The story of Flappy Bird, the massively viral mobile game
Flappy Bird was almost preposterously simple. If you ever played the game, even once, you surely remember how…
The terrible Nintendo controller that helped make VR happen
The Nintendo Power Glove was not good. It’s important that you know that. The Power Glove was ambitious,…
How LimeWire ended the Napster music revolution
Quick: tell me how old you are by telling me which app you used to download free music.…
How the Amazon Fire Phone failed
When Jeff Bezos decided Amazon needed to get in the smartphone game, he went all in. And the…
The story of the Microsoft Zune, the would-be iPod killer
The Microsoft Zune is mostly just a footnote in tech history. Microsoft spent years — and vast sums…
The Sony Watchman was must-see TV
To understand the Sony Watchman, you have to go back. Way back. Back to when “TV” wasn’t just…