Microsoft Kin was a phone platform "designed specifically for people who are actively navigating their social lives," but was deemed a failure before it even launched. Two Kin phones finally arrived in May 2010, and two months later, the entire platform was shelved.
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Videos:
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wscAwANF684
• https://www.lightpress.tv/microsoft-kin-basement-party
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pwyb7kwlL44
Sources:
• https://news.microsoft.com/source/2010/04/12/microsoft-ushers-in-the-next-generation-of-the-social-phone-with-kin-a-new-windows-phone/
• https://www.engadget.com/2010-07-02-life-and-death-of-microsoft-kin-the-inside-story.html
• https://web.archive.org/web/20201023040414/https://gigaom.com/2008/02/12/how-much-did-microsoft-pay-for-danger-find-out-here/
• https://www.engadget.com/2010-05-25-microsofts-robbie-bach-j-allard-leaving-as-part-of-broader-sha.html
• https://web.archive.org/web/20090508022801/http://www.crn.com/software/217300212
• https://www.theregister.com/2010/04/19/microsoft_kin_ad_boob/
• https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2010/01/05Apples-App-Store-Downloads-Top-Three-Billion/
• https://www.wired.com/2010/05/pr-microsft-kin/
• https://www.engadget.com/2010-05-05-kin-one-and-two-review.html
• https://www.phonearena.com/reviews/Microsoft-KIN-ONE-and-TWO-Review_id2442
• https://web.archive.org/web/20100702062008/http://gizmodo.com/5576764/microsoft-kills-kin
• https://web.archive.org/web/20110113123732/http://news.cnet.com/8301-13860_3-20009013-56.html
• https://web.archive.org/web/20120813082650/http://news.cnet.com/8301-10805_3-20023398-75.html
• https://www.theverge.com/2018/5/9/17335634/microsoft-jon-friedman-courier-kin-ultra-mobile-pcs-spot-build-2018
Chapters:
0:00:00 Intro
0:01:10 Development
0:08:42 The Launch
0:18:31 The Reviews
0:26:39 Kin's Death
0:35:46 Outro
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Microsoft Kin was a phone platform "designed specifically for people who are actively navigating their social lives," but was deemed a failure before it even launched. Two Kin phones finally arrived in May 2010, and two months later, the entire platform was shelved.
Hosted by Corbin Davenport, guest starring Joe Fedewa.
Follow on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/techtalesshow.com
Follow on Mastodon/Fediverse: https://mas.to/@techtales
Support the Show: https://techtalesshow.com/support
Videos:
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wscAwANF684
• https://www.lightpress.tv/microsoft-kin-basement-party
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pwyb7kwlL44
Sources:
• https://news.microsoft.com/source/2010/04/12/microsoft-ushers-in-the-next-generation-of-the-social-phone-with-kin-a-new-windows-phone/
• https://www.engadget.com/2010-07-02-life-and-death-of-microsoft-kin-the-inside-story.html
• https://web.archive.org/web/20201023040414/https://gigaom.com/2008/02/12/how-much-did-microsoft-pay-for-danger-find-out-here/
• https://www.engadget.com/2010-05-25-microsofts-robbie-bach-j-allard-leaving-as-part-of-broader-sha.html
• https://web.archive.org/web/20090508022801/http://www.crn.com/software/217300212
• https://www.theregister.com/2010/04/19/microsoft_kin_ad_boob/
• https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2010/01/05Apples-App-Store-Downloads-Top-Three-Billion/
• https://www.wired.com/2010/05/pr-microsft-kin/
• https://www.engadget.com/2010-05-05-kin-one-and-two-review.html
• https://www.phonearena.com/reviews/Microsoft-KIN-ONE-and-TWO-Review_id2442
• https://web.archive.org/web/20100702062008/http://gizmodo.com/5576764/microsoft-kills-kin
• https://web.archive.org/web/20110113123732/http://news.cnet.com/8301-13860_3-20009013-56.html
• https://web.archive.org/web/20120813082650/http://news.cnet.com/8301-10805_3-20023398-75.html
• https://www.theverge.com/2018/5/9/17335634/microsoft-jon-friedman-courier-kin-ultra-mobile-pcs-spot-build-2018
Chapters:
0:00:00 Intro
0:01:10 Development
0:08:42 The Launch
0:18:31 The Reviews
0:26:39 Kin's Death
0:35:46 Outro
Google introduced AMP in 2015 as a solution for slow and unresponsive mobile websites. It didn't go well.
Hosted by Corbin Davenport, guest starring Adam Conway.
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Sources:
• https://www.uky.edu/~jclark/mas355/WAP.PDF
• https://developers.secure.facebook.com/blog/post/2015/09/22/instant-articles-from-CMS/
• https://buffer.com/library/facebook-instant-articles/
• https://blog.google/products/search/introducing-accelerated-mobile-pages/
• https://searchengineland.com/what-happened-when-we-turned-off-amp-378591
• https://www.axios.com/2022/10/14/meta-facebook-ending-support-instant-articles
• https://searchengineland.com/amp-top-stories-now-live-243314
• https://searchengineland.com/google-opens-amp-firehose-259569
• https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ha00dSGKmjoEh2mRiG8FIA5sJ1KihTuZe-AXX1r8P-8/edit?usp=sharing
• https://www.theregister.com/2017/05/19/open_source_insider_google_amp_bad_bad_bad/
• https://searchengineland.com/what-happened-when-we-turned-off-amp-378591
• https://www.theverge.com/23711172/google-amp-accelerated-mobile-pages-search-publishers-lawsuit
Chapters:
0:00:00 Intro
0:00:37 The early mobile web
0:08:55 Facebook Instant Articles
0:12:09 Google AMP
0:24:13 Everyone hates AMP
0:38:07 The post-AMP web
0:47:26 Outro
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Microsoft Kin was a phone platform "designed specifically for people who are actively navigating their social lives," but was deemed a failure before it even launched. Two Kin phones finally arrived in May 2010, and two months later, the entire platform was shelved.
Hosted by Corbin Davenport, guest starring Joe Fedewa.
Follow on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/techtalesshow.com
Follow on Mastodon/Fediverse: https://mas.to/@techtales
Support the Show: https://techtalesshow.com/support
Videos:
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wscAwANF684
• https://www.lightpress.tv/microsoft-kin-basement-party
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pwyb7kwlL44
Sources:
• https://news.microsoft.com/source/2010/04/12/microsoft-ushers-in-the-next-generation-of-the-social-phone-with-kin-a-new-windows-phone/
• https://www.engadget.com/2010-07-02-life-and-death-of-microsoft-kin-the-inside-story.html
• https://web.archive.org/web/20201023040414/https://gigaom.com/2008/02/12/how-much-did-microsoft-pay-for-danger-find-out-here/
• https://www.engadget.com/2010-05-25-microsofts-robbie-bach-j-allard-leaving-as-part-of-broader-sha.html
• https://web.archive.org/web/20090508022801/http://www.crn.com/software/217300212
• https://www.theregister.com/2010/04/19/microsoft_kin_ad_boob/
• https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2010/01/05Apples-App-Store-Downloads-Top-Three-Billion/
• https://www.wired.com/2010/05/pr-microsft-kin/
• https://www.engadget.com/2010-05-05-kin-one-and-two-review.html
• https://www.phonearena.com/reviews/Microsoft-KIN-ONE-and-TWO-Review_id2442
• https://web.archive.org/web/20100702062008/http://gizmodo.com/5576764/microsoft-kills-kin
• https://web.archive.org/web/20110113123732/http://news.cnet.com/8301-13860_3-20009013-56.html
• https://web.archive.org/web/20120813082650/http://news.cnet.com/8301-10805_3-20023398-75.html
• https://www.theverge.com/2018/5/9/17335634/microsoft-jon-friedman-courier-kin-ultra-mobile-pcs-spot-build-2018
Chapters:
0:00:00 Intro
0:01:10 Development
0:08:42 The Launch
0:18:31 The Reviews
0:26:39 Kin's Death
0:35:46 Outro
