PickVidsBest Tech company stories & documentaries Videos
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.
4K Restoration: 1984 Super Bowl APPLE MACINTOSH Ad by Ridley Scott
A 4K upscaled restoration of Apple's 1984 Macintosh Super Bowl ad directed by Ridley Scott.
Sony PlayStation: The Price Heard Around the World - "299" - (E3 1995 Keynote)
A one-minute clip of Sony's keynote at E3 1995, where Steve Race takes the stage, announces the PlayStation's $299 price and leaves.
Steve Jobs early TV appearance.mov
A short clip of a young Steve Jobs preparing for an early TV appearance, amazed to see himself on a nearby monitor.
WWDC 2020 Special Event Keynote — Apple
Apple's WWDC 2020 keynote covering iOS, iPadOS, watchOS, privacy, tvOS and macOS, and the announcement of the move of Macs to Apple silicon.
WWDC 2023 — June 5 | Apple
Apple's full WWDC 2023 keynote, covering the 15-inch MacBook Air, new Mac hardware, iOS, iPadOS, macOS, watchOS and the unveiling of Apple Vision Pro.
"Focusing is about saying no" - Steve Jobs (WWDC'97)
A three-minute clip of Steve Jobs at WWDC 1997 explaining that focus means saying no to many good ideas.
Apple's 1987 Knowledge Navigator Video
Apple's 1987 Knowledge Navigator concept video imagines a conversational voice assistant, multi-touch tablet and video calling used by a professor.
The Talk Show: Remote From WWDC 2020
John Gruber interviews Craig Federighi and Greg Joswiak after WWDC 2020 about the Mac transition to Apple silicon, macOS Big Sur and iOS 14.
Bill Gates, Windows 98, Blue Screen of Death
A very short clip of Bill Gates hitting a Blue Screen of Death while demonstrating plug and play on Windows 98 on stage.
How Steve Jobs got the ideas of GUI from XEROX
A short video telling how Xerox PARC invented the graphical user interface and how Steve Jobs's 1979 visit influenced Apple's Lisa.
Apple Event — April 20, 2021
Apple's April 2021 Spring Loaded event, announcing the AirTag, new Apple TV, redesigned iMac and M1 iPad Pro.
Google I/O 2014 - Android fireside chat
A Google I/O 2014 fireside chat in which members of the Android platform team answer questions about why the platform works the way it does.
Developers
A short clip of Steve Ballmer's famous sweaty chant of the word Developers, repeated over and over.
Bill Gates Doom
A short clip from Microsoft's 1995 Judgement Day event in which Bill Gates is inserted into Doom as a promo for Windows 95 and DirectX gaming.
Steve Jobs - NeXT marketing strategy video 1991
An internal 1991 NeXT video in which Steve Jobs explains the company's product and marketing strategy.
Steve Jobs Talks About Microsoft
A short compilation of Steve Jobs giving his opinions on Microsoft, including calling it opportunistic and lacking taste.
Ever Onward IBM
A short Flash animation made in 2001 by an IBM employee, set to the company's old 'Ever Onward' rally song, with imagery from IBM history.
Google Chrome announcement
Google's 2008 press announcement of its open source browser, Chrome, featuring Sundar Pichai among the presenters.
Ipod Ad
A 2006 iPod commercial set to Daft Punk's Technologic, with dancing silhouettes and bright white headphones.
Artifact new game announcement from Valve crowd reaction
A short clip of the audience at Valve's 2017 announcement of Artifact, a Dota 2 card game, reacting with visible disappointment.
Origins of the Apple Human Interface
A 1997 Computer History Museum lecture in which Larry Tesler and Chris Espinosa recount how the Apple human interface was born, from the Lisa through the Macintosh.
1984 Apple's First Macintosh Commercial
The famous 1984 Apple Macintosh television commercial, framed as a rebellion against an Orwellian Big Brother.
Facebook Here Together (UK)
A 2018 Facebook UK ad, part of the 'Here Together' campaign, promising to do more to keep users safe and protect their privacy after the Cambridge Analytica scandal.
Material design
Google's 2014 reel introducing Material Design, a visual language based on a paper-and-ink material metaphor and a system of motion.