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Demo: i-Postmortem plans to keep your website around long after you’re gone

After you’re gone, how will people remember you? If you’re lucky, Facebook might keep your profile page around for awhile. But the company’s interest is decidedly among its living customers, who are easier to advertise to. That’s why Jacques Mechelany thinks there will be a market for his company, i
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After you’re gone, how will people remember you?

If you’re lucky, Facebook might keep your profile page around for awhile. But the company’s interest is decidedly among its living customers, who are easier to advertise to. That’s why Jacques Mechelany thinks there will be a market for his company, i-Postmortem, which creates “virtual tombs.”

“Most companies are here to make life better,” Mechelany said when introducing his company to the crowd at Demo Fall 2011 in Silicon Valley. “We are here to make death better.”

Continue reading: Demo: i-Postmortem plans to keep your website around long after you’re gone | VentureBeat.

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