Google co-founder leaves for genetic testing startup

[rpm]

Google co-founder leaves

The direct-to-consumer genetic testing startup backed by Google Inc. is losing its co-founder months after the search giant upped its investment.

 

[Syndyre]

The headline's very misleading.

 

[Mars]

The headline's very misleading.

Thats an understatement!

How does:

Avey launched 23andMe in 2006 with Anne Wojcicki, wife of Google co-founder Sergey Brin

make her a Co-founder of Google?

 

[ToxicBunny]

Incredibly misleading rpm....

Can I suggest the title be changed to something more appropriate?

Something along the lines of say

"Google backed startup loses its co-founder"

 

[Mercurious]

What is happening to myBB? This is bull.

 

[diabolus]

Geez, this headline is badly phrased.

Linda Avey Co-Founded 23andMe and she is leaving THAT company to start a new Alzheimer thing.

The only other side thing here is, she's the wife of a Google Founder.

So i don't know how all that suddenly became "Google Co-Founder leaves"


The heading should read : "23andMe Co-Founder Linda Avey Leaves Personal Genetics Start-Up to Focus on Alzheimer’s Research"

 

[Kasyx]

Wow this headline is horribly misleading, something I would expect from IOL, but not MyBB.

 

[hyperian]

I agree - Sergey Brin and Larry Page are the co-founders of Google. Not their wives or second cousins.

 

[ellusionist]

Geez, this headline is badly phrased.

Linda Avey Co-Founded 23andMe and she is leaving THAT company to start a new Alzheimer thing.

The only other side thing here is, she's the wife of a Google Founder.

So i don't know how all that suddenly became "Google Co-Founder leaves"


The heading should read : "23andMe Co-Founder Linda Avey Leaves Personal Genetics Start-Up to Focus on Alzheimer’s Research"

Linda Avey is not even the wife of a Google co-founder. Anne Wojcicki is the wife of Sergey Brin (co-founder of Google) and according to the article she is not leaving. Linda Avey is leaving.

 

[Carbon_Fibre]

I agree - Sergey Brin and Larry Page are the co-founders of Google. Not their wives or second cousins.

And the janitor that started with them, and the cable guy.

 

[phiber]

Yeeeesh, almost jumped out my chair when i read the headline... Can't take MyBB seriously anymore... these staff writers are crazy.

 

[smokey]

Linda Avey is not even the wife of a Google co-founder. Anne Wojcicki is the wife of Sergey Brin (co-founder of Google) and according to the article she is not leaving. Linda Avey is leaving.

LMAO - wanted to write that as well...

 

[snobee]

I guess the writer didn't read the source story correctly, or wanted a catchy title to dupe their readers. Well that certainly got my attention!

 

[astrauss]

This is getting ridiculous!!!

 

[boramk]

We not dumb ... Heavily misleading

 

[smokey]

We not dumb ... Heavily misleading

Well... with English like that mate - some would beg to differ.

 

[kgatlem]

Yah noh...!

 

[DJ...]

Well the rest of the world seemed capable of accurately headlining the story. How on earth did mybb cock the headline up so badly?

 

[Flipside]

The title is not just misleading, its simply not true.