Meet 1990s IBM, Trying To Sell OS/2 to Football Fans
Turning a workstation software brand into a Fiesta Bowl title sponsor might have made sense to someone.
Yuri Litvinenko
Yuri is 30pin’s owner and editor. He also works as an online news editor at Kommersant, a Russian business daily, and appeared on Atlas Obscura, Tedium and Nintendo Life.
Looking Back at Apple’s No-Button Music Player
With the 2009 iPod Shuffle, the company which made touch screens mainstream tried to get rid of on-device controls.
Preserving the Impact of Compact Disc Publications
Digital archivists are saving cultural works stuck on computer CDs. How are they doing that—and whom?
Wii Was a Celebration of TV’s Visual Culture
Nintendo’s mid-2000s motion control sensation was inspired by television in more ways than it might have seemed.
History of Logitech’s Now-Discontinued Harmony Remotes
In light of Logitech’s decision to stop making universal remotes, here’s a brief look at 20 years of their Harmony line.
Windows’ Little Brother, Bearer of Microsoft’s Grand Ambitions
From handheld devices to car stereos, Windows CE was supposed to power everything but the PC. But its identity was seen as a threat to Windows proper.
How Basic Touch Phones Stood Opposite the iPhone
The first Apple phone wasn’t a smartphone per se, so why other ones had to be? Some devices displayed unique ideas of a good user experience—and one handset still does.
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