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| Industry | |
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| Founded | May 1990[1] |
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| Defunct | September 17, 2002[2] |
| Headquarters | , United States[1] |
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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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