San Francisco -- gdgt.com, a San Francisco-based social technology web site, said that it has launched operations after landing a seed round of funding from seven investors, including Comtex News Networks. Chip Brian, Comtex's president and CEO, will become a member of the company's board of directors. The site -- co-founded by Peter Rojas, the founder of Gizmodo, Engadget and Joystiq, and Ryan Block, the former editor of Engadget -- is an online community aimed at helping visitors get more out of their personal gadgets, as well as learn about new devices.
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