The story of a failure that was, in fact, a triumph, “General Magic” recounts the short but brilliant life of an early 1990s technology company that saw the future too soon. Populated by some of the ...

A couple years ago, Mike Stern set out to share the story of a great Silicon Valley failure. In the mid 1990s, he had become general counsel for a company called General Magic. General Magic, the film ...

The formerly hot Silicon Valley company once enjoyed investments from Apple and Microsoft and let rabbits wander free around its offices to inspire creativity. Michael Kanellos is editor at large at ...

In 1993 Sarah Kerruish was part of a filmmaking crew commissioned by tech start-up General Magic to visually capture the creation of their handheld wireless communications device, which enabled the ...

Former high-flying software developer General Magic has filed for bankruptcy, marking one of the company's last acts in its tumultuous history. The move by General Magic comes as a formality, given ...

There's a romantic element associated with the notion of being ahead of one's time, of seeing the future before anyone else. "General Magic" shows the flip side of that coin. The insightful ...

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As good as General Magic is, the film basically ends with the departure of cofounder/CEO Marc Porat in 1996. The company stayed in business until 2002. And during its last six years, it pivoted into ...

“General Magic” is such an involving documentary for so many reasons it’s hard to know where to begin. The title itself, as it turns out, might be best. General Magic is the name of a group that, as ...

Matthew Maude and Sarah Kerruish's documentary 'General Magic' chronicles the rise and fall of the pioneering tech company that created a product ahead of its time. By Frank Scheck See if you can ...

Sarah Kerruish and Matt Maude’s bittersweet documentary details the groundbreaking Silicon Valley work that led to today’s smartphones. The story of a failure that was, in fact, a triumph, “General ...