The universal communicator is a mobile phone that also has onboard personal digital assistant functions, a video camera, several different wireless technologies and can stream audio and video to other devices.
Indeed, it may be that the whole idea of a telephone comes to be seen as an anachronism, as personal digital devices take on a bewildering range of new functions.
In partnerships with Intel, Sony, Logitech, Best Buy, DISH Network and Adobe, the search giant will bring new functions to TV sets, namely search, personal libraries for consumers, and access to the Web.
Originally an internal project at Apple, General Magic proposed making personal communicators that would let individuals get messages, perform computing functions and take calls remotely.
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There's a community news section that functions as a virtual soapbox on topics as diverse as personal finance and race.
Personal Capital's planners can't perform all of the functions of full-service planners, like estate planning, and the company's plan to combine technology with human service could make the process less personal.
His office said it was decided for "personal safety reasons" that a driver would be provided for some evening functions.
Mr Rhodes' office said it was decided for "personal safety reasons" that a driver would be provided for some evening functions with "long and late return journeys".
Vega Cloud Live provides the functions like real-time synchronization of pictures and videos and smartphone personal configuration backup as well as up to 16GB of storage free of charge.
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All of that means Facebook users are already in the habit of sharing their personal details and activities with other users on the site by default, and only opting out of the sharing functions for certain actions they want to keep private, says David McClure, an adviser to start-ups and guest lecturer at Stanford who teaches a class on Facebook.
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