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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 HNGoogle’s The Selfish Ledger (leaked internal video)
intermission
0 HN recommender · 2018–2023
0 mo on HNApple - 1984
antisubliminal
0 HN recommender · 2016–2023
0 mo on HNWWDC 2024 — June 10 | Apple
Apple
0 HN recommender · 2024–2024
0 mo on HNAT&T - 1993 "You Will" Ad Campaign
Anthony Kalamut (Southside AdGuy)
0 HN recommender · 2022–2026
0 mo on HNXi Refuses Mark Zuckerberg's Baby Naming Request
Bloomberg Originals
0 HN recommender · 2021–2025
0 mo on HNFacebook gives a glimpse of metaverse, its planned virtual reality world
Guardian News
0 HN recommender · 2021–2025
0 mo on HNSiri Demo by Scott Forstall at Apple Special Event Oct. 4, 2011
McLeonida
0 HN recommender · 2022–2024
0 mo on HNMacworld NY 1999-Noah Wyle imitating Steve Jobs
JoshuaG
0 HN recommender · 2011–2025
0 mo on HNElon Musk unveils plan for 'Tesla Bot' with man dancing in a bodysuit
Guardian News
0 HN recommender · 2023–2026
0 mo on HNPirates of Silicon Valley "You don't get it Steve, that doesn't matter"
Craig Bickerstaff
0 HN recommender · 2022–2025
0 mo on HNQwest - Every Movie
daninnj
0 HN recommender · 2010–2019
0 mo on HNSteve Jobs says, "Microsoft has no taste."
Elon Musk - The Martian
0 HN recommender · 2024–2026
0 mo on HNApple CEO Tim Cook: The VICE News Tonight Interview (HBO)
VICE News
0 HN recommender · 2018–2020
0 mo on HNSteve Ballmer: Developers
MrWueb007
0 HN recommender · 2015–2024
0 mo on HNSteve Jobs - Apple Product Matrix Strategy 1997
JackIsBack15
0 HN recommender · 2016–2026
0 mo on HN1984 Apple's Macintosh Commercial (HD)
Mac History
0 HN recommender · 2016–2025
0 mo on HNGet a Mac - Vista Vs Mac - Security - New Mac Add
Hambo B
0 HN recommender · 2022–2025
0 mo on HNSteve Jobs Quoting Alan Kay
Chunka Mui
0 HN recommender · 2017–2023
0 mo on HNSteve Ballmer - MacBook Air on MIX08
윤석찬 (Channy Yun)
0 HN recommender · 2011–2012
0 mo on HNSteve Ballmer at .NET presentation: Developers (HQ, Extended)
Blue OS Museum
0 HN recommender · 2023–2023
0 mo on HNGTC March 2024 Keynote with NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang
NVIDIA
0 HN recommender · 2024–2025
0 mo on HNApple II Forever
Alfred DiBlasi
0 HN recommender · 2026–2026
0 mo on HNSteve Jobs on the Post PC era
smlierow
0 HN recommender · 2017–2020
0 mo on HNThe World Premiere of the Amiga (1985, Andy Warhol, Debbie Harry)
Generation X Video Archive
0 HN recommender · 2024–2026
0 mo on HNApple under fire for allegations of controversial business practices
CBC News: The National
0 HN recommender · 2019–2020
0 mo on HNComparing Beta & VHS on Quality: Was Beta Really Better?
Technology Connections
0 HN recommender · 2022–2026
0 mo on HNSteve Jobs - Apple Is Software
Mike Cane
0 HN recommender · 2016–2025
0 mo on HNThe Machine to Build the Machines - NeXT
MuStudio
0 HN recommender · 2016–2025
0 mo on HNZuckerberg likes smoked meats
The Time Wasting Machine
0 HN recommender · 2021–2026
0 mo on HNTesla's Founders On Elon Musk And The Early Days
CNBC
0 HN recommender · 2021–2022
0 mo on HNIntroducing Microsoft 365 Copilot with Outlook, PowerPoint, Excel, and OneNote
Microsoft
0 HN recommender · 2023–2026
0 mo on HNBallmer Laughs at iPhone
smugmacgeek
0 HN recommender · 2012–2024
0 mo on HNApple WWDC 2005-The Intel Switch Revealed
JoshuaG
0 HN recommender · 2015–2021
0 mo on HNSteve Jobs Presents to the Cupertino City Council (6/7/11)
City of Cupertino
0 HN recommender · 2011–2020
0 mo on HNSteve Jobs in 2010, at D8 Conference (Full Video)
Video Insider
0 HN recommender · 2018–2025
0 mo on HNBill Gates Pie in Face
npshive
0 HN recommender · 2019–2025