry for more
than 100 years. The addition of Kodak as an investor demonstrates what our
network of Internet sites has accomplished and will continue to achieve in
years to come."
"MyFamily.com is a good fit with Kodak`s interests in connecting people
through the power of pictures on the Internet," said Carl E. Gustin, Jr.,
Chief Marketing Officer of Eastman Kodak. "MyFamily.com`s unique combination
of sound business plans and family services demonstrate the potential for a
leadership position on the web. We look forward to a rewarding relationship
with MyFamily.com."
Ranked number 19 by Nielsen/NetRatings in the month of February, this
marks the third consecutive month that the MyFamily.com network of sites has
ranked among the top 20 in total page views. As measured by
Nielsen/NetRatings, the network of sites received more than 189 million page
views in the month of February. The MyFamily.com network, which includes the
sites MyFamily.com(SM) (www.myfamily.com), Ancestry.com(SM) (www.ancestry.com)
and FamilyHistory.com(SM) (www.familyhistory.com), is one of only two
privately held companies ranked among the top 20 in the Nielsen/NetRatings
survey.
"MyFamily.com, Inc. offers a very powerful network of Web Sites that is
effectively reaching the strongest and longest lasting affinity group -- the
family," said Jerome Contro of Tango. "Our continued investment in
MyFamily.com exhibits our own commitment to helping families leverage the
power of technology to enrich their lives."
"We first invested in MyFamily.com, Inc. in December of 1998 after being
thoroughly impressed with the company`s early understanding of how to optimize
viral marketing and subscription-based content," said Peter Mills, Managing
Partner at CMGI @Ventures. "MyFamily.com has since captured the lead in the
online family community space and has successfully tapped one of the
Internet`s most inherently active communities and e-commerce opportunities."
About MyFamily.com, Inc.
MyFamily.com, Inc. is creating the largest and most active online
community in the world for families. The company`s three Internet sites,
MyFamily.com, Ancestry.com, and FamilyHistory.com, which can function
independently, work together to form the only family service of its kind.
MyFamily.com is the leading provider of free, private Web sites for families,
where family members can share photos and news, participate in private voice
and text chats, and maintain a calendar of family events. Ancestry.com is the
premier online resource for tracing family history, where visitors can
discover their roots by searching approximately 550 million names.
FamilyHistory.com hosts more than 100,000 free family history oriented message
boards that allow users to connect and share information with others who are
researching similar family lines. Privately held, MyFamily.com, Inc. has
offices in San Francisco, CA, Orem, UT and New York, NY. Previous investors
in MyFamily.com, Inc. also include America Online, Inc. (NYSE: AOL), Amerindo
Investment Advisors, Inc and. Wasatch Venture Fund. For more information,
visit http://www.myfamilyinc.com/pressroom.
SOURCE MyFamily.com, Inc.
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/CONTACT: Rahn Rampton of MyFamily.com, Inc., 609-730-4111,
[e-mail]; or Atalanta Rafferty of Ruder Finn, 212-593-6465,
[e-mail]; or Anthony Sanzio of Kodak, 716-781-5481,
[e-mail]/
/Web site: http://www.ancestry.com/
/Web site: http://www.myfamilyinc.com/pressroom/
/Web site: http://www.myfamily.com/

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