Yuri Litvinenko, Editor (Online Info Service) @ Kommersant; 30pin Publisher

Yuri Litvinenko

Editor (Online Info Service) @ Kommersant; 30pin Publisher

Russian Federation
Moscow-based online news editor at Kommersant, a Russian business daily. Publishing 30pin, a self-funded web magazine of consumer tech history. Contributed off-beat longform articles to Tedium and Atlas Obscura. Previously worked at Vedomosti.

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Recent:
  • Коммерсантъ
  • 30pin
Past:
  • Ведомости
  • Atlas Obscura
  • Tedium
  • VICE
  • Nintendo Life

Recent articles by Yuri:

Nintendo Is Suing The Fashion Retailer That Used To Run Its Russian Store

"World of Nintendo" turned from prime e-store to landing page → Read More

Why Rubber is Such a Problem for Retro Computing Enthusiasts

Many retro computing enthusiasts have to deal with the headaches of decayed rubber and plastics. Here’s some advice from museum professionals and lab members. → Read More

Plugging Into the Present with Early-2000s PDA Cameras

Before becoming one of strongest bullet point in mobile tech specs, cameras were accessories you had to buy separately. Were they worth that? → Read More

Meet 1990s IBM, Trying To Sell OS/2 to Football Fans

Turning a workstation software brand into a Fiesta Bowl title sponsor might have made sense to someone. → Read More

No-Button iPod: A Look Back at a 2009 Shuffle Revamp

Apple’s idea of a music player with no on-device music controls did not stick. → Read More

Preserving the Impact of Compact Disc Publications

Digital archivists are saving cultural works stuck on computer CDs. How are they doing that—and whom? → Read More

Wii Was a Celebration of TV’s Visual Culture

Nintendo’s mid-2000s motion control sensation was inspired by television in more ways than it might have seemed. → Read More

Brief History of Harmony Remotes, From 2001 to Their Sunset

In light of Logitech’s decision to stop making universal remotes, here’s a brief look at 20 years of their Harmony line. → Read More

History of Windows CE: A Diminutive System for Microsoft’s Grand Ambitions

From handheld devices to car stereos, Windows CE was supposed to power everything but the PC. But its identity was seen as a threat to Windows proper. → Read More

How Basic Touch Phones Stood Opposite the iPhone

The first Apple phone wasn’t a smartphone per se, so why other ones had to be? Some devices displayed unique ideas of a good user experience—and one handset still does. → Read More

White Plastic Devices: From Apple to Zire, A Century-Long Story

Nintendo copied Apple, while Apple copied Braun. Why are there so many electronics made of white polycarbonate, no matter the decade? → Read More

Nintendo Forced To Offer eShop Game Refund After Russian Court Filing

"Digital goods are no different from other ones" - When it comes to refunding downloadable games, all platform holders act... → Read More

This Siberian Subway System Has Just One, Non-Functional Station

Omsk was promised a Metro system in 1979. Forty years later, locals salute a subway that never saw the light of day. → Read More

Russia's Retro Lenin Museum Still Runs on Decades-Old Apple II Computers

The same machine that popularized "The Oregon Trail" was secretly imported just a few years before the USSR collapsed. → Read More

The First iPhone Was a Landline

Before the smartphone fit in your bag, it sat on your desk—and sometimes, it was even called an iPhone. Let’s check out a few landline smartphones. → Read More

iPAQ Origins: The Many Lives of One Weird Tech Brand

There was a time when the iPAQ was ubiquitous part of the handheld market. But before that, the forgotten Compaq-borne brand surfaced in many bizarre contexts. → Read More

Bureaucratic Blunder Means Russian Smash Bros. Team Misses Euro Tournament

Visas weren’t issued in time due to public holidays - There will be a one team less at the upcoming Super Smash Bros. Ul... → Read More

Feature: Inside The Twisted And Abusive Culture Of Yasha Haddaji's Nintendo Russia

"He has no business being an executive" - Yasha Haddaji (middle) with other Nintendo staff Footage of a h... → Read More

Artificial Shortages Of Pokémon: Let’s Go, Eevee! Rob Russian Fans Of Choice

"Russians don’t recognise any other Pokémon but Pikachu" - Since the franchise’s beginning, one of defining featur... → Read More

Looks Like The Minecraft: New Nintendo 2DS Creeper Edition Is Coming To Europe

Along with the much-delayed game? - Releasing Minecraft on a popular but ageing New Nintendo 3DS was something of a master... → Read More