About this podcast
Tech Tales is a podcast exploring the technology world's epic failures, forgotten successes, and everything in between. Hosted by Corbin Davenport. Made without generative AI.
Episodes
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- The Ouya · 1 h 1 minThe Ouya home console tried to bring smartphone gaming back to the TV, and when it was revealed in 2012, it quickly became the most successful Kickstarter project in history. Two…
- Movie Club: Tron Ares (2025) · 1 h 36 minWatch Tron Ares: https://www.justwatch.com/us/movie/tron-ares Hosted by Corbin Davenport, guest starring Zachary Wander and Joe Fedewa. Outro music is the Function Control Deck…
- Microsoft Kin · 37 minMicrosoft Kin was a phone platform "designed specifically for people who are actively navigating their social lives," but was deemed a failure before it even launched. Two Kin…
- Movie Club: Pirates of Silicon Valley · 44 minWatch Pirates of Silicon Valley: https://www.justwatch.com/us/movie/pirates-of-silicon-valley Hosted by Corbin Davenport, guest starring Zachary Wander and Katie Janzen. Follow…
- Internet Time and Sputnik 99 · 40 minSwiss watch company Swatch came up with a new way to tell time in 1998, known as "Internet Time" or ".beats time." It led to an international controversy over advertising, radio…
- WannaCry · 39 minThe WanaCry ransomware quickly spread to hundreds of thousands of Windows systems on May 12, 2017, impacting everything from car manufacturing to hospitals. A few hours later, it…
- Great Moments with Mr. Lincoln · 43 minAbraham Lincoln was the 16th president of the United States, helping guide the country through the Civil War and advocated for an end to slavery. Nearly 100 years later, he was…
- Movie Club: Tron Legacy (2010) · 1 h 21 minWatch Tron Legacy: https://www.justwatch.com/us/movie/tron-2-0 Hosted by Corbin Davenport, guest starring Zachary Wander and Joe Fedewa. Follow on Mastodon/Fediverse…
- Apple's Intel Transition · 55 minApple helped develop PowerPC processors as competition against Intel in the 1990s, but by the early 2000s, the architecture was falling behind. Apple's switch to Intel x86…
- Google AMP · 49 minGoogle introduced AMP in 2015 as a solution for slow and unresponsive mobile websites. It didn't go well. Hosted by Corbin Davenport, guest starring Adam Conway. Follow on…
- Movie Club: Tron (1982) · 1 h 11 minWatch Tron: https://www.justwatch.com/us/movie/tron-1 Making of Tron documentary: https://youtu.be/sbgHMrLPQrE Hosted by Corbin Davenport, guest starring Zachary Wander and Joe…
- The Intellivision Amico · 1 h 16 minThe Intellivision arrived in 1979 as an exciting new game console, and almost 40 years later, Tommy Tallarico picked up the rights and began work on a sequel. The Intellivision…
- CyanogenMod · 46 minCyanogenMod started as a custom build of Android for one smartphone, and quickly grew into an operating system spanning hundreds of devices. With the corporate backing of…
- Announcements! · 5 minThe Spacebar: https://www.spacebar.news/subscribe Tech Tales Year Two: https://blog.corbin.io/post/720114735823126528/tech-tales-year-two
- The Apple IIGS · 43 minThe Apple II in 1977 was the computer that made Apple into a successful company, and in 1986, the upgraded 16-bit Apple IIGS hit store shelves. Even though it was an impressive…
- Duke Nukem Forever · 54 minDuke Nukem 3D took the world by storm in 1996, pushing first-person shooter video games to a new frontier. The sequel, Duke Nukem Forever, was planned for release before the end…
- Outtakes #2 · 14 minThis special episode is a compilation of outtakes from recent episodes of Tech Tales. Enjoy! Follow on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TechTalesShow Follow on Mastodon/Fediverse…
- The Internet Explorer Story: Part 10 · 51 minMicrosoft tried one last time to reinvent Internet Explorer in 2015, with the arrival of Microsoft Edge alongside Windows 10. It had a modernized engine and new features, but…
- The Internet Explorer Story: Part 9 · 36 minInternet Explorer 10 arrived in 2012, alongside the release of Windows 8, sporting a new Metro look and a controversial privacy change. Microsoft followed it up with IE 11 in…
- Apple's Free U2 Album · 44 minApple partnered with Irish rock band U2 in 2014 to give the group's new album, Songs of Innocence, to everyone with an Apple account. Apple called it the largest album release of…
