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Stories of Digital projects & companies from Netscape to Whatsapp. Telegram: https://t.me/digitalstoriespodcast Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/digitalstoriespodcast/

Giulio Ranucci


    • Dec 23, 2023 LATEST EPISODE
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    • 78 EPISODES


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    S4 Ep. 11 - Super Nintendo Entertainment System

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 23, 2023 7:28


    History of the Super Nintendo Entertainment System.

    S4 Ep. 10 - VHS Vs Betamax | JVC Vs Sony

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 16, 2023 12:13


    The side story of the difference between VHS and Betamax tapes and how VHS became the household tape. A company war between JVC and Sony.

    S4 Ep. 9 - Tinder | Sean Rad, Jonathan Badeen & Justin Mateen

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 7, 2023 6:56


    Tinder is an online dating and geosocial networking application launched in 2012. On Tinder, users "swipe right" to like or "swipe left" to dislike other users' profiles, which include their photos, a short bio, and some of their interests.

    S4 Ep. 8 - OpenAI | Ilya Sutskever, Greg Brockman & Sam Altman

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 1, 2023 10:21


    History of OpenAI an American artificial intelligence (AI) that researches artificial intelligence with the declared intention of developing "safe and beneficial" artificial general intelligence, which it defines as "highly autonomous systems that outperform humans at most economically valuable work".OpenAI was founded in 2015 by Ilya Sutskever, Greg Brockman, Trevor Blackwell, Vicki Cheung, Andrej Karpathy, Durk Kingma, Jessica Livingston, John Schulman, Pamela Vagata, and Wojciech Zaremba, with Sam Altman and Elon Musk serving as the initial board members. Microsoft provided OpenAI Global LLC with a $1 billion investment in 2019 and a $10 billion investment in 2023.

    S4 Ep. 7 - IBM | Thomas J. Watson

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 30, 2023 6:30


    The International Business Machines Corporation (doing business as IBM), nicknamed Big Blue, is an American multinational technology corporation headquartered in Armonk, New York and is present in over 175 countries.

    S4 Ep. 6 - Tamagotchi | Akihiro Yokoi

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 30, 2023 9:49


    The Tamagotchi (Japanese: たまごっち, "Egg Watch") is a handheld digital pet that was created in Japan by Akihiro Yokoi of WiZ and Aki Maita of Bandai. It was released by Bandai on November 23, 1996, in Japan and in the United States on May 1, 1997, quickly becoming one of the biggest toy fads of the late 1990s and the early 2000s. As of March 2021, over 83 million units have been sold worldwide.

    S4 Ep. 5 - Blizzard Entertainment | Allen Adham, Michael Morhaime & Frank Pearce

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 30, 2023 12:42


    Blizzard Entertainment, Inc. is an American video game developer and publisher based in Irvine, California. A subsidiary of Activision Blizzard, the company was founded on February 8, 1991, under the name Silicon & Synapse, Inc. by three graduates of the University of California, Los Angeles: Michael Morhaime, Frank Pearce and Allen Adham.

    S4 Ep. 4 - HoTMaiL | Sabeer Bhatia & Jack Smith

    Play Episode Listen Later May 28, 2023 9:26


    History of Hotmail service was founded by Sabeer Bhatia and Jack Smith, and was one of the first webmail services on the Internet.

    S4 Ep. 3 - Amazon Kindle

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 24, 2023 11:47


    A brief history from the original Kindle onwards

    S4 Ep. 2 - Coinbase | Brian Armstrong

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 11, 2023 10:24


    History of the American publicly traded company that operates a cryptocurrency exchange platform.

    S4 Ep. 1 - Microsoft | CEO Satya Nadella

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 4, 2023 9:22


    How Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella transformed one of the world's great businesses.

    S3 Ep. 13 - Christmas Special

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 27, 2022 12:49


    Most popular tech presents from the 70s till today! Enjoy and Merry Christmas!

    S3 Ep. 12 - Vinyl

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 3, 2022 10:42


    The history of the audio supporto Vinyl

    S3 Ep. 11 - Cloud Computing

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 30, 2022 11:21


    Cloud computing is the on-demand availability of computer system resources, especially data storage (cloud storage) and computing power, without direct active management by the user.

    S3 Ep. 10 - Mp3 Audio Format

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 17, 2022 8:30


    MP3 is a coding format for digital audio developed largely by the Fraunhofer Society in Germany, with support from other digital scientists in the United States and elsewhere. Originally defined as the third audio format of the MPEG-1 standard.

    S3 Ep.9 - Apple | App Store

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 25, 2022 8:46


    The history of the app store platform, developed and maintained by Apple Inc., for mobile apps on its iOS and iPadOS operating systems.

    S3 Ep.8 - Photoshop | Thomas & John Knoll

    Play Episode Listen Later May 14, 2022 13:58


    The History of Photoshop and it's functionalities through the years.

    S3 Ep.7 - Apple | iPhone

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 30, 2022 12:06


    The story behind the iPhone a line of smartphones designed and marketed by Apple Inc. these devices use Apple's iOS mobile operating system. The first-generation iPhone was announced by then-Apple CEO Steve Jobs on January 9, 2007. Since then, Apple has annually released new iPhone models and iOS updates. As of November 1, 2018, more than 2.2 billion iPhones had been sold.

    S3 Ep.6 - Logitech | Daniel Borel & Pierluigi Zappacosta

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 9, 2022 22:20


    Unique history of Swiss manufacturer of computer peripherals and software born in 1981 and still innovating!

    S3 Ep.5 - Podcasts

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 14, 2022 14:10


    Story of this brand new media for 21st century, from Apple iPod to Spotify.

    S3 Ep.4 - The Walt Disney Company | Walt Disney Pt.2

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 19, 2022 17:45


    Part 2 (from 80s till today) of Disney's fascinating history. Enjoy!

    S3 Ep.3 - The Walt Disney Company | Walt Disney Pt.1

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 5, 2022 16:26


    The fascinating history of the American multinational entertainment and media conglomerate.

    S3 Ep.2 - Activision | Crane, Miller, Whitehead & Levy

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 22, 2022 17:02


    Activision is one of the largest world wide video game publishers in the world and was the top United States founded by ex Atari developers.

    S3 Ep.1 - BlackBerry | Mike Lazaridis & Douglas Fregin

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 11, 2022 14:27


    History of the originally known as Research In Motion (RIM), that developed the BlackBerry brand of interactive pagers, smartphones, and tablets in recent times it transitioned to a cybersecurity enterprise software and services company

    S2 Ep.20 - Tesla Motors | Elon Musk Pt.2

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 4, 2021 9:55


    Second part of the history of Tesla Motors now Tesla and it's financial waves.

    S2 Ep.19 - Tesla Motors | Martin Eberhard & Marc Tarpenning Pt.1

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 20, 2021 7:10


    History of the American electric vehicle and clean energy company based in Palo Alto, California, United States. Tesla designs and manufactures electric cars, battery energy storage from home to grid-scale, solar panels and solar roof tiles, and related products and services.

    S2 Ep. 18 - Google Chrome

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 31, 2021 7:18


    Story of Google Chrome, a cross-platform web browser developed by Google witch was first released in 2008 and became the market leader.

    S2 Ep. 17 - TerraVision/Google Maps | Carsten Schlüter - Juri Müller

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 17, 2021 8:16


    The story of the pioneering project that rebelled against Google.

    S2 Ep. 16 (Special #50) - Android | Andy Rubin - Rich Miner - Nick Sears & Chris White

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 12, 2021 32:34


    Unique history of mobile operating system based on a modified version of the Linux kernel and other open source software, designed primarily for touchscreen mobile devices started as a small startup and became the domain OS for the mobile world. A deep dive on the different versions along the years and the future ahead.

    S2 Ep. 15 - Dropbox | Drew Houston - Arash Ferdowsi

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 16, 2021 6:16


    History of the most famous file hosting service company based in California.

    S2 Ep. 14 - TikTok | Alex Zhu - Luyu Yang

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 2, 2021 8:26


    Story of the unique social media platform used to make a variety of short-form videos, from genres like dance, comedy, and education, that have a duration from fifteen seconds to three minutes.

    S2 Ep. 13 - TripAvisor | Stephen Kaufer

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 21, 2021 7:35


    The unique story of TripAdvisor, an American online travel company that operates a website and mobile app with user-generated content and a comparison shopping website.

    S2 Ep. 12 - Spotify | Daniel Ek - Martin Lorentzon

    Play Episode Listen Later May 2, 2021 7:57


    Swedish audio streaming and media services provider, founded in 2006 by Daniel Ek. Headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden, with offices in 17 different countries around the world. It is one of the world's largest music streaming service providers, with over 356 million monthly active users, including 158 million paying subscribers, as of March 2021.

    S2 Ep. 11 - PayPal | Max Levchin - Peter Thiel - Luke Nosek - Ken Howery

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 24, 2021 10:18


    PayPal Inc. is an American company operating an online payments system in the majority of countries that support online money transfers, and serves as an electronic alternative to traditional paper methods like checks and money orders.

    S2 Ep. 10 - Twitch | Justin Kan - Emmett Shear

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 27, 2021 7:35


    Twitch is an American video live streaming service operated by Twitch Interactive, a subsidiary of Amazon. Introduced as a spin-off of the general-interest streaming platform Justin.tv, the site primarily focuses on video game live streaming, including broadcasts of esports competitions, in addition to music broadcasts, creative content, and more recently, "in real life" streams. Content on the site can be viewed either live or via video on demand.

    S2 Ep. 9 - YouTube | Chad Hurley - Jawed Karim - Steve Chen

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 20, 2021 16:49


    History of YouTube the American online video-sharing platform. The service, created in February 2005 by three former PayPal employees: Chad Hurley, Steve Chen, and Jawed Karim was bought by Google in November 2006.

    S2 Ep. 8 - Facebook | M. Zuckerberg Pt.3

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 27, 2021 14:35


    (2016 - 2021) From the spread of fake news to Cambridge Analytica scandal.

    S2 Ep. 7 - Facebook | M. Zuckerberg Pt.2

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 13, 2021 11:45


    (2009 - 2015) The story of Facebook from Zuckerberg's first coding adventures to his time at Harvard to the spread of fake news and trips to Congress.

    S2 Ep. 6 - Facebook | M. Zuckerberg Pt.1

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 6, 2021 10:39


    (2004-2009) The story of Facebook from Zuckerberg's first coding adventures to his time at Harvard to the spread of fake news and trips to Congress.

    S2 Ep. 5 - Google | L. Page - S. Brin

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 30, 2021 9:06


    History of Google: How It began and what's Happening Beyond 2021Google has come a long way from its dorm room startup status - here's just how far Google has come in more then 20 years.

    S2 Ep. 4 - Microsoft | Xbox Pt.2

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 23, 2021 13:07


    (pt.2 from Xbox 360 to Xbox serie X) History of Xbox a video gaming brand created and owned by Microsoft. As today the brand consists of five video game consoles, as well as applications (games), streaming services, an online service by the name of Xbox Live, and the development arm by the name of Xbox Game Studios. The brand was first introduced in the United States in November 2001, with the launch of the original Xbox console.

    S2 Ep. 3 - Microsoft | Xbox Pt.1

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 16, 2021 10:24


    (pt.1 from Xbox to XboxOne) History of Xbox a video gaming brand created and owned by Microsoft. As today the brand consists of five video game consoles, as well as applications (games), streaming services, an online service by the name of Xbox Live, and the development arm by the name of Xbox Game Studios. The brand was first introduced in the United States in November 2001, with the launch of the original Xbox console.

    S2 Ep. 2 - Twitter | Jack Dorsey

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 9, 2021 7:26


    History of the main american microblogging and social networking service on which users post and interact with messages known as "tweets". Launched on March 21st, 2006 by Jack Dorsey and in 2019 reached 330 million registered members all over the world.

    S2 Ep. 1 - LinkedIn | Reid Hoffman

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 3, 2021 8:01


    History of the main digital platform for professional networking. Launched on May 5th, 2003 and in 2020 reached 706 million registered members from 150 countries.

    S1 Ep. 33 - Samsung Group | Lee Byung-chul

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 26, 2020 8:47


    Story of the South Korean multinational conglomerate.

    S1 Ep. 32 - Olivetti S.p.A. | Adriano Olivetti

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 19, 2020 11:53


    Story of most famous Italian PC manufacturer.

    S1 Ep. 31 - Adobe Inc. | John Warnock & Charles Geschke

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 13, 2020 13:22


    History of the American multinational computer software company.

    S1 Ep. 30 - Sony | Playstation Consoles

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 6, 2020 14:42


    S1 Ep. 29 - Amazon | Jeff Bezos

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 30, 2020 11:39


    The History of Amazon, the American multinational technology company.

    S1 Ep. 28 - Microsoft | Office Suite

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 21, 2020 11:10


    History of most famous family of client software, server software, and services developed by Microsoft.

    S1 Ep. 27 - Nintendo | Super Mario

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 14, 2020 10:35


    Story of Super Mario unique platform game series and media franchise created by Nintendo.

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