Sergey Brin and Larry Page, who are on Friday named as Men of the Year by the Financial Times, harbour hopes that reach well beyond their search engine business to “make the world a better place”, a promise made at the time of Google’s initial public offering last year.“I don’t think we particularly restrict ourselves or have a 20-year vision or anything like that,” Mr Brin told the Financial Times. “I don’t think we’re averse to doing something new.”Applying the vast computing power that lies behind Google’s internet search engine to solving other complex problems in fields such as microbiology could be one area for expansion, according to the Google founder. “We have certain core assets and understand certain kinds of technology well,” Mr Brin said, though he added: “It takes a little bit of discipline to focus on the things that can be really impactful.”
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