Articles by Nick Kolakowski
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Should You Develop for iOS or Android?
When you’re an independent mobile-app developer, you’re often strapped for time and resources. In contrast to the big software-development firms, which can afford to throw hundreds of developers,… -
Mobile Apps Have Limited Time to Succeed
Gaming led worldwide app downloads for iOS and Google Android in 2015, according to an annual report from app-analytics firm App Annie (PDF). On iOS, photo and video apps came in second place, by… -
Skills You'll Need to Break Into Virtual Reality
Apple is building a large “secret team” for a foray into virtual reality, according to the Financial Times. If confirmed, that would mean Apple plans on joining Google, HTC, Facebook, Sony, and S… -
Top 10 Cities for Tech Salary Growth
Dice’s annual Salary Survey broke down the highest-paying tech skills. But which U.S. cities are paying tech pros the most on average? In addition to the usual suspects such as Silicon Valley and… -
With Tech Résumés, Think Depth, Not Breadth
If you’ve read the latest Dice Salary Survey, you know that the average salary for technology professionals in the U.S. is higher than ever—up 7.7 percent to $96,370 annually. And that growth isn… -
Where Does Your State Rank in Salary Growth?
Tech pro salaries are on the rise, according to the latest Dice Salary Survey. But where have those salaries grown the fastest? Dice’s latest interactive visualization can give you a solid idea o… -
Check Out the Highest-Paying Tech Skills
The average technology salary in the U.S. leapt 7.7 percent in 2015, according to the latest Dice Salary Survey. But which technologies and skillsets drew the highest payouts? Short answer: anyth… -
A Lab for Learning Wolfram Language
Stephen Wolfram, famous among developers and researchers as the creator of the Mathematica software platform, is offering a new way to learn the Wolfram Language, which gives tech pros the abilit… -
What Makes a Good Web Developer?
The rise of Website-building platforms such as Squarespace gives people more tools for creating and maintaining Websites. But access to nifty templates and analytics doesn’t negate the need for t… -
Handling an Impossible Job Description
We’ve all seen them: job descriptions that ask candidates to possess dozens of wildly different skills. The employer doesn’t just seem to want a mobile developer experienced in building apps for…