The Verge - Top Shelf

Top Shelf 012: 'Xbox On'

2013-05-24T18:26:12Z

The game console of the future will be a tiny box and a large connection to the cloud. Projections will illuminate across your living room, turning your furniture Pleasantville black-and-white to project the somber tone that the game detects from your heartbeat. "You are the controller" — but this is now more a medical distinction than it is a slogan. Intravenously entangled, from plasma to pixel. Welcome to the future. Let David Pierce, Nilay Patel, and Ross Miller be your guide.

Top Shelf 011: on the ground at Google I/O

2013-05-17T20:05:51Z

The Verge is in San Francisco for the 2013 Google I/O conference. We take the time to reflect on the three hour developer keynote, check out some of Google's not-so-official projects, and catch up with Bradley Horowitz to talk about Google's new unified Hangouts app and the redesigned Google+.

Top Shelf 010: The Google Glass Menagerie

2013-05-09T23:06:07Z

OK Glass, let's do this... No, Glass, that wasn't a command... OK Glass, Google David Pierce... that isn't me, that isn't me, that isn't me, oh there I am! OK Glass, take a picture. OK Glass, hangout with... nevermind. OK Glass, send a message to John Lagomarsino. "I will be late to filming Top Shelf I am sorry." Cancel. "I will be very late and I am not sorry." Send. OK Glass. OK.

Top Shelf 009: a few of our favorite things

2013-05-03T12:38:12Z

Laptops, tablets, cameras... that's fun and all, but what do we *really* like? What else do we pine over and obsess about? Cars, apps, notebooks — okay, maybe not notebooks. Welcome to a special live edition of Top Shelf, a weekly show from The Verge that takes a deeper dive into the products and experiences of the technology that shapes our lives. Join David Pierce and a veritable gaggle of (mostly organic) friends as they showcase the best, brightest, craziest, and pixel-dense-iest from the consumer electronics industry.

Top Shelf 008: Galaxy S4 and the best new smartphones

2013-04-25T22:35:03Z

Hello, S relations! Welcome to Top Shelf, a weekly show from The Verge that takes a deeper dive into the products and experiences of the technology that shapes our lives. Join David Pierce and a veritable gaggle of (mostly organic) friends as they showcase the best, brightest, craziest, and pixel-dense-iest from the consumer electronics industry.

This week, you'll never guess. It's time to talk about Samsung's flagship Galaxy S4, and afterward we'll be joined by Dan Siefert for a game of Android "hide and seek."

Top Shelf Episode 007: photography — from cinema to selfies

2013-04-18T22:41:14Z

Welcome to Top Shelf, a weekly show from The Verge that takes a deeper dive into the products and experiences of the technology that shapes our lives. This week we're talking about photography — from Kodachrome to Instagram. Join us for NAB with Bryan Bishop, the new Fujifilm X100s with Michael Shane, and how to take great pictures with even the cheapest of compact cameras.

Top Shelf Episode 006: Facebook Phone Home

2013-04-11T23:00:05Z

Hello, Chat Heads!

Welcome to Top Shelf, a weekly show from The Verge that takes a deeper dive into the products and experiences of the technology that shapes our lives.

This week, it's all about Facebook Home and the HTC First. We'll tell you what you need to know and what all you'll be able to do with both Facebook's new platform and the smartphone with a few extra tricks up its sleeve.

Top Shelf Episode 005: Ouya, Notch, and the underdogs of gaming

2013-04-04T22:00:09Z

For years, gaming in the living room has revolved around a handful of big names. Ouya is trying to change that trend with a $99 console built on crowdsourcing and the Android platform. It isn't just offering a new piece of hardware, though: it's trying to build a whole new platform.