Sherpa is more focused on pushing information that users need to their phone, he says.
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To use Sherpa, people have to connect their email and calendar to the service.
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Where Sherpa gets really interesting is its use of location without requiring any user input.
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Also, Sherpa keeps as little information as necessary to run its algorithm, he says.
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Did they make it then, 29 years before Edmund Hillary and Sherpa Tenzing Norgay?
Thereafter he set out to support development for the Sherpa people of the Himalayas.
Sherpa wants to be a larger platform for personalized location data, to which many other businesses could connect.
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The idea for Sherpa came from his frequent trips between Seattle and San Francisco for work.
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The following season, Torquay made their first appearance at Wembley, in the Sherpa Van Trophy Final against Bolton.
Based on what Sherpa is doing already, this looks like just the beginning for these personal assistant apps.
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"We want Germany to be our sherpa on this job training adventure, " he told Germany's Frankfurter Allgemeine newspaper.
Other apps such as Tempo are more focused on the calendar, while Sherpa focuses specifically on location, he says.
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He is undertaking it with long-time climbing partner Sherpa Dorje Gylgen, who has shared six of his 10 Everest climbs.
Because Sherpa focuses on location, it can identify locations and actions, even when addresses are not entered into a calendar.
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As far as privacy concerns: Sherpa only records the general location of events, not the exact location, says founder Bill Ferrell.
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In the congregation were members of Nepal's Sherpa community and Buddhist monks.
Expedition leader Richard Dougan and his fellow climbers, David Sharp and Sherpa Ang Furi, had hoped to head for the pinnacle on Wednesday.
When users go to the airport, Sherpa will gather all relevant information, such as airline tickets, hotel and rental car, for quick access.
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Then it can remind you to leave for your piano lesson without you having ever entered the address in your calendar or in Sherpa.
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As a portable, however, the combo should have included a Sherpa.
Ang Phurba Sherpa told the BBC that nine climbers are expected to be back in Kathmandu on Wednesday after an overnight stay in the nearby Taplejung district.
On May 29, 1953, Hillary and Tenzing Norgay, a Sherpa guide, became the first men to climb the 29, 035 feet to the top of Everest and safely return.
Also, Sherpa people respect Everest as part of Mother Earth.
It wanted photos of famous partners in exploration:the Apollo 11 crew of Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins, and Sir Edmund Hillary and his Sherpa guide, Tenzing Norgay.
Hillary took a picture of Tenzing at the peak but, because the Sherpa guide did not know how to use a camera, there are no pictures of Hillary there.
For example, if you have a piano lesson every week at a certain location (and you have marked it in your calendar) Sherpa knows the general location of that lesson.
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As an architect of Europe's Economic and Monetary Union, and a former 'sherpa' of Chancellor Kohl at various G7 summits, he is well known on the scene of international finance.
His enduring commitment to and respect for the Sherpa people reflects the best of what we as New Zealanders can contribute, from our small developed nation helping another less privileged one.
Think a 21st century Sherpa of intrepid international startups.
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How is Sherpa different from Google Now, or other new apps such as EasilyDo and calendaring app Tempo (which I love for help with meetings and conference calls, by the way)?
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