How much Google paid the man who owned Google.com for exactly one minute

[Wireless News]

Last fall, we learned that a-former Google employee named Sanmay Ved-had- managed to purchase the "Google.com" domain name for exactly one minute before Google realized what had happened and snatched it back. Google on Thursday revealed exactly how much money it paid to Ved as compensation for his time owning its very valuable domain name. This being Google, you won't be surprised to know that it involves a ridiculously geeky joke. FROM EARLIER:- 8 reasons I still can’t leave the iPhone and switch to Android You see, Google decided to award Ved by paying him $6,006.13. Why this number? Because in traditional leet (a.k.a., "1337"), this spells out "Google." Google says it then decided to double this amount

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