It's hard to believe all this is about to come to a close. Really feels like CES has only been going on for just a day — one very long day, in fact, if passage of time is measured in moments of actually falling asleep. This weekend will be restful, but until then, we've got the final Vergecast After Hours of the week. It's been great, thank you everyone for enjoying! Continue reading
Day two of the show floor. Day four of all CES news coming out in full force. Day... we lost count... of us being in Las Vegas preparing for the spectacle. It's been a long time. Delusional is the Continue reading…
First day of the show floor. The TV-to-person ratio begins to inch closer to one in a very concentrated geographical location in Las Vegas, Nevada. CES has really and truly begun. Or maybe, just Continue reading…
At the point where today becomes tomorrow for our East Coast hosts (and tomorrow becomes very much so tomorrow for our European friends), The Vergecast crew will gather by the fire in a very confined Continue reading…
It's the beginning. But is it? Yes, yes it is. And yet... it's not really the beginning of anything. It's like we never left. There are familiar blood stains on the parking lot near our CES trailer Continue reading…
This is the end, my only friend, the end. But not the end of the world — not even the end of our daily print publication, 90 Pages on The Verge on College-Ruled Notebook Paper (with a readership of Continue reading…
On this the 12th day of the 12th month of the 12th year of the first century of the second millennium, the Vergecasters decide to take a break from their tiny midtown studio and venture out to meet Continue reading…
In Tim Cook's first 16 months as Apple's CEO, he has had little to say to the media outside of product announcements — that is, until this week. In recent interviews with Bloomberg Businessweek and Continue reading…
It feels good to be back! It's been two weeks since the last Vergecast and three since Joshua Topolsky last sat in the captain's chair. What better way to get back in touch with the people than to Continue reading…
Patel, Miller, and Miller: three righteous brosephs with a lot on their minds. First up: two executives with questionable social graces step down in the past month — first Apple's Scott Forestall Continue reading…
It was just about one year ago that a powerful explosion triggered a multitude of chemical reactions which caused a mutation in the primordial ooze that resulted in the birth of The Verge. It has Continue reading…
Hurricane Sandy has come and gone, but people in New York are still dealing with the aftermath. Half of the city is still without power, and many people's homes have have been damaged due to flood or Continue reading…
It's the halfway point of what we on staff have affectionally termed "Late October Madness," with Apple this past Tuesday and Google / Windows Phone this upcoming Monday. Thursday was all about Continue reading…
Apple held an event yesterday in San Jose to announce the much-anticipated (and oft-rumored) iPad mini along with a refreshed iPad, a super-slim iMac, a tweaked Mac mini, and the also-rumored 13-inch Continue reading…
It's time to get rid of all distractions — it's time to Vergecast. Is it too much to ask to have your undivided attention? Please put your phone and tablet away. Unless, of course, you are using Continue reading…
This is it folks. The 50th episode of The Vergecast. It's a very special day in the life of every podcast. A day that like all other days, only happens once. Although it seems like The Vergecast is Continue reading…
No matter where you are from, if you're watching or listening to this podcast we congratulate you. You have access to a computer, tablet, or smartphone, and that is certainly not something to take Continue reading…
Come on in, friend. Pull up a chair. Make yourself comfortable. It's time to talk tech. It's time to talk life. It's time for another Vergecast. On this week's episode, our man on the ground Dieter Continue reading…
It's a Friday night and magic is in the air. Maybe it's the excitement from the release of the iPhone 5. Maybe it's all the extra LTE waves flying through the air. Or, maybe it's that special type of Continue reading…
Apple held a special event yesterday to announce the long awaited and much rumored iPhone 5 along with a new iPod touch, iPod nano, and a revamp of iTunes. The Verge was there to report the story as Continue reading…
In a week that included events from Nokia, Motorola, and Amazon, it goes without saying that the Vergecast is quite eventful. So eventful, in fact, that you might even say it's actually an event of Continue reading…
The party's just getting started at IFA 2012 in Berlin, and Samsung and Sony are leading the charge with new phones, tablets, laptops and a little bit of magic. On this week's Vergecast, our man on Continue reading…
The Vergecast returns on a Friday night to report the news of the Apple vs. Samsung verdict live as it happens and give the in-depth analysis you need to make sense of it all. On tonight's episode, Continue reading…
The Vergecast returns this week with a special king-sized edition running two hours. Is AT&T;'s decision to require a new Mobile Share plan for cellular FaceTime calls purely profit driven, or part of Continue reading…
It has been quite an eventful week in the tech trial of the century. Samsung and Apple have both completed their primary cases, rebuttals, and closing statements and the fate of two of the largest Continue reading…
Nice guy Joshua Topolsky, meany face Paul miller, and average man Nilay Patel. Three unique humans brought together every week by a shared passion for technology and a love of life. The Vergecast Continue reading…
The Vergecast Special Edition returns in the middle of an action-packed week in court. After Apple wrapped up its testimony on Monday, Samsung began its offensive by convincing Judge Lucy Koh to omit Continue reading…
Joshua Topolsky makes his triumphant return to The Vergecast the same week as NASA lands its Curiosity rover on Mars. Global conspiracy or coincidence? We'll let you decide. While we can neither Continue reading…
Sometimes one Vergecast just isn't enough, and with the advent of what could be the biggest tech trial of the decade, this is certainly one of those times. So we're spinning off The Vergecast Special Continue reading…
The Vergecast is back, and with Josh relaxing in a cabin in the woods drinking glass after refreshing glass of ice cold seltzer, his faithful cohorts must carry the torch. On this week's episode Continue reading…
The Vergecast turns 40 today! Josh celebrated by taking some much deserved time off. Either that or he's secretly moving to Kansas City so he can download legally stream Game of Thrones faster than Continue reading…
It's opening weekend for The Dark Knight Rises, a strong contender for highest-grossing film ever. Our dynamic trio — Josh, Ross, and David — can barely contain their excitement. But still they Continue reading…
In a world where the most powerful and influential companies are often the most misleading to their customers, it is crucial to have a source of information you can count on. That's where The Vegecast Continue reading…
The Vergecast is back with a very special reunion edition. On today's episode, Nilay and Paul join Josh in the studio for the first time in over six weeks! With a month full of major tech news, Continue reading…
Much like Apple and Microsoft before it, Google decided to control the news cycle for a full week via its I/O conference. The company unveiled Android 4.1 Jelly Bean and not one but two new pieces of Continue reading…
Microsoft is making some big moves. Announcements about Surface hardware and Windows Phone 8 software are causing quite a bit of excitement and speculation. Lucky for us, The Vergecasters are back Continue reading…
The Vergecast is back again with a special bite-sized one hour edition, but don't be fooled by the length. The guys managed to pack in quite a significant amount of content: iOS 6, the new Macbook Continue reading…
The Vergecast is back after a very eventful week. Josh returns from LA with a fresh pair of red pants and joins Nilay and David Pierce in the studio, while Chris Grant and Paul Miller join us from The Continue reading…
We can all agree that there's nothing more satisfying after a long week than a Friday night Vergecast. Josh has been away exploring the west coast and hanging out with Walt Mossberg, so this week our Continue reading…
Another episode of the Vergecast has been committed to record. As usual, the show started flawlessly — except that Nilay arrived late to the show even though we had it on good authority that he was Continue reading…
As pre-millenials, The Vergecasters are ancient enough to remember when an IM was no more ruthless than a little yellow man that said "ding" a lot through a crusty ol' 2400-baud Sportster. Now, all Continue reading…
We are officially one week into the season of movie blockbusters. The Dark Knight Rises, Spider-Man, Prometheus, Expendables 2, and Avengers. Did you guys see Avengers? It's filled with action, Continue reading…
The Vergecast approaches its thirtieth birthday on a sombre note with a two-hour tribute to MCA, Paul's Twitter feed, the one hundred fiftieth yearlong celebration of the Mexican army's unlikely Continue reading…
If you're anything like the Vergecasters, you've had a gaping gavel-sized hole in your heart since the final episode of Law & Order: Orbach Originals was sentenced to death two years ago. And, if Continue reading…
The Vergecasters survive the Vergecast's 27th birthday in style with a two-hour celebration that includes visits from Jim Belushi, the Google Glass Girl, and a newly-discovered adolescent specimen of Continue reading…
A Friday Vergecast riddled with Instagram fun and ebook price fixing is ready for your listening pleasure. Feel free to listen — and then relisten — to the only bit of audio that allows Josh Continue reading…
It's Friday. It's the 13th. And you probably thought we forgot about your weekly Vergecast. We would never scare you like that. However, instead of the regularly scheduled Thursday broadcast we are Continue reading…
Do you know how you can tell this Vergecast is sponsored by The Living Trust of Jerry Garcia and/or Phish and/or Widespread? Because you can click on these links and read the articles at home; sure, Continue reading…
This Vergecast addresses the defining question of our era: whose cuisine will reign supreme? Will BlackBerry, the besmirched Team Jacob / Lil Kim / Team Gale of the blogosphere, rise up against Continue reading…
Two score and fifteen years ago, long before they were Vergecasters, the Vergecasters were taking a lunch meeting during nursery school in the coolest, most blinged-out crib in the whole nursery Continue reading…
Dusty and darkened by his 1,700-mile journey on horseback from the heart of Texas, Gonzo Journalist 3.0 Nilay Patel rolls his Retina Crystal Ball from its repurposed velveteen Crown Royal satchel onto Continue reading…
Do we look 21? We certainly feel 21, or at least Big Bossman Josh does, after the night he had last night. In HD. We can buy you beer if you give us a few bucks is all we're saying. 00:03:44 - The Continue reading…
Vergecast XX is the "November Rain" of Vergecasts. We see you, fanboy, and NO, we don't see Josh naked and shivering in the fetal position at the end (that's for Vergecast XXX), but we do get to Continue reading…
The Vergecast: using the freshest, hottest tech to reach out and touch a topless, peanut-butter-covered Chris Ziegler and his Playbook since 2012. 00:06:18 - Vox Games enters alpha at The Verge! 0 Continue reading…
Siri, what if The Vergecasters spent an entire Vergecast talking about TurboGrafx 16, rave fliers, notifications in OS X, and how to pronounce Paul's name? Frankly, I've wondered that myself. I don't Continue reading…
This edition of the Vergecast was written in longhand in a spiral-bound notebook, mimeograph'd into our thermostat (with the help of a very expensive proprietary mimeograph -> Nest conversion cable Continue reading…
We promise to let you listen to this Vergecast if you promise to not tell anyone about the Social Media Devolution we're storyboarding in conjunction with DARPA, Richard Branson, and the foreign guy Continue reading…
This edition of the Vergecast is coming at you straight from Margaritaville Shenzen, where the sun is always setting, the tequila flows like labor, and the State of the Union is always required to be Continue reading…
As an unwashed horde of jarring, neon-shattered Las Vegan vignettes wanes from the tides of our memories, life at the intersection of technology and culture slams us with another dissertation-inducing Continue reading…
Boom. We are out of here, but not before we deliver one last hard-hitting Las Vegas-style Vergecast. We hope you enjoyed our Vergecasts this week because we really enjoyed doing them even though we Continue reading…
As Consumer Electronics Show exhibitors begin ripping all the TVs off the walls, un-docking all the iPods from their cradles, and having their robot butlers fold their screen-wiping cloths, let's take Continue reading…
LIVE from New Vegas, it's the first-ever PICKLERCAST! With your hosts, The Unimpressed Josh Meme, and Joanna Stern's baby, a Macbook Air, in a robotic stroller, with musical guests Justin Bieber and Continue reading…
The tenth-ever Vergecast (and the second-ever CES 2012 Vergecast) was recorded in a post-post-modern Sony-branded production turret amidst a small army of zambonis, pregnant women, and Verge editors. Continue reading…
Yes yes, y'all. It's time. 00:04:13 - LIVE FROM MICROSOFT'S FINAL CES KEYNOTE 00:13:00 - Sony Xperia S first hands-on 00:19:20 - Nokia Lumia 900 LTE Windows Phone, exclusive for AT&T; 00:20:30 - HTC Continue reading…
Did you miss us? Probably not. But if you did, don't worry: our holiday absence will be so enormously offset by our omnipresence in your media consumption patterns during CES next week that you will Continue reading…
We might be On The Verge of having a conniption fit from the excitement of pondering how many items from the 27-page wishlist PDF we submitted will slip through the recently-swept Vox Media chimney. Continue reading…
It is Friday. You have had a week. One of those of weeks that hits you between the eyes like a bad Ash Wednesday joke, drives an 18-wheeler through your carpal tunnels into the next dimension, finds Continue reading…
We did this podcast in Paintbrush. Song: Solvent - Product of the Process (Ghostly International) 02:04 - New Xbox Live Dashboard update 'in process of rolling out' 05:38 - Xbox Companion for Windows Continue reading…
The Vergecasters are a lot like that commercial: sometimes they feel like a nut, sometimes they don't. This Vergecast is all Almond Joy: 4000 calories, 0% recommended daily value of Paul Miller, 100% Continue reading…
You know what they say about third times, and this edition of the Vergecast is certainly no exception: it's a reeeeeeeal charmer, with conversation topics veering so wildly from the links listed below Continue reading…
Oops! We did it again. Well, we kind of did it again: we're not even sure you can call it a Vergecast if it clocks in under two hours. We are sorry, but we hope you enjoy the meager Continue reading…
Check out our next podcast Writers On The Verge Of a Content Breakthrough! Naw, just foolin', y'all: it's the very first Vergecast! You know what it is, probably, but if you don't, grab an energy Continue reading…
This is my last Podcast...or is it? Song: Junkie XL - Made For Each Other (Nettwerk) 02:55 - Nokia Lumia 800 pictures, video, and hands-on preview 06:30 - Nokia Lumia 710 headed stateside, according Continue reading…
Have you ever heard our Halloween broadcast? You haven't, but imagine it, then imagine the opposite of it. This is it. This is my next Podcast. Song: Harold Faltmeyer - Axel F 00:06:06 - Galaxy Continue reading…
We know This is my next Podcast is not Late Night With Jimmy Fallon. There are no lights, no cameras. But there is a lot of action, and about 18x more Topolsky, 1000x more Patel-Miller, and an Continue reading…
It's not a normal This is my next Podcast, but then, it wasn't a normal week. We took an hour and a half to grapple with with the present and the past that came before it, and we'll get back to the Continue reading…
We made a rap song about all of the technology products that were announced this week! Song: Wagon Christ - Toomorrow (Ninja Tune) 00:04:10 - Amazon Kindle Fire, Touch, and $79 classic: all the news, Continue reading…
It's alllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll about finding new ways to express who you are and all of us out here at This is my next Podcast want to let you know that it's not just that you listen to Continue reading…
Sometimes after This is my next Office closes at five o'clock every afternoon Josh locks the door, draws the shades, and brings out a ceramic urn of the good stuff. The good, good old stuff that he Continue reading…
Y'all ever seen that Youtube link about Shoes? This podcast is like that video. Song: Towa Tei - Ruffles (With Natural Calamity) (Nipponophone) 00:04:41 - Droid Bionic review 00:16:54 - Eric Continue reading…
Nilay's on vacation, or plotting a coordinated takeover of a couple dozen multinational corporations, or busy finding his roots in his home country, wherever that is, so we've decided to stretch our Continue reading…
We're all over the map, and you know that. So it's nice when some news breaks that we can dig deep on, for more than an hour, to make sure we've covered all possible iterations of what might happen Continue reading…
If This is my next Podcast were a camera, it would be zoomed alllllllllllll the way out, keeping an omniscient yet still very high-resolution watch over every square inch of Technology Town. It's Continue reading…
If you were around for the first-ever This is my next Live Videocast yesterday, you know that the This is my next Podcasters had quite a time all being together in the same room with a bunch of new Continue reading…
Have you ever seen an old Daguerrotype of your great-grandparents and regular-grandparents hanging out in the living room staring at a beautiful olden-times refrigerator-sized radio? The radio is Continue reading…
It's hard to think of a better way to spend your Saturday than sitting inside alone listening to Josh, Nilay, Joanna, and Sean in your headphones, playing Nintendo, eating your next cereal. Maybe Continue reading…
Joshua Topolsky only has a few more seconds left before Nilay Patel is exposed for blackboxing Paul Miller's cordless phone, so all we're saying is listen to this episode of This Is The Verge Of My Continue reading…
You know that song the girl sings about Friday and how much fun it is and how many cool plans she has, and then compares it to other fun days? No, not that one. That one. That's what This is my next Continue reading…
It's the This is my Next Podcast Podcast! A silly, crazy, and fun/funny world where Paul and Nilay deep-dive on the hard tech issues of the week while Josh sips his vodka-soda, makes sweeping Continue reading…
Don't even mess around like you're not already cruising around town with the top down and your 1/8-inch -> tape adapter in the deck, jamming hard to this week's super-unlucky This is my next Podcast Continue reading…
You'd think that when the big boss skips a This is my next Podcast things would go a little haywire and everyone would be bouncing off the walls, but whaddya know! Nilay, Paul, Chris and Dieter keep Continue reading…
Oh, you thought we were done adding more This is my next Podcasters? Wrong again, homeboy/girl. Actually, that was the first time you were wrong that we can remember, but in any case: Dieter Bohn is Continue reading…
Now that we're ten, we feel really grown-up. To prove how grown-up we are, here's ten million hours of super-loose banter about the ten billion super-tight things that happened this week. This is Continue reading…
Here at http://thisismynext.com, we take what we do seriously! Look. This is my next Windows. This is my next Honeycomb Tablet. This is my next Flagship Android Phone. This is my next Nook. This is Continue reading…
Hello and welcome to This is my Next's weekly audio journal, This is my next Podcast. Today's episode is brought to you by the letter G, the number 9, and a sincere passion for debating the ins and Continue reading…
Hello!, and welcome to the last-ever This is my next Podcast podcast. Just kidding, it's totally not the last one, but since it's number seven it got us thinking about superstition / astrology and Continue reading…
How many "GOOD GOOGLEY MOOGLEY!" jokes does it take to make a two-hour This is my next Podcast? We lost track after the first hour, but knowing you we bet you'll be able to keep track of all of them Continue reading…
Drama, the kind of stuff you normally watch daytime television for, is now available in a crisp, vacuum-sealed, 55mb, technology chat-flavored podcast. We won't be doing any paternity tests or Continue reading…
We're BACK, again, and bigger than ever in all sorts of dimensions. The first dimension we're bigger in is length. At a mind-bending 1:43:47, we're a good 4:52 longer than episode 2, which Continue reading…
You know what they say about third times, right? Well, it's true. Sit back, click the download / listen / whatever link, and let the sound of Nilay jousting at the renaissance faire from the year Continue reading…
We're back. We did it again. This is it -- this is the next This is my next Podcast podcast, just like you needed. It feels a lot like last week's This is my next Podcast podcast, but longer, Continue reading…
Hey. This is my next podcast. It's right here, inside, ready to rock. It's got Josh, Paul, and Nilay in it, rapping just like you're used to. If you're not used to it, welcome! What lies Continue reading…
