Articles by Nick Kolakowski
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Utah Tops Fastest-Growing Tech States
Although people tend to focus on California as the nation’s tech hub, other states have grown their respective tech industries at a healthy clip over the past few years. According to data from th… -
VR Developers Prefer Working on This Platform
Although the virtual-reality market is still nascent, many developers are exploring how to best build apps and games for the various platforms just beginning to emerge. According to a first-ever… -
The Octobot Hints at Robotics' Squishy Future
The term ‘robotics’ usually conjures up images of machines made out of metals and hard polymers, all sharp angles and grinding servos. The robots of the future, however, may end up looking a litt… -
Google Rolling Out Daydream VR
Google will launch a new storefront for virtual-reality apps and games in coming weeks, according to an article in Bloomberg. As part of that effort, the search-engine giant is reportedly investi… -
Is 'Pokémon Go' on the Decline?
Since its release in early July, Pokémon Go has shaken up the mobile-app world. Millions of people rushed to play the game, which could earn billions of dollars in micro-transactions over the nex… -
Is Google Developing a New OS?
Does Google have a new operating system in the works? Although the search-engine giant has yet to formally announce the OS, codenamed “Fuchsia,” its developers have begun posting the relevant cod… -
The Decline and Fall of C?
The TIOBE Index attempts to gauge the popularity of programming languages via search-engine data. From month to month, languages in the upper echelons of the index rarely rise or fall very much:… -
Uber's Self-Driving Cars Could Alter the Market
[caption id="attachment_136948" align="aligncenter" width="1024"] Volvo Cars and Uber join forces to develop autonomous driving cars[/caption] If you listen to some tech pundits, self-driving car… -
Intel Wants a Piece of the Virtual Reality Market
The already-crowded virtual reality (VR) market will soon have a new competitor: Intel. Yes, the chipmaker intends to unleash its own VR platform, currently codenamed “Project Alloy.” As demonstr… -
Are Flexible Tablets on the Way?
From a hardware perspective, a tablet is a pretty streamlined device, often featuring a touch-screen, volume and power buttons along the bezel, and a port or two. A manufacturer can make the scre…