Feb
06
2008
Rate cuts, market meltdowns and global warming may have ruled the day at this year’s World Economic Forum – but spitting ruled the night.
Every evening in Davos scholars, celebs and politicos swarmed around our booth in a hallway of the main conference hotel, where 23andMe offered WEF attendees a free look at their DNA. All [...]
Tags: 23andMe, Davos, Naomi Campbell, Thomas Friedman, WEF, World Economic Forum
Jan
27
2008
23andMe co-founders Linda Avey and Anne Wojcicki were in Switzerland last week for the World Economic Forum. When they announced on Monday that they would be providing the 23andMe service free to 1,000 conference attendees, Michael Arrington of TechCrunch was a little bummed – he had already purchased the service.
Arrington asked for a refund, but [...]
Tags: 23andMe, adoptee, TechCrunch, WEF, World Economic Forum