General Magic

General Magic
Industry
FoundedMay 1990 (1990-05)[1]
Founders
DefunctSeptember 17, 2002 (2002-09-17)[2]
Headquarters,
United States[1]
Products

General Magic was an American software and electronics company co-founded by Bill Atkinson, Andy Hertzfeld,[1] and Marc Porat. Based in Mountain View, California,[3] the company developed precursors to "USB, software modems, small touchscreens, touchscreen controller ICs, ASICs, multimedia email, networked games, streaming TV, and early e-commerce notions."[4] General Magic's main product was Magic Cap,[5] the operating system used in 1994 by the Motorola Envoy and Sony's Magic Link PDA.[1][2] It also introduced the programming language Telescript.[6] After announcing it would cease operations in 2002,[2] it was liquidated in 2004[7] with Paul Allen[4] purchasing most of its patents.

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  3. ^ Andrew Pollack (November 30, 1991). "3 Companies Said to Invest In Venture". The New York Times. Retrieved December 10, 2018.
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