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Data unification in personal information management

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David R. Karger,

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Communications of the ACM, Volume 49, Issue 1

Pages 77 - 82

https://doi.org/10.1145/1107458.1107496

Published: 01 January 2006 Publication History

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Users need ways to unify, simplify, and consolidate information too often fragmented by location, device, and software application.

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Personal information management

January 2006

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DOI:10.1145/1107458

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