[ad_1] After search (and the massive ad business attached to it), what do you think Google’s most important product is? There are multiple potential candidates like Chrome and Maps, but my money’s on Android. The 10th major version of Google’s mobile operating service just arrived a few weeks ago, as it now does every fall. […]
Category: tech history
Apple pulls the plug on the iPod classic
[ad_1] It’s been just over five years since Apple killed off the iPod Classic (henceforth known as the iPod, because it is the One True iPod). Its death on September 9th, 2014 was no big surprise: Sales had been declining for years as the iPhone surpassed it in sales and feature set. Indeed, the notion […]
Microsoft shows us the Surface
[ad_1] There have always been big differences between Microsoft and Apple, but perhaps the most stark was that Apple made its own computers. Microsoft didn’t. You could buy a Windows PC from dozens of companies, but not Microsoft — something that led Apple to tout its tight system of hardware and software designed to work […]
‘Tetris’ turns 35 this week. It’s still the best puzzle game of all time.
[ad_1] For humans of a certain age, there are video games that everyone knows. Think: Pac-Man or the first Super Mario Bros. But it’s possible to argue that Tetris, which turns 35 on June 4th, is the most well-known game of all. If sales is your metric of choice, Tetris has sold more than 170 […]
This week in tech history: Google Assistant is born
[ad_1] The Assistant has also been one of Google’s best-supported products from both a hardware and software perspective. There are now multiple smart speakers and smart displays that can run the Assistant (that’s from both Google and third-party hardware makers) and it also runs on basically any Android or iOS device. Google has added its […]
Microsoft announces its first ‘real’ laptop
[ad_1] It’s hard to believe that only two years have passed since Microsoft first announced the Surface Laptop. That’s probably because the company had already built up a reputation with the Surface line of convertible tablets. Those computers tried to marry the portability and touch-screen convenience of the iPad with accessories, software and specs that […]
The first Apple Watch hits stores
[ad_1] But that’s OK! It was a totally new piece of hardware, and it took time before owners figured out what it was best for. And by the time Apple launched the Watch Series 2 in September 2016, it was clear: This was a device for health and fitness first and foremost. Secondly, it was […]
Apple releases the first iPad
[ad_1] Former Apple CEO Steve Jobs introduced the iPad in January of 2010, but April 3rd was the first day normal people could get their hands on a device that represented Apple’s vision for the future of computing. That sounds like a seriously high-minded goal for a device that many derisively referred to as a […]
Three years of Oculus figuring out VR
[ad_1] The Rift’s launch capped a whirlwind three years that started with the release of the first Rift developer kit, which also came out in March — March 29th, 2013, to be precise. The first Rift developer kit came out as a Kickstarter project the company launched in August of 2012. Oculus raised well over […]
Android Wear, Twitter and Friendster
[ad_1] Google announces Android Wear (March 18, 2014) 2014 was the year that both Google and Apple showed their smartwatch platforms to the world, and it all started with Android Wear (now rebranded as Wear OS). When first announced, Google did its best to present a clear vision of how Android on your wrist could […]