2004
A freelance developer named Owen built the first Digg prototype, and Kevin Rose says he was not a co-founder.
“I found a freelance developer. I hired that freelance developer to create the first prototype. His name was Owen.”
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Kevin Rose
8 facts from 1 episode, in date order. These are what speakers said on the shows, each linked to the moment it was said. They aren't independently verified.
2011
Kevin Rose's earliest Bitcoin-related email in his Gmail inbox is dated June 12, 2011.
“So the first email I have about Bitcoin is June 12th of 2011.”
Undated
As a teenager Kevin Rose invented a company called Foliage Software to get a free pass to Comdex in Las Vegas.
“I just made up a fake business name. I called it Foliage Software.”
Undated
Kevin Rose's first TechTV appearance was explaining a Windows messaging feature that could be used to spam any IP address.
“I had discovered a vulnerability in Windows that was a way to spam people using this kind of internal messaging tool.”
Undated
Kevin Rose says he worked at TechTV for about two and a half years.
“I think it was two and a half years that I was at Tech TV”
Undated
Revision3 was sold to Discovery Networks for $35 million, according to Kevin Rose.
“It was sold to discovery networks for 35 million.”
Undated
Evan Williams added Kevin Rose and Chris Sacca to Twitter's manually curated suggested user list from his phone at a TED conference bar.
“And so he pulls out his phone and he literally does it right there on his phone.”
Undated
Kevin Rose met his wife, Daria, after a retweet that followed his addition to Twitter's suggested user list.
“And it was my now wife, Daria. And it was all because Ev added me to the suggested user list.”
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