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Stakes are higher, you betterbe better than these guys

Stakes are higher, you better
be better than these guys

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Stakes are higher, you better be better than these guys.
Duration
5 seconds
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Timestamp in Movie
00:37:09
Uploaded
Jun 18, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
Spellbound Productions II

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The ideas that dominate the tech industry and our day to day lives were born at a secretive Silicon Valley start-up named 'General Magic', which spun out of Apple in 1990 to create the first handheld personal communicator (or "smartp
Big event? This was huge and we made it huge - General Magic 00:07
Big event? This was huge and we made it huge
We knew it was gonna be a marathon that we were gonna run at sprint speed. - General Magic 00:05
We knew it was gonna be a marathon that we were gonna run at...
It was gonna take everything out of us. Down the torpedoes, it's full speed ahead. - General Magic 00:06
It was gonna take everything out of us. Down the torpedoes, ...
This is it, we're coming, these amazing devices. - General Magic 00:05
This is it, we're coming, these amazing devices.
- You remember much about that day? - Yeah, well, - General Magic 00:11
- You remember much about that day? - Yeah, well,
Today we are introducing the technology, introducing The Alliance. - General Magic 00:05
Today we are introducing the technology, introducing The All...
How you feel about the communication with another person. - General Magic 00:06
How you feel about the communication with another person.
To me the relationships of your life, is the fabric of your life. - General Magic 00:04
To me the relationships of your life, is the fabric of your ...
That's the stuff that defines who we are as people. - General Magic 00:05
That's the stuff that defines who we are as people.
But let me just hold it up for you, so you can see what this thing is, you know, about. - General Magic 00:05
But let me just hold it up for you, so you can see what this...
The thing about Porat when he speaks is, everybody in the audience - General Magic 00:09
The thing about Porat when he speaks is, everybody in the au...
I can go to the roof of this building and if I jump, I will fly." - General Magic 00:18
I can go to the roof of this building and if I jump, I will ...
It will be that useful. The minute I see it in a store, I smile. - General Magic 00:05
It will be that useful. The minute I see it in a store, I sm...
It's about having fun, it's about leisure, it's about entertainment. - General Magic 00:04
It's about having fun, it's about leisure, it'...
I just recall listening to him and thinking, "Yes, yes!" - General Magic 00:10
I just recall listening to him and thinking, "Yes, yes!...
The world of personal communications, when it's fulfilled, uh, possibly - General Magic 00:09
The world of personal communications, when it's fulfill...
Reporters would leave these briefings saying, - General Magic 00:07
Reporters would leave these briefings saying,
The world that they just described to me, - General Magic 00:13
The world that they just described to me,
Sounds a bit like something from Star Trek, you can send and receive messages, - General Magic 00:09
Sounds a bit like something from Star Trek, you can send and...
It was wall to wall coverage. New York times, Wall Street Journal, L.A. Times. - General Magic 00:05
It was wall to wall coverage. New York times, Wall Street Jo...