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Bill Gates: People will carry around small devices that allow them to constantly stay in touch and do... Published Dec 31, 1999. Status: True. Gates made this...
People will carry around small devices that allow them to constantly stay in touch and do electronic business from wherever they are. They will be able to check the news, see flights they have booked, get information from financial markets, and do just about anything else on these devices. (Prediction from his 1999 book 'Business @ the Speed of Thought').
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Gates made this prediction in his 1999 book "Business @ the Speed of Thought" (the stored 2015-04-14 publish_...
Verification rule: Event occurs: People will carry around small devices that allow them to constantly stay in touch and do electronic business from wherever they are. They will be able to check the news, see flights they have booked, get information from financial markets, and do just about anything else on these devices. (Prediction from his 1999 book 'Business @ the Speed of Thought').; window 1999-12-31 to 2015-01-01
Original source: inc.com