Articles by Nick Kolakowski
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Did Steve Jobs Predict Apple's Current Issues?
Roughly a year before he died, Apple co-founder Steve Jobs sent an email to company executives detailing the company’s strategy. As reposted on Quartz in 2014, the email (written in October 2010)… -
Facebook's Gameroom: Future Steam Rival?
Back in ye olden days of 2009, Facebook did double duty as a social network and a gaming hub. FarmVille and other Facebook-centric games dominated many users’ news feeds, and an ecosystem of game… -
Microsoft Battles Google for VR Mid-Market
At a high-profile New York City event Oct. 26, Microsoft announced its own virtual-reality headset, putting the company in direct competition with Google, Facebook, Sony, and HTC. Microsoft is po… -
Smartwatch Market Hits a Big Bump
Is the smartwatch market a case of too much hype? New numbers from research firm IDC suggest there’s something afoot with this kind of wearable, thanks to a year-over-year decline of 51.6 percent… -
Nintendo Switch: Developer Opportunity?
Nintendo already attracted a good deal of buzz earlier this year when it announced that a Super Mario game was finally coming to iOS, but it seems the Japanese gaming company has one more trick u… -
Obama Talks Artificial Intelligence, Jobs
Consider President Obama something of an optimist when it comes to the impact of artificial intelligence (A.I.) on society, at least according to a new interview with him in Wired. “Computers sta… -
Check Out Disney's Open-Source Tools
Like many companies, Disney leverages open-source software to keep its backend systems running. What tech pros might not know is that Disney makes its open-source work available via a GitHub repo… -
Top Cities for the Autumn Job Hunt
Fall is here. In many parts of the country, the air is a little cooler; the leaves are turning orange and red; and the kids are practically thrumming in anticipation of all the sugar they’ll cons… -
Apple Scaling Back 'Titan' Car Project?
For quite some time, the tech world has buzzed with rumors that Apple is planning on building an electric, possibly self-driving car. Codenamed ‘Project Titan,’ this initiative had reportedly gro… -
Imploding PC Market May Impact Devs
Personal computer shipments continue to crater, according to new data from Gartner. The research firm suggested in a recent note that PC shipments declined 5.7 percent year-over-year in the third…