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The 204 Tech company stories & documentaries videos here were recommended by different people across different months. Choose by who it is for: 1 introductory, 13 intermediate, 190 for a general viewer, and 0 for someone who wants the harder derivation. Most of them are a talk. What they share is that one speaker finishes a claim, and the examples exist to hold that claim up. Channels you will keep seeing include Computer History Museum, JoshuaG, Apple.
Google’s The Selfish Ledger (leaked internal video)
Leaked internal Google X video, 'The Selfish Ledger', a speculative thought experiment about treating user data as a ledger that could guide and shape human behavior, including products sold to fill data gaps.
Apple - 1984
Apple's famous 1984 Macintosh television commercial, which casts the company as a rebel breaking a Big Brother-style conformity.
WWDC 2024 — June 10 | Apple
Apple's WWDC 2024 keynote introducing Apple Intelligence along with iOS 18, iPadOS 18, macOS Sequoia, watchOS 11 and visionOS 2.
AT&T - 1993 "You Will" Ad Campaign
A look at AT&T's 1993 You Will ad campaign, which showed technologies such as video calls and telemedicine that were then under development.
Xi Refuses Mark Zuckerberg's Baby Naming Request
A one-minute Bloomberg report that Chinese President Xi Jinping declined to give Mark Zuckerberg's unborn child an honorary Chinese name.
Facebook gives a glimpse of metaverse, its planned virtual reality world
Guardian News coverage of Mark Zuckerberg's 2021 reveal of Facebook's metaverse plans alongside the rename to Meta.
Siri Demo by Scott Forstall at Apple Special Event Oct. 4, 2011
Scott Forstall demonstrates Siri on stage at Apple's October 2011 iPhone 4S event, showing the voice assistant handling natural requests like checking the weather and getting things done by asking.
Macworld NY 1999-Noah Wyle imitating Steve Jobs
A short clip from Macworld 1999 in which actor Noah Wyle, who played Steve Jobs in Pirates of Silicon Valley, appears on stage as Jobs at the start of the keynote.
Elon Musk unveils plan for 'Tesla Bot' with man dancing in a bodysuit
Guardian News clip of Elon Musk announcing the 'Tesla Bot' at AI Day 2021, with a person dancing in a bodysuit on stage in place of a prototype.
Pirates of Silicon Valley "You don't get it Steve, that doesn't matter"
A short scene from the film Pirates of Silicon Valley where Steve Jobs confronts Bill Gates after the Macintosh announcement over Windows copying Apple's work, and Gates replies that it doesn't matter.
Qwest - Every Movie
A 1999 Qwest commercial in which a weary traveler at a remote motel is told every room offers every movie ever made, on demand.
Steve Jobs says, "Microsoft has no taste."
A short clip of Steve Jobs saying Microsoft has no taste, from an interview about Windows.
Apple CEO Tim Cook: The VICE News Tonight Interview (HBO)
A 2018 VICE News Tonight interview with Apple CEO Tim Cook, in which he discusses privacy as a core company value, the Facebook breach, and Apple's iCloud arrangement in China.
Steve Ballmer: Developers
A short clip of Steve Ballmer at a Microsoft event chanting "developers" over and over.
Steve Jobs - Apple Product Matrix Strategy 1997
A one-minute clip of Steve Jobs describing how he cut Apple's product line down to a four-quadrant matrix of consumer and pro, desktop and portable, during the 1997 turnaround.
1984 Apple's Macintosh Commercial (HD)
The famous 1984 Super Bowl commercial introducing the Apple Macintosh, directed by Ridley Scott and based on Orwell's novel.
Get a Mac - Vista Vs Mac - Security - New Mac Add
A short Apple Get a Mac ad that mocks Windows Vista's constant security pop-up prompts.
Steve Jobs Quoting Alan Kay
A short excerpt from the 2007 iPhone launch where Steve Jobs quotes Alan Kay: people serious about software should make their own hardware.
Steve Ballmer - MacBook Air on MIX08
A short clip from MIX08 in which Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer grabs Guy Kawasaki's MacBook Air from its envelope during a Q&A and mocks it.
Steve Ballmer at .NET presentation: Developers (HQ, Extended)
A short extended clip of Steve Ballmer sweating and chanting "developers" on stage at a .NET presentation around 1999 or 2000.
GTC March 2024 Keynote with NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang
Jensen Huang's two-hour NVIDIA GTC March 2024 keynote announcing AI hardware and software advances, including Blackwell, omniverse, robotics and digital twins.
Apple II Forever
A short clip from the April 1984 Apple IIc rollout presentation at the Moscone Center, uploaded by Alfred DiBlasi.
Steve Jobs on the Post PC era
A short clip of Steve Jobs at the D8 conference discussing the post-PC era, including his analogy of PCs as trucks that will remain for a minority of users.
The World Premiere of the Amiga (1985, Andy Warhol, Debbie Harry)
Footage of the 1985 world premiere of the Amiga 1000 at Lincoln Center.