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Tech Tales Podcast
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Tech Tales is a podcast exploring the technology world's epic failures, forgotten successes, and everything in between. Hosted by @corbin.io. Made without generative AI. Listen on Spotify, YouTube, and all podcast apps: https://techtalesshow.com/
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Tech Tales Podcast @techtalesshow.com · 5d
Enjoy this Microsoft Kin advertisement from 2010 discussed in the episode! Microsoft officially apologized for this commercial because it was "encouraging sexting," according to Consumer Reports.

Source: www.lightpress.tv/microsoft-ki...
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Tech Tales Podcast @techtalesshow.com · 5d
New episode! @corbin.io and @tallshmo.com discuss Microsoft Kin, the Windows Phone spinoff that went from launch to death in two months.

YouTube: youtu.be/IFkWKKxZEIU

SoundCloud: soundcloud.com/techtalespod...
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Tech Tales Podcast @techtalesshow.com · 9d
The Tech Tales episode on the DOOM port to the 3DO, which was primarily developed by Heineman:
DOOM for the 3DO
In August 1995, software developer Rebecca Ann Heineman was tasked with bringing the super-popular DOOM first-person shooter to the fledgling 3DO game console. What followed was a disastrous combinati
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Tech Tales Podcast @techtalesshow.com · 9d
Rebecca Heineman, the video game developer and comics artist you might remember from our Doom 3DO episode, needs help paying for cancer treatments.

Please consider donating and sharing the fundraiser if you can!
Donate to Help Rebecca Ann Heineman Fight Aggressive Cancer, organized by Rebecca Heineman
I’m Rebecca Ann Heineman. The very first video game champion, creat… Rebecca Heineman needs your support for Help Rebecca Ann Heineman Fight Aggressive Cancer
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Katie 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @347online.me · 20d
I'll be joining Techathon.live this Saturday, I hope to see you there!

Read more: 347online.me/blog/techath...
Techathon: Starting September 27, 2025
Charity livestream by the tech community, supporting Doctors without Borders (Médecins Sans Frontières).
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Corbin Davenport @corbin.io · 20d
Techathon 2025 is this Saturday, September 27th, 2025! I'll be raising money for Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) with a bunch of tech journalists, creators, and other cool people.

We're gonna play games and talk about tech stuff for 12 HOURS. Get ready!
Techathon: Starting September 27, 2025
Charity livestream by the tech community, supporting Doctors without Borders (Médecins Sans Frontières).
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Tech Tales Podcast @techtalesshow.com · 21d
Get ready for Techathon 2025! Corbin, some Tech Tales guests, and other tech folks will be raising money for Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) on a livestream this Saturday, September 27th, 2025.
Techathon: Starting September 27, 2025
Charity livestream by the tech community, supporting Doctors without Borders (Médecins Sans Frontières).
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Tech Tales Podcast @techtalesshow.com · Jul 22
New episode! @corbin.io, @zwander.dev, and @347online.me discuss Pirates of Silicon Valley, the 1999 docu-drama about the rise of Steve Jobs and Bill Gates.

SoundCloud: soundcloud.com/techtalespod...

YouTube: youtu.be/-Ylhbm24a0Y
Movie poster for Pirates of Silicon Valley with Steve Jobs and Bill Gates.
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Tech Tales Podcast @techtalesshow.com · Jul 18
Last reminder to watch Pirates of Silicon Valley (1999) before the Movie Club episode goes live next week!

Where to watch: www.justwatch.com/us/movie/pir...
Steve Wozniak inserted into the original Macintosh desktop, pointing to a folder icon.
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Tech Tales Podcast @techtalesshow.com · Jul 15
The next Movie Club episode will be Pirates of Silicon Valley (1999), starring Noah Wyle as Steve Jobs and Anthony Michael Hall as Bill Gates! Watch the movie now before the episode airs next week.

Where to watch: www.justwatch.com/us/movie/pir...
Bill Gates, Steve Ballmer, Paul Allen, and others looking at the original Macintosh, with Steve Jobs behind the computer.
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Tech Tales Podcast @techtalesshow.com · Jun 14
Tech Tales is four years old today! This past year, the show had three episodes, over 5K plays on audio platforms, and over 5K views on YouTube. More episodes are on the way, but thanks for sticking around!

Listen to the Year Four playlist: soundcloud.com/techtalespod...
Tech Tales art with "Year Four" subtitle. In the background is the Windows XP logo, Sputnik satellite, and robotic Abraham Lincoln.
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The Register @theregister.com · Jun 11
RIP: Bill Atkinson, co-creator of Apple Lisa and Mac
RIP: Bill Atkinson, co-creator of Apple Lisa and Mac
His work set the direction of modern computer interfaces, and much more Obit  Bill Atkinson, widely acclaimed as perhaps the most brilliant computer programmer ever, has succumbed to pancreatic cancer at 74.…
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Tech Tales Podcast @techtalesshow.com · May 4
New episode! @corbin.io and @codytoombs.bsky.social discuss ".beat" Internet Time, a new way of telling time from the 1990s, and how it led to an international incident over radio frequencies and Russia's Mir space station.

SoundCloud: soundcloud.com/techtalespod...

YouTube: youtu.be/pEfNs67rjc4
The ".beat" logo over a picture of the Earth from space and a Sputnik satellite.
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Tech Tales Podcast @techtalesshow.com · May 3
New episode tomorrow!
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Tech Tales Podcast @techtalesshow.com · Dec 26
New episode! @corbin.io and @tallshmo.com discuss the WannaCry ransomware attack that crippled hundreds of thousands of Windows systems in just a few hours.

SoundCloud: https://buff.ly/4grUO31

YouTube: https://buff.ly/3ZTB5Sz
Windows XP logo with a lock icon.
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Tech Tales Podcast @techtalesshow.com · Dec 5
Thanks for listening in 2024! #SpotifyWrapped
65% new listeners this year on Spotify
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Tech Tales Podcast @techtalesshow.com · Sep 12
New episode! @corbin.io and Mason discuss the robotic Abraham Lincoln created for the 1964 New York World's Fair.

SoundCloud: https://buff.ly/3zf8Nc3

YouTube: https://buff.ly/3TlQqZH
A lifelike robot with a mechanical body and a human-like face stands under dim lighting.
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Tech Tales Podcast @techtalesshow.com · Sep 11
New episode coming tomorrow!
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Tech Tales Podcast @techtalesshow.com · Sep 5
New episode next week!

"The world has never had a good definition of the word liberty..."
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Tech Tales Podcast @techtalesshow.com · Sep 3
Please consider leaving a review for Tech Tales on Apple Podcasts! It can help us reach more listeners.
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Tech Tales Podcast @techtalesshow.com · Jun 14
Tech Tales is now three years old! Thanks for listening and sharing the show this past year. ❤️
Tech Tales: Year Three
Today, my podcast Tech Tales is three years old. I've had a lot of fun making the show this past year, and it has continued to grow and improve. There were eight Tech Tales episodes this past year,...
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Tech Tales Podcast @techtalesshow.com · May 18
New episode! @corbin.io, Zach, and Joe return to discuss the 2010 film Tron: Legacy. Bio-digital jazz, man.

YouTube: youtu.be/er1sTpGoEmM

SoundCloud: soundcloud.com/techtalespod...
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Tech Tales Podcast @techtalesshow.com · May 16
Hello world! 👋
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