Articles by Nick Kolakowski
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Samsung: Cloud-Services Provider?
Say the word ‘Samsung,’ and most people will think smartphones and tablets. With the recent acquisition of Joyent, however, the tech giant seems intent on morphing into something else: a cloud-se… -
An Easier Way to Learn Swift
The Swift programming language has evolved rapidly since its debut in 2014. When version 3.0 rolls out this fall, it will include some nifty new features for advanced iOS and macOS developers, in… -
WatchOS 3 Tries Apple Watch Reset
Even before the Apple Watch made its debut in early 2015, developers and analysts debated whether smartwatches would take off as a category. Many in the tech community thought that smartwatches w… -
With iOS 10, Apple Strengthens Siri
As expected, Apple previewed iOS 10 at this week’s Worldwide Developer Conference (WWDC) in San Francisco. And as expected, upgrades to Apple’s Siri digital assistant dominated the presentation.… -
What to Expect at Apple’s WWDC 2016
Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC), scheduled to run June 13-17 in San Francisco, could offer quite a bit to tech pros who work in the iOS and Mac OS X ecosystems. Here are some of th… -
Google A.I. Is Getting Better Than You at Gaming
In March, the A.I. platform AlphaGo beat a human champion at the (notoriously complex) game of Go. Later this year, at the 2016 Computational Intelligence and Games (CIG) Conference, bots will le… -
Are Subscriptions the Future of Apps?
Do people really download that many apps? New data from Nomura and app-tracker SensorTower suggests the answer is “no,” with top app developers seeing downloads drop by an average of 20 percent y… -
Number of Tech Pros Quitting Their Jobs Rises
More tech professionals voluntarily quit their jobs in April, according to the latest JOLTS data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). Some 579,000 professionals left their jobs that mo… -
Google's New App Agency Certification
Are you part of an agency that builds and tests Android apps? Google just introduced a certification that may apply to your shop. In order to become a Google Developers Certified Agency, agencies… -
Top Programming Languages Losing Market Share?
Although top programming languages such as Java, C, Python and PHP remain widely used, their collective market-share has fallen in recent years, according to the latest TIOBE Index. “The set of l…