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Marketplace Tech for Wednesday, October 2, 2013
Oct 2, 2013

Marketplace Tech for Wednesday, October 2, 2013

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The website Reddit has grown exponentially in recent years. It now accepts 19 million up or down votes every day on links to everything from celebrity advice to pornography. This weekend, thousands of the website's users will be going offline to gather in the real world for reddit's second global day of service.

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Moving an online Reddit community into offline community action

Oct 2, 2013
Reddit's second annual Global Day of Service aims to get its user base involved in community service.

Some of Microsoft's top investors want Bill Gates to step down as chairman

Oct 2, 2013
A new report says three top investors at Microsoft want Bill Gates to go.

The website Reddit has grown exponentially in recent years. It now accepts 19 million up or down votes every day on links to everything from celebrity advice to pornography. This weekend, thousands of the website’s users will be going offline to gather in the real world for reddit’s second global day of service.

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