Podcast Episodes

AIM: Away message

AOL Instant Messenger was, for years, one of the very best things on the internet. Before iMessage and WhatsApp, before Twitter and Facebook, AIM was…

3 months, 3 weeks ago

iPhone 4: You're holding it wrong

The iPhone 4 was one of the best iPhones ever — and definitely the most dramatic iPhone ever. It was lost in a bar in California, sold to Gizmodo, an…

3 months, 4 weeks ago

Google Glass: In your face

Google didn't invent the concept of smart glasses, but it was one of the first companies to actually put them on people's faces. It was a revolution,…

4 months ago

Vine: Six seconds of fame

Vine was the original short-form video platform, and pioneered so many of the ideas we now take for granted in reels and TikToks. It was a cultural e…

4 months, 2 weeks ago

LimeWire: Steal this podcast

You wouldn't steal a car. You wouldn't steal a handbag. But plenty of people used LimeWire and other file sharing services to share music, movies and…

4 months, 3 weeks ago

Fire Phone: Amazon’s mobile mistake

In 2014, the tech world was abuzz with the prospect of a phone made by Amazon. When the Fire Phone arrived, it was chock full of ideas — a "dynamic p…

5 months ago

Zune: The would-be iPod killer

In 2006, Microsoft came for the iPod's throne with an innovative MP3 player called the Zune. It had a bunch of features the iPod didn't: WiFi, music …

5 months, 1 week ago

Guitar Hero: Everybody’s a rock star

Millions of basements have fake plastic guitars in them thanks to the 2005 smash hit Guitar Hero. Chris Grant and Ash Parrish join David Pierce to ro…

5 months, 2 weeks ago

Sony Watchman: Must-see TV

1982's coolest gadget was the Sony Watchman portable TV. Decades before everyone was glued to YouTube on their smartphones, the Watchman popularized …

5 months, 3 weeks ago

Announcing an ad-free Version History feed for Verge subscribers

If you're a paid subscriber to The Verge, there's great news: You can now listen to Decoder, Version History, and The Vergecast completely ad-free.

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5 months, 4 weeks ago