Orkut founder launches Hello, a social network focused on your passions

In 2004, Orkut Büyükkökten and Githin Jose founded the social network Orkut as part of an independent project within Google. After a decade, it was shuttered with a community of more than 300 million people. Since then, Büyükkökten has reflected on that moment and decided to take another stab at it, saying that his latest effort is designed to make us “a little bit friendlier.” To that, he’s launched Hello.com, a social network to in