Email Turns 40 -- Here's Why Investors Should Care (CRM, GOOG, MSFT)

Email Turns 40 -- Here's Why Investors Should Care

The following video is part of our "Motley Fool Conversations" series, in which Motley Fool senior technology analyst Eric Bleeker and chief technology officer Jeremy Phillips discuss emerging trends in technology.

In today's edition, Jeremy and Eric discuss email turning 40. Even in its old age, venerable old email is still going strong. However, the real consideration for investors is the idea of open communication across networks. Looking ahead at that open communication, Eric and Jeremy offer a few key storylines for the next decade and discuss which companies should be leaders and profit from changing trends.

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The Steve Jobs Betrayal
You may already know that in the final year of his life, Jobs revealed a stunning betrayal — and told his biographer, "I will spend my last dying breath... and every penny of Apple's $40 billion in the bank to right this wrong." What was it that made Jobs so irate — and why could it make a few in-the-know investors some major profits over the coming months and years?

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