Articles by Nick Kolakowski
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Employment Strong Heading Into 2016: BLS
The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reports that the U.S. economy created 292,000 non-farm jobs in December, with the unemployment rate unchanged at 5.0 percent. The Professional and Busine… -
Will Oculus Rift's High Price Scare Developers?
It’s a bit of an understatement to say that a lot of people were looking forward to purchasing an Oculus Rift, arguably the most prominent virtual-reality headset. Then Oculus, a Facebook subsidi… -
Java: Top Programming Language of 2015
What was the most popular programming language of 2015? According to the TIOBE Index, Java took that coveted spot, winning out over C, Python, PHP, and other languages. TIOBE updates its rankings… -
Mobile-App Economy Going Strong in 2016
The mobile-app economy generated 1.66 million jobs in the United States by December 2015, according to a new report from the Progressive Policy Institute (PPI). That’s up from 750,000 jobs in 201… -
R.I.P. Internet Explorer 8, 9, 10
For any Web developer who ever rolled their eyes and groaned at the prospect of using Internet Explorer, your moment of schadenfreude has arrived: on January 12, Microsoft plans on ending support… -
The Internet of Things Comes for Your Car
The connected car has been a tech-world theme for quite a while: nine years ago, Ford showed off its Sync communications-and-entertainment system at the Detroit International Auto Show. At this y… -
Mark Zuckerberg Building Home A.I.
Lots of people made New Year’s resolutions. Mark Zuckerberg’s were a little more ambitious than eating right or exercising more. “My personal challenge for 2016 is to build a simple AI to run my… -
Safest Tech Jobs for the Next 8 Years
If there’s any certainty in the tech world, it’s uncertainty. Technologies that dominate today could end up obsolete in a few short years; little-used programming languages and apps may rise to b… -
Programming Jobs Face Potential Decline
The number of programming jobs in the U.S. will decline 8 percent by 2024, according to estimates by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). That seems like a surprising statistic in a world t… -
Facebook, Google Top Year-End App List
Which smartphone apps topped the rankings in 2015? According to new data from research firm Nielsen, Facebook and Google dominated yet again. Facebook’s core app took the top spot on Nielsen’s li…