Articles by Nick Kolakowski
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Alexa Introduces New Skill, 'Kids,' That Devs Can Monetize
Over the past year, Amazon expanded the categories of Alexa skills that developers can monetize, eventually reaching seven: Education & Reference Food & Drink Games, Trivia & Accessories Health &… -
IBM Unity SDK Could Change How Developers Build AR, VR
IBM’s Watson division is working with the creators of the Unity game engine on an open-source SDK that could make video games (and anything else built with Unity, such as virtual-reality environm… -
Google Pushes Flutter, Its Cross-Platform Framework, into Beta
Google has issued the first beta release of Flutter, its mobile UI framework that allows developers to build native interfaces in both iOS and Android. The search-engine giant is emphasizing the… -
Charlotte's Women in Tech Face a Gender Pay Gap
Women who work in Charlotte’s tech scene face an income gap with men, according to a new report from personal-finance site SmartAsset. Based on SmartAsset’s data, women in Charlotte earn 82 perce… -
Utah Pushes to Become Autonomous-Driving Haven
Utah may soon become a hotbed for autonomous-driving technology. According to The Salt Lake Tribune, a new bill making its way through the state legislature may legalize the use of self-driving c… -
Android and iOS: Which Offers More Jobs? And Which Pays Better?
It took ten years, but Google and Apple seem to have settled into something of a détente when it comes to smartphone operating systems. You don’t hear as many tech pundits opining about the suppo… -
The World Needs More A.I. Researchers
How many researchers are expanding the capabilities of artificial intelligence (A.I.) systems? According to new data from Canadian startup Element AI, there are roughly 22,000 PhD-level researche… -
Swift Gains as iOS and macOS Language, While Objective-C Declines
If you’re interested in building apps for iOS and macOS, and haven’t yet jumped aboard the Swift bandwagon, now is perhaps the time: Dice’s database shows that demand for jobs focused on Objectiv… -
Developers: Know the Limitations of Windows 10 on ARM
Running Windows on the same ARM processors that power the majority of the world’s mobile devices has long been a goal for Microsoft. Way back in Ye Olden Days of 2011, Microsoft launched Windows… -
Top Go-Based Web App Frameworks for Developers
Which Go-based web-application frameworks can best assist developers in getting their Go-related projects done? According to data from analyst firm RedMonk, it could be Gin and Beego. Go is an op…