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The 1 Tech Company That Will Last a Century

By Andrew Tonner, The Motley Fool

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In the following video, Motley Fool tech and telecom analyst Andrew Tonner takes a look at an interesting claim from Russian billionaire investor Yuri Milner, who said Facebook , Wikipedia, and Google were three tech companies that had the staying power to last 100 years. Andrew looks at each of these three institutions of the Internet and tells us which one he thinks could definitely go the distance.

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Facebook To Last 100 Years: So Says Man With Large Stake In Facebook

By Tim Worstall, Contributor One way of looking at this claim is to adopt a phrase from Wall Street: the man’s talking his own book. For it would indeed be more interesting if someone who didn’t own a large amount of Facebook stock claimed that the company was going to last 100 years. At least we would be more likely to think of it as a disinterested opinion. But that is indeed the claim, that Facebook is going to last for 100 years: Yuri Milner, the Russian investor whose early bet on Facebook Inc. made him a billionaire, sees the social network as one of three websites that will endure for 100 years. …read more
Source: FULL ARTICLE at Forbes Latest

Apple Chairman Art Levinson On The Ultimate Biology Prize

By Matthew Herper, Forbes Staff This morning Facebook billionaire Yuri Milner – and some friends – announced a new prize for biological achievement: the Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences, a $3 million award  ”recognizing excellence in research aimed at curing intractable diseases and extending human life.” This year, there are 11 recipients, meaning a total $33 million payout, but in the future five annual awards will be planned, totaling $15 million. The other sponsors included Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg and Google’s Sergey Brin, who talked to my colleague Ryan Mac. …read more
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Mark Zuckerberg And Sergey Brin Discuss Collaboration On Life Sciences Award

By Ryan Mac, Forbes Staff

On a day when Google caused waves by announcing that anyone could apply for its new Project Glass spectacles, Sergey Brin took care of something of a little more personal. As part of an audience seated in an auditorium at the University of California, San Francisco’s Mission Bay medical campus, the Google cofounder and billionaire watched intently as his wife Anne Wojcicki, Yuri Milner, Arthur Levinson and Mark Zuckerberg discussed their new $3 million awards for excellence in life sciences. …read more
Source: FULL ARTICLE at Forbes Latest