Articles by Nick Kolakowski
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Amazon's In-Skill Purchasing for Alexa Opens Monetization for Devs
If tech companies want to grow extensive developer ecosystems around their respective digital-assistant platforms, they’ll need to convince those developers that there’s lots of money to be made.… -
If You Have EU Customers, GDPR Should Keep You Up at Night
You may have heard of GDPR. If you’ve only been paying faint attention, you might think that it’s some kind of European regulation that won’t affect your work. But if you have customers in the EU… -
Microsoft Adjusts App Payouts for Windows Developers
Microsoft really wants developers to upload apps to the Microsoft Store, and it’s willing to cut deals to make that happen. Starting later in 2018, Microsoft will offer developers 95 percent of t… -
TIOBE Claims Google Scrambled Its Programming Language Rankings
In the May edition of the TIOBE Index, a new programming language makes an appearance at the very bottom of the top 20: Scala. “Scala is a functional programming language that runs on Java's JVM… -
Tech Support Specialist Salary: How Much Can You Earn Long-Term?
Tech support (sometimes known as “working the help desk,” although a particular job may never involve a desk at all) is an incredibly common job within the technology industry. Some people sign u… -
Google Wants to Assist You in Building for Google Assistant
Interested in Google Assistant as a development platform? Google wants to encourage that impulse. A new program will fund startups and tech pros interested in building new features for Google Ass… -
Oculus Go Takes Its Shot at Lower-Cost Virtual Reality
Although virtual reality (VR) has been somewhat overshadowed by augmented reality (AR), it’s still very much a focus of tech firms and developers. Perhaps no company is more devoted to the VR spa… -
Web Applications Developers, Engineers Top Entry-Level Jobs
Engineers and web applications developers are some of the best entry-level jobs, according to new data from WalletHub, which compared 109 entry-level jobs across 13 metrics. Those metrics include… -
Median Salaries at Biggest Tech Companies: Officially Insane
In news that will probably come as a shock to nobody, the median income at some of the world’s largest tech companies is eye-wateringly high, according to new data crunched by the San Francisco C… -
When You Have More Technical Knowledge Than Your Job Interviewer
Picture this scenario: You’re interviewing with a recruiter or HR staffer, and they begin asking you highly technical questions. Fortunately, you’re an expert in the technologies under discussion…