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nilay patel @reckless.bsky.social · 32m

The number one request we've gotten since we launched subscriptions was ad-free podcasts, and it took a lot of work but they are HERE. Sign up! www.theverge.com/bulletin/795...

Verge subscribers, here’s how to set up ad-free podcasts

Ad-free Decoder, Version History, and The Vergecast! Here’s how to get them.

www.theverge.com

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David Pierce @davidpierce.xyz · 24m

HELL YEAH, and hope you're hanging in there!

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David Pierce @davidpierce.xyz · 51m

So glad you're enjoying it! Also... the Treo 650 may or may not be the #1 episode on my wishlist

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brian 🎃 @bripie.me · 10h

Check out Version History by The Verge. While it’s a podcast, I recommend watching on YouTube. Every 10 minutes or so, I pause and go down a fun rabbit hole of old tech. So far, I’ve relived the BlackBerry 9700, Palm Treo 650, and BBM. Well done @davidpierce.xyz!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=9bGF...

How BlackBerry Messenger lost the messaging wars | Version History

YouTube video by The Verge

www.youtube.com

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David Pierce @davidpierce.xyz · 52m

WOOOOOOOOO

David Pierce @davidpierce.xyz · 52m

SO many people have asked @reckless.bsky.social and me when we were going to launch ad-free podcasts. The answer is today! Right now! We just launched them! Ad-free podcasts are here! www.theverge.com/bulletin/795...

Verge subscribers, here’s how to set up ad-free podcasts

Ad-free Decoder, Version History, and The Vergecast! Here’s how to get them.

www.theverge.com

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David Pierce @davidpierce.xyz · 2d

How good is that movie?!?

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Stephen Robles @stephenrobles.com · 3d

Hey, that’s me in today’s Installer! Thanks for the kind words @davidpierce.xyz and I am gathering my arsenal for our Shortcuts Showdown 💪🏼

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David Pierce @davidpierce.xyz · 2d

For episode 2 of Version History, @joannastern.bsky.social, @reckless.bsky.social and I went deep on BBM, the legendary messaging app that was right about everything and lost the battle anyway. Such a fun episode! www.theverge.com/podcast/7986...

How BlackBerry Messenger set texting free

Before there was iMessage and WhatsApp, there was BBM.

www.theverge.com

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Travis Larchuk @larchuk.bsky.social · 2d

Episode 2 of Version History is out! @reckless.bsky.social and @joannastern.bsky.social are in it! It’s about BlackBerry Messenger! You should consume it with your ears and/or eyeballs! @davidpierce.xyz is also involved! www.theverge.com/podcast/7986...

How BlackBerry Messenger set texting free

Before there was iMessage and WhatsApp, there was BBM.

www.theverge.com

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David Pierce @davidpierce.xyz · 4d

Okay when you put it like THAT

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David Pierce @davidpierce.xyz · 4d

Totally agree! The trick with this show, which we’re still figuring out, is how to do the full story without doing too much - I want to do Segway and onewheel episodes too! We’ll sort that balance i hope but it’ll take some tries

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David Pierce @davidpierce.xyz · 5d

Good eye!

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David Pierce @davidpierce.xyz · 5d

Oh ALSO today is, I think, the last day to get on the Installer list for free before it becomes a subscriber-only newsletter! Get in while the getting's good! www.theverge.com/newsletters

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David Pierce @davidpierce.xyz · 5d

Hi friends! It's Thursday, it finally feels like fall, I'm putting together this week's Installer and want to know everything you're into. What are you watching / reading / playing / impulse purchasing / making out of clay this week? Tell me so I can tell everyone! (And subscribe to Installer!)

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Enter your email and select from below to get the best of The Verge straight to your inbox.

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David Pierce @davidpierce.xyz · 6d

What’s the best email? Let’s DO this

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David Pierce @davidpierce.xyz · 6d

OMG "invite Stephen Robles to come fight with me about Shortcuts on The Vergecast" is literally on my to-do list for today. You up for it?

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David Pierce @davidpierce.xyz · 7d

Ohhhhhhhhh I love this idea

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David Pierce @davidpierce.xyz · 7d

Tim Tammmmmmmmms

David Pierce @davidpierce.xyz · 9d

I’m so proud of this show we made, and I cannot overstate the extent to which it would not have been any good (or even existed at all) without Travis

Travis Larchuk @larchuk.bsky.social · 9d

Working on this show was one of the most fun, collaborative experiences I’ve had as a producer. Psyched that we finally get to share, please look forward to new eps every Sunday! youtu.be/fjXXDGx5Ggg?...

What happened to hoverboards? | Version History

YouTube video by The Verge

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Travis Larchuk @larchuk.bsky.social · 9d

Working on this show was one of the most fun, collaborative experiences I’ve had as a producer. Psyched that we finally get to share, please look forward to new eps every Sunday! youtu.be/fjXXDGx5Ggg?...

What happened to hoverboards? | Version History

YouTube video by The Verge

youtu.be

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David Pierce @davidpierce.xyz · 11d

Typing is hard Joseph

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David Pierce @davidpierce.xyz · 12d

I'll ask about this! This does... not seem like how it should work

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David Pierce @davidpierce.xyz · 12d

Our new show, Version History, launches this weekend! I really love how it's turned out, and I really hope you subscribe to you can watch / listen / send me episode ideas / tell me how stupid I am the whole time

Version History

Version History is a show about the best gadgets ever. And the worst ones. And the ones that might have changed the world, if they ever actually shipped. Every week, your favorite people from The Verg...

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David Pierce @davidpierce.xyz · 12d

Dense Discovery is great, one of my faves

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