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Tech company stories & documentaries Videos Recommended on Hacker News (204)
Tech company stories & documentaries is one of the 150 topics Hacker News readers organize their video recommendations around. These 204 videos each earned real recommendations in real HN threads between 2007 and 2026 — 258 recommendations in total — and they're ranked by how many separate months the community kept coming back to them, not by view count.
Tech company histories: Apple, Microsoft, Google, Facebook, Amazon, Yelp, Valve, documentaries about companies, product launches, advertising history, corporate culture and scandals.
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0 mo on HNApple 1984 Super Bowl Commercial Introducing Macintosh Computer (HD)
Robert Cole (RobertKCole)
0 HN recommender · 2017–2023
0 mo on HNİpad pro— What's a computer– Apple
Apple everyday
0 HN recommender · 2022–2025
0 mo on HNMicrosoft Songsmith Commercial
Duker91
0 HN recommender · 2009–2020
0 mo on HNWhat it's Like to Work at Valve
Tyler McVicker
0 HN recommender · 2022–2025
0 mo on HNRap Genius with News | Disrupt NYC 2013
TechCrunch
0 HN recommender · 2013–2017
0 mo on HNHalo - Macworld Unveiling
Bungie
0 HN recommender · 2017–2025
0 mo on HNiPhone Commercials
Mazhar Mohad
0 HN recommender · 2012–2019
0 mo on HNSafari: iPhone Development Platform
PCWorld
0 HN recommender · 2020–2024
0 mo on HNGmail Man! (Microsoft's anti-Google video promoting Office 365)
Rishabh Singla
0 HN recommender · 2014–2020
0 mo on HNGoogle CEO Eric Schmidt on privacy
theyTOLDyou
0 HN recommender · 2010–2022
0 mo on HNThe New Mactini - BBC
BBC
0 HN recommender · 2018–2026
0 mo on HNGoogle and NASA's Quantum Artificial Intelligence Lab
Google
0 HN recommender · 2013–2014
0 mo on HN4K Restoration: 1984 Super Bowl APPLE MACINTOSH Ad by Ridley Scott
Retro Recipes x Commodore
0 HN recommender · 2024–2026
0 mo on HNSony PlayStation: The Price Heard Around the World - "299" - (E3 1995 Keynote)
SoldierMWS
0 HN recommender · 2020–2026
0 mo on HNSteve Jobs early TV appearance.mov
radi0chik
0 HN recommender · 2011–2023
0 mo on HNWWDC 2020 Special Event Keynote — Apple
Apple
0 HN recommender · 2020–2022
0 mo on HNWWDC 2023 — June 5 | Apple
Apple
0 HN recommender · 2023–2024
0 mo on HN"Focusing is about saying no" - Steve Jobs (WWDC'97)
Erin Casali
0 HN recommender · 2012–2026
0 mo on HNApple's 1987 Knowledge Navigator Video
rkarena
0 HN recommender · 2015–2018
0 mo on HNThe Talk Show: Remote From WWDC 2020
Daring Fireball
0 HN recommender · 2020–2021
0 mo on HNBill Gates, Windows 98, Blue Screen of Death
failednation
0 HN recommender · 2019–2026
0 mo on HNHow Steve Jobs got the ideas of GUI from XEROX
Ringo Pebam
0 HN recommender · 2016–2025
0 mo on HNApple Event — April 20, 2021
Apple
0 HN recommender · 2021–2024
0 mo on HNGoogle I/O 2014 - Android fireside chat
Google for Developers
0 HN recommender · 2014–2016
0 mo on HNDevelopers
1doony4u
0 HN recommender · 2008–2024
0 mo on HNBill Gates Doom
raij
0 HN recommender · 2010–2024
0 mo on HNSteve Jobs - NeXT marketing strategy video 1991
Vickin Kane
0 HN recommender · 2021–2026
0 mo on HNSteve Jobs Talks About Microsoft
TechDaily
0 HN recommender · 2020–2022
0 mo on HNEver Onward IBM
santasboot
0 HN recommender · 2014–2024
0 mo on HNGoogle Chrome announcement
Google
0 HN recommender · 2017–2023
0 mo on HNIpod Ad
nikzarea
0 HN recommender · 2019–2023
0 mo on HNArtifact new game announcement from Valve crowd reaction
Die4Ever2005
0 HN recommender · 2017–2019
0 mo on HNOrigins of the Apple Human Interface
Computer History Museum
0 HN recommender · 2019–2026
0 mo on HN1984 Apple's First Macintosh Commercial
Sean Collier
0 HN recommender · 2008–2017
0 mo on HNFacebook Here Together (UK)
Facebook
0 HN recommender · 2018–2024
0 mo on HNMaterial design
Google for Developers
0 HN recommender · 2014–2016