Red Hot News http://www.redhotnews.net The very latest Technology news, video, audio and feature stories Sat, 28 Aug 2010 08:11:15 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Square: The Perfect Solution For Tricky Drug And Prostitution Transactions? http://www.redhotnews.net/square-the-perfect-solution-for-tricky-drug-and-prostitution-transactions/ http://www.redhotnews.net/square-the-perfect-solution-for-tricky-drug-and-prostitution-transactions/#comments Sat, 28 Aug 2010 08:11:15 +0000 Red Hot News http://techcrunch.com/?p=213212 One of the big problems with drug and prostitution transactions is that they tend to involve a lot of cash, and cash is hard to launder. Taking credit card payments has never been easier via Square, which lets anyone swipe credit cards with their iPhone. Sure, it leaves one heck of a paper trail, but you have to wonder if at least a few of those person to person transactions aren't being done via that sexy startup. I certainly have.]]> One of the big problems with drug and prostitution transactions is that they tend to involve a lot of cash, and cash is hard to launder. Taking credit card payments has never been easier via Square, which lets anyone swipe credit cards with their iPhone.

Sure, it leaves one heck of a paper trail, but you have to wonder if at least a few of those person to person transactions aren’t being done via that sexy startup. I certainly have.

Founder Jack Dorsey has told me that exactly zero drug or prostitution transactions have been completed through Square. I believe he believes that, but I wonder how he really knows for sure.

Anyway, I came across this very funny spoof video by Chris OConnell that just dives right in to exactly what I’ve been saying. Says Chris: “So I got my blow, and I got my 19 year old hooker. Life couldn’t be much better thanks to Square.”

Trust me, you’ll want to watch this:

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]]> http://www.redhotnews.net/square-the-perfect-solution-for-tricky-drug-and-prostitution-transactions/feed/ 0 Ex-Googler and Ex-Facebooker Start Invite-Only Workspace Sunfire Offices http://www.redhotnews.net/ex-googler-and-ex-facebooker-start-invite-only-workspace-sunfire-offices/ http://www.redhotnews.net/ex-googler-and-ex-facebooker-start-invite-only-workspace-sunfire-offices/#comments Sat, 28 Aug 2010 08:01:22 +0000 Red Hot News http://techcrunch.com/?p=210827 A unique spin on the concept of co-working space, Sunfire Offices was started three months ago by ex- Google engineering manager Niniane Wang and and ex-Facebook engineering manager Yishan Wong. While there are plenty of other co-working spaces in downtown Mountain View, like Hacker Dojo and Plug In Play, Wong and Wang, not satisfied with the available options, decided to create one of their own. So they rented office space and got funding from a number of angel investors including Keith Rabois and James Hogan, who completely sponsored the space, meaning that Wong and Wang were then able to offer it rent free to other startups and individuals working on personal projects,“Our goal was to build a co-working space focused on top-tier talent.” ]]>
A unique spin on the concept of co-working space, Sunfire Offices was started three months ago by ex- Google engineering manager Niniane Wang and and ex-Facebook engineering manager Yishan Wong. While there are plenty of other co-working spaces in downtown Mountain View, like Hacker Dojo and Plug In Play,Wong and Wang, not satisfied with the available options, decided to create a co-working space of their own.

They found an office space and got funding from a number of angel investors including Keith Rabois and Justin Calbeck, who completely sponsored Sunfire Offices, meaning that Wong and Wang were then able to offer space rent free to other startups and individuals working on personal projects, “Our goal was to build a co-working space focused on top-tier talent.”
(They shied away from talking about a future business model.)

While it does incorporate incubator type qualities, the two emphasize that invite-only Sunfire Offices is not a incubator,“We’re optimizing for the quality of people, since they’re what really matter in a start-up,” says Wong. They wanted to “avoid the problem often associated with incubators: the theory that stronger startups don’t need an incubator so the startups that apply to incubators tend to be weaker ones, resulting in incubators naturally selecting for poorer startup performance.”

Unlike most incubators, the only obligation at Sunfire is to attend a weekly mixer where one of the sponsors’ portfolio companies does a pitch or demo. This benefits Sunfire sponsors because they end up getting first look at potential companies and Sunfire residents because they get exposure to potential investors and recruiters.

Looking for “aggressively productive individuals” as residents, Wang emphasizes that applicant pedigree doesn’t matter. But the the inevitable Google and Facebook connection is strong, “due to our backgrounds, we are able to source from a very high-quality pool – Niniane knows all the great early engineers at Google, and I know everyone from PayPal and Facebook.”

Aside from free rent, office residents gain the being around intelligent people/environmental aspect of working at a giant company while still maintaining a small scale. “Working in coffee shops or at home can be very lonely and unmotivating,” says Wang.

Wang also brings up the example of a Nextstop engineer who didn’t want to move to Facebook when Facebook acquired Nextstop — preferring to stay at a startup.

“We invited her to come work at Sunfire, during which time she worked on a small project of her own while talking with various companies associated with our sponsors and network. And just last week, she accepted a position at one of those companies as their first full-time engineer.”

A visit to the offices reveals an amazing view and a lot of people hard at work on some secret and not so secret projects including YouTube co-founder Jared Karim, former astronaut and Google Manager Ed Lu, and co-founders of iTeleport Jahanzeb Sherwani and Vishal Kapur.

You can get an invitation to the Sunfire weekly mixer (and maybe even to Sunfire) by contacting office manager (and former Googler) Elaine Yu or tag along vicariously as they eat their way through Castro Street.



]]> http://www.redhotnews.net/ex-googler-and-ex-facebooker-start-invite-only-workspace-sunfire-offices/feed/ 0 Researchers set new record for ferroelectric data storage http://www.redhotnews.net/researchers-set-new-record-for-ferroelectric-data-storage/ http://www.redhotnews.net/researchers-set-new-record-for-ferroelectric-data-storage/#comments Sat, 28 Aug 2010 06:28:00 +0000 Red Hot News http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/28/researchers-set-new-record-for-ferroelectric-data-storage/

Ferroelectric isn’t just a ridiculously fun word to say, it might just also be the future of computing. While that possibility is still a ways off, researchers have been making considerable progress in recent years, and a team from Japan’s Tohoku University has now set a new record for ferroelectric data storage. That was accomplished with the aid of a scanning nonlinear dielectric microscope, which allowed the researchers to hit a data density of 4 trillion bits per square inch. As you might expect, the exact process is a bit complicated — involving a pulse generator that’s used to alter the electrical state of tiny dots on the ferroelectric medium — but the researchers say that the technology is a leading candidate to replace magnetic hard drives and flash memory, or “at least in applications for which extremely high data density and small physical volume is required.” Unfortunately, they aren’t going so far as to speculate when that might happen.

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]]> http://www.redhotnews.net/researchers-set-new-record-for-ferroelectric-data-storage/feed/ 0 Zotac’s Zboxes are small, Ion-fueled, and cheap http://www.redhotnews.net/zotacs-zboxes-are-small-ion-fueled-and-cheap/ http://www.redhotnews.net/zotacs-zboxes-are-small-ion-fueled-and-cheap/#comments Sat, 28 Aug 2010 04:31:00 +0000 Red Hot News http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/28/zotacs-zboxes-are-small-ion-fueled-and-cheap/

If you’re like us, you’re constantly on the hunt for the perfect small computer. Now, we’re not saying we’ve found it in this new set of Zotac Zboxes… but we do like where they’re coming from. The minimal slivers pack Ion chipsets along with Intel CULV CPUs, making for a power-sipping experience that can actually push a couple of pixels (a couple, not many more). The company is dishing out a few varieties of the mini PCs, all loaded with some variation of Intel’s Celeron processors. The HD series (the NS21 and ND22) pack a Celeron 743 or SU2300 CULV (respectively), DDR3 RAM slots, a 2.5-inch hard drive slot, HDMI and DVI-I ports, along with NVIDIA’s Ion GPU. There’s also an ITX series, all sporting those same CPUs, a single PCI Express x16 slot, a handful of SATA / eSATA hookups, and HDMI, DVI-D, and VGA connections. All the systems have a slew of USB ports, the boxes can be mounted in four different positions (including on the back of a monitor), and though retail pricing hasn’t been announced, it looks like at least the ND22 should list for around $270. Hit the source link for all the details, and More Coverage for a review.

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]]> http://www.redhotnews.net/zotacs-zboxes-are-small-ion-fueled-and-cheap/feed/ 0 Wow. If You Think Quitting Booze Freaks People Out, Wait ‘Til You Quit Twitter http://www.redhotnews.net/wow-if-you-think-quitting-booze-freaks-people-out-wait-%e2%80%98til-you-quit-twitter/ http://www.redhotnews.net/wow-if-you-think-quitting-booze-freaks-people-out-wait-%e2%80%98til-you-quit-twitter/#comments Sat, 28 Aug 2010 04:14:01 +0000 Red Hot News http://techcrunch.com/?p=213136 I promise this is my last word on the subject. I had already promised myself, actually, that I wouldn’t write any more about my decision to quit Facebook, Linkedin, Foursquare, Blippy, Yammer, Dopplr and every other social network other than Twitter. But then I added Twitter to the list - deleting my 10,000+ follower account and returning to more traditional blogging - and suddenly all (social media) hell broke loose. For reasons I can’t quite understand - it’s not like I’ve quit food or oxygen - my inbox has since been flooded with emails. Some are just standard notes of congratulations for cutting the cord while others scream that I’m a Luddite who doesn’t ‘get’ Twitter (by and large these are the same people who describe themselves as “social media ninja”s on their profiles: the modern day equivalent of those “My other car is the Batmobile” bumber stickers). The majority of messages, though, are from people who are strongly considering following my lead, but are worried that their body or mind might not be able to cope with the shock. How do I feel since quitting? Can I offer them any advice?]]> I promise this is my last word on the subject.

I had already promised myself, actually, that I wouldn’t write any more about my decision to quit Facebook, Linkedin, Foursquare, Blippy, Yammer, Dopplr and every other social network other than Twitter. But then I added Twitter to the list – deleting my 10,000+ follower account and returning to more traditional blogging – and suddenly all (social media) hell broke loose.

For reasons I can’t quite understand – it’s not like I’ve quit food or oxygen – my inbox has since been flooded with emails. Some are just standard notes of congratulations for cutting the cord while others scream that I’m a Luddite who doesn’t ‘get’ Twitter (by and large these are the same people who describe themselves as “social media ninja”s on their profiles: the modern day equivalent of those “My other car is the Batmobile” bumber stickers).

The majority of messages, though, are from people who are strongly considering following my lead, but are worried that their body or mind might not be able to cope with the shock.  How do I feel since quitting? Can I offer them any advice?

The semi-amusing thing is, this isn’t the first time I’ve experienced this kind of email flood of congratulations, insults and pleas for guidance. It happened last October too: when I finally made the decision to quit drinking. Make of that what you will.

The difference is that, back in October, I completely understood the tsunami of mail. Millions of people struggle with alcohol addiction – and for those who do, it’s a serious problem. Any advice or encouragement could be the difference between life and death. Certainly it was for me.

But giving up Twitter? Seriously? Are there really people who can’t get out of bed in the morning without sending a 140 character update, just to stop their thumbs shaking from the night before? (The RT DTs?). Or addicts who surreptitiously tweet throughout the work day, from a phone hidden in their desk drawer, hoping that their workmates don’t find out? People who are unable to stop at just one “OH:”, sending more and more before they blackout, ready to start the whole Bukowskian cycle again the next day?

Judging by my inbox, the answer is yes, there are.

But, unlike with drink, I don’t feel their pain. In fact, giving up Twitter (and the rest) has been a veritable walk in the park. I’ve barely suffered any withdrawal symptoms, I don’t feel any sense of loss, and I’ve certainly not found it any harder to enjoy parties or talk to women without a phone in my hand (and I say that as someone who not long ago started dating a flight attendant after I tweeted about her on a plane. Seriously: I had a problem.)

I admit, though, it does feel odd. For more than two years I’ve been accustomed to sending half a dozen tweets a day, whenever something even vaguely notable happened. Lunch with a friend? Tweet. See someone nearly get hit by a car? Tweet. Think of a funny (ish) joke? Tweet. Fight with a friend or loved-one? Cryptic tweet. Like a Japanese tourist compulsively photographing everything he sees, it was almost as if something didn’t really happen unless it was captured in 140 characters and shared with the world.

At a stroke, that’s all changed. Now if I see someone nearly getting it by a car, my initial reaction is the same as before – “holy shit! someone just nearly got hit by a car!” – but that reaction remains inside my head. And yet, amazingly, even without my 140 character acts of vital citizen journalism the world has carried on turning. And what of jokes? Is my brain filling up with amusing observations and bons mots that, unless released, will cause it to haemorrhage? No. I just write them down in my notebook to be used later: an act which – and this did surprise me – gives me almost exactly the same satisfaction as sharing them with 10,000 followers.

The only downside, really, is the occasionally jarring sense that something is missing from my enjoyment of an experience. An involuntary twitch as I reach for my phone and realise I don’t do that any more. I imagine anyone who has quit smoking feels a similar way occasionally; particularly in postprandial or post-coital situations. But the feeling soon passes. Maybe I should start chewing gum?

As for the benefits: they’ve been both noticeable and persistent. For one thing I’ve rediscovered the joy of making notes, and then refining those notes – sharpening jokes and tweaking arguments, all using a pen and paper – prior to publication. I’ve also come to re-appreciate sharing thoughts with my actual friends – taking the time to email or text or IM someone who I actually know in the real world, to share something I think they alone would enjoy or appreciate. I’ve remembered what it feels like to laugh loudly at a joke without having to disrupt the flow of conversation for two minutes while I “overhear” it. I’ve become closer to my real friends, and more distant from total strangers. Which seems like the right direction for things to be moving in.

One of the other things I’ve been asked – probably fifty times – if whether I expect to stick to my decision over the long-term or whether, like others who have tried to quit Twitter before me, I’ll come crawling back in a few weeks.

My knee-jerk response is to scream “are you kidding me? I’ve been sober for 312 days. If I don’t miss that shit, then I think I’ll be fine without knowing what Guy Kawasaki thinks about the world.” (SPOILER ALERT: nothing)

My more, uh, sober answer, though, is disturbingly similar to the one I give about returning to the sauce: I don’t know if I’ll go back to it. Certainly my life is noticeably better without it, I have more time, I’m closer to my friends and I’m getting more work done. But who knows how I’ll feel tomorrow?

The only thing I do know is that, in terms of things that are actually hard to live without, I’m far more likely to succumb to the craving for delicious, delicious beer before I surrender to the almost negligible desire to send another fucking tweet.



]]> http://www.redhotnews.net/wow-if-you-think-quitting-booze-freaks-people-out-wait-%e2%80%98til-you-quit-twitter/feed/ 0 How would you change Apple’s iPhone 4? http://www.redhotnews.net/how-would-you-change-apples-iphone-4/ http://www.redhotnews.net/how-would-you-change-apples-iphone-4/#comments Sat, 28 Aug 2010 02:58:00 +0000 Red Hot News http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/27/how-would-you-change-apples-iphone-4/

We know, half of you aren’t even going to read past the headline before you start angrily banging away about Apple’s admitted antenna gaff and the still-not-totally-fixed proximity sensor, but we’re urging you to look deeper. Think harder. Critique your criticisms. In all seriousness, Apple’s iPhone 4 garnered more attention (negative or otherwise) than any other phone released this calendar year, and for good reason — in fact, Apple itself had to hold an emergency press event just to announce what could’ve been announced in a PR blast: everyone’s getting a free case. That said, Cupertino has still managed to move millions of units in just a few months, and that demand doesn’t seem to be dropping off at any significant rate. If you’re one of the lucky (or unlucky) ones that have managed to procure Apple’s latest iPhone, we’re overly anxious to hear your thoughts on changing it. How would you have addressed the antenna issue? Would you have preferred a less drastic departure from the 3GS form factor? Would you have offered more colors than white and black? Thrown in Bluetooth 3.0 for kicks? Go ahead, the floor’s yours — just don’t abuse it, cool?

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]]> http://www.redhotnews.net/how-would-you-change-apples-iphone-4/feed/ 0 Zuckerberg: Facebook Photos Used 5 Or 6 Times More Than Competitors — Combined http://www.redhotnews.net/zuckerberg-facebook-photos-used-5-or-6-times-more-than-competitors-%e2%80%94-combined/ http://www.redhotnews.net/zuckerberg-facebook-photos-used-5-or-6-times-more-than-competitors-%e2%80%94-combined/#comments Sat, 28 Aug 2010 02:10:19 +0000 Red Hot News http://techcrunch.com/?p=213115 Yesterday, Facebook held a developer's garage event at their headquarters in Palo Alto. To kick things off, CEO Mark Zuckerberg took the stage to talk a bit about the history of Facebook. Notably, he focused on Facebook Photos as being a key catalyst that led to everything the social network is today. He noted that when they launched the product, they didn't have all of the features that their competitors did. For example, they didn't have high-resolution photos and you couldn't print them. But one thing they did have was the social element -- and this changed everything. "Those features by themselves were more important than anything else combined," Zuckerberg said of the social elements of Facebook Photos. He then dropped the competitor bomb. "The photo product that we have is maybe five or six times more used than every other product on the web -- combined," Zuckerberg stated.]]> Yesterday, Facebook held a developer’s garage event at their headquarters in Palo Alto. To kick things off, CEO Mark Zuckerberg took the stage to talk a bit about the history of Facebook. Notably, he focused on Facebook Photos as being a key catalyst that led to everything the social network is today.

He noted that when they launched the product, they didn’t have all of the features that their competitors did. For example, they didn’t have high-resolution photos and you couldn’t print them. But one thing they did have was the social element — and this changed everything.

“Those features by themselves were more important than anything else combined,” Zuckerberg said of the social elements of Facebook Photos. He then dropped the competitor bomb. “The photo product that we have is maybe five or six times more used than every other product on the web — combined,” Zuckerberg stated.

Wow. Everyone knows Facebook Photos is huge, but if Zuckerberg’s stats are accurate, it’s becoming YouTube-level huge compared to their competitors. Of course, what he means by “used” isn’t entirely clear — do they just browse more, or upload more as well? Either way, it’s massive.

And it was clear from both Zuckerberg and CTO Bret Taylor’s talk at the event that photos to them was the harbinger of things that eventually came — and will still come.

Taylor noted that he had been “brainwashed by Silicon Valley” before he saw and understood the power of Facebook Photos (he was likely working at Google at the time). He had been thinking like an engineer about the best way to organize photos on the web. But he quickly realized that “the best possible organization of photos is around people,” Taylor said.

“There are ten other industries waiting to have this type of disruption,” Taylor said noting the travel industry, e-commerce, and music as a few of them. Earlier, Zuckerberg agreed. Because of the social element, “every single vertical will be transformed.“

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]]> http://www.redhotnews.net/zuckerberg-facebook-photos-used-5-or-6-times-more-than-competitors-%e2%80%94-combined/feed/ 0 Ricoh outs rather rugged, water-resistant G700 point and shoot http://www.redhotnews.net/ricoh-outs-rather-rugged-water-resistant-g700-point-and-shoot/ http://www.redhotnews.net/ricoh-outs-rather-rugged-water-resistant-g700-point-and-shoot/#comments Sat, 28 Aug 2010 01:23:00 +0000 Red Hot News http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/27/ricoh-outs-rather-rugged-water-resistant-g700-point-and-shoot/
Ricoh’s released a new point and shoot, the G700. This little camera’s water and dust resistant, it will supposedly withstand a drop of up to 2 meters, and its resistant to chemicals such as ethanol and hypochlorous acid, so shooting pics of the chemically-driven, zombie-infested apocalypse shouldn’t be much of a challenge. Other than that, you’ve got a 12.1 megapixel sensor, a 5x optical wide-angle zoom lens, a 3-inch color LCD, and password protection. You know, so the zombies can check out your shots! This baby will be released on September 10th in Japan, but as of yet, there’s no word on pricing or a US release.

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]]> http://www.redhotnews.net/ricoh-outs-rather-rugged-water-resistant-g700-point-and-shoot/feed/ 0 Patent Suit Day Continues: Microsoft Takes Fight With i4i Over XML To The Supreme Court http://www.redhotnews.net/patent-suit-day-continues-microsoft-takes-fight-with-i4i-over-xml-to-the-supreme-court/ http://www.redhotnews.net/patent-suit-day-continues-microsoft-takes-fight-with-i4i-over-xml-to-the-supreme-court/#comments Sat, 28 Aug 2010 00:27:55 +0000 Red Hot News http://techcrunch.com/?p=213076 While not the biggest Microsoft-related lawsuit news of the day, Microsoft just announced that it'll be taking its patent infringement case against Canadian technology firm i4i to the highest level, the US Supreme Court. Last August a federal court of appeals upheld the decision of a lower court that Microsoft had in fact infringed i4i's XML patent ('449), by introducing Microsoft WORD in 2003 and continuing the XML editing capabilities through 2007. Microsoft was ordered to pay i4i $290 million dollars in fees and change the disputed version of Word.]]>
While not the biggest Microsoft-related lawsuit news of the day, Microsoft just announced that it wants to take its patent infringement case against Canadian technology firm i4i to the highest level, seeking review by the US Supreme Court.

Last May, a federal court of appeals upheld the decision of a lower court that Microsoft had in fact infringed i4i’s XML patent (’449), by introducing Microsoft WORD in 2003 and continuing the XML editing capabilities through 2007. Microsoft was ordered to pay i4i $290 million dollars in fees and change the disputed version of Word.

i4i CEO Loudon Owen responded to Microsoft’s petition for a writ of certiorari, “This next step of filing a petition was anticipated — indeed, proclaimed for months by Microsoft. We continue to be confident that i4i will prevail.”

The Supreme Court has yet to decide whether it will review the case.

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]]> http://www.redhotnews.net/patent-suit-day-continues-microsoft-takes-fight-with-i4i-over-xml-to-the-supreme-court/feed/ 0 Ben Huh Asks: “I Can Haz Reddit?” (Offers To Buy It From Condé Nast) http://www.redhotnews.net/ben-huh-asks-%e2%80%9ci-can-haz-reddit%e2%80%9d-offers-to-buy-it-from-conde-nast/ http://www.redhotnews.net/ben-huh-asks-%e2%80%9ci-can-haz-reddit%e2%80%9d-offers-to-buy-it-from-conde-nast/#comments Sat, 28 Aug 2010 00:22:23 +0000 Red Hot News http://techcrunch.com/?p=213078 It's no secret that social link sharing community Reddit isn't singing the praises of its corporate parent Condé Nast, which acquired the company in 2006. Earlier today the two sparred over running ads in support of California's Proposition 19, which would legalize marijuana in the state. And Reddit has previously written about the shortage of resources that Condé Nast is willing to provide.  Now Ben Huh, founder and CEO of the Cheezburger network, is offering to take Reddit off Condé's hands. In a letter published by The Daily What (a part of the Cheezburger network), Huh writes that he's offered to buy Reddit before privately, and he's now making it public. From the post:
Condé Nast, I’m publicly offering to buy Reddit. ]]> It’s no secret that social link sharing community Reddit isn’t singing the praises of its corporate parent Condé Nast, which acquired the company in 2006. Earlier today the two sparred over running ads in support of California’s Proposition 19, which would legalize marijuana in the state. And Reddit has previously written about the shortage of resources that Condé Nast is willing to provide.  Now Ben Huh, founder and CEO of the Cheezburger network, is offering to take Reddit off Condé’s hands.

In a letter published by The Daily What (a part of the Cheezburger network), Huh writes that he’s offered to buy Reddit before privately, and he’s now making it public. From the post:

Condé Nast, I’m publicly offering to buy Reddit.

Hi TDWers, I’m Ben Huh, and I run the Cheezburger Network (which includes The Daily What, if you were too Prop 19’d to notice). I have made this offer privately to a few people associated with Reddit, and I’ll say it publicly now:

I believe that Reddit is one of the best communities I have seen on the Internet. I also believe that Reddit would benefit from more resources and less corporate interference. We can offer all of the above. And we’d love to buy Reddit and all those pesky troublesome users that we love so much.

Condé, we’ll be waiting for a call.

Cheers,

Ben Huh.

Update: Reached for comment, Huh said that he’s “totally serious about buying Reddit” and that he thinks Reddit “would do better under a strange and weird start-up like us, rather than a corporate giant like Conde Nast.”



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