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How Mark Zuckerberg will Connect the World?

Mark Zuckerberg, founder & CEO of Facebook is on a dual mission: A. He wants everyone on Earth to have affordable access to the Internet through Internet.org B. He wants over half the population on Earth to connect and share using Facebook and Facebook companies "Our goal with Internet.org is to make affordable access to basic Internet services available to every person in the world." - Mark Zuckerberg Internet.org is doing well... and has already helped over 3 million new people access the internet within a short time, primarily in Philippines and Paraguay. However, Zuckerberg has grander plans for Internet.org: " The Connectivity Lab at Facebook is developing ways to make affordable internet access possible in communities around the world. The team is exploring a variety of technologies, including high-altitude long-endurance planes, satellites and lasers." The Lab includes some of the world’s top experts from Ascenta, NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, NASA’s...

Larry Page Speaks his Mind at TED

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Google CEO Larry Page was on stage with Charlie Rose at a TED conference on March 19. Page shared key insights on many topics, his vision of the future, success and failures, NSA, self-driving cars, medical records, and much more. Here are some excerpts from his talk: " The main thing that has caused companies to fail , in my view, is that they missed the future " "We are still at the very early stages with search. Computers don't know where you are and what you are doing" " When we bought Android, it was small and I felt guilty working on it, but it was smart, it was the future " “ He (Elon Musk) wants to go to Mars... That’s a worthy goal. We have a lot of employees at Google who’ve become pretty wealthy. You’re working because you want to change the world and make it better; if the company you work for is worthy of your time, why not your money as well? We just don’t think about that. I’d like for us to help out more than we are. ” " Wouldn...