Hi, friends! Welcome to Installer No. 122, your guide to the best and Verge-iest stuff in the world. (If you’re new here, welcome, go ’Zona, and also you can read all the old editions at the Installer homepage.)
The app for tracking TV, movies, podcasts, and everything
Plus, in this week’s Installer: A new app for the fediverse, another Mario movie, a secure video chat app, and more.
Plus, in this week’s Installer: A new app for the fediverse, another Mario movie, a secure video chat app, and more.
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is editor-at-large and Vergecast co-host with over a decade of experience covering consumer tech. Previously, at Protocol, The Wall Street Journal, and Wired.
This week, I’ve been reading about early Apple employees and weather apps and one-page productivity systems, watching Avatar: Fire and Ash on my phone in installments the way James Cameron intended, trying and failing to find a better Gmail address than the dumb one I picked 20 years ago, watching the Artemis II launch because space is awesome, buying a new mug that was too expensive but is extremely awesome, replacing my work soundtrack with this incredible DJ set from Daft Punk’s Thomas Bangalter, listening to the Darknet Diaries episode about music fraud (thanks to Josh for the rec), and fine-tuning the first vibe-coded thing I’ve ever made that’s actually any good.
I also have for you a new way to read the internet, a new Mario movie, a more private way to do video chat, and more. Lots of apps this week! You love to see it. Let’s do it.
(As always, the best part of Installer is your ideas and tips. What are you watching / playing / reading / listening to / spreading cheese on this week? Tell me everything: installer@theverge.com. And if you know someone else who might enjoy Installer, forward it to them and tell them to subscribe here.)
The Drop
- Sofa 5. A huge update to an Installerverse favorite, this app is now a great way to manage everything you want to watch, read, play, and even do IRL.
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