Articles by Nick Kolakowski
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Google Open-Sources Its Machine Learning
Ever wanted to play around with—or even implement—a complex machine-learning system, but never had the resources or time? Google has now made its second-generation machine-learning system open-so… -
Do Tech Pros Care About the iPad Pro?
Apple plans on releasing its plus-sized tablet, the iPad Pro, later this week. In doing so, the company hopes that the 12.9-inch device will reverse the recent slide in tablet sales that’s worrie… -
Toyota Driving Into Artificial Intelligence
Traditional tech companies such as Google aren’t the only ones pushing into artificial intelligence and machine learning: Toyota also plans invest $1 billion over the next five years in the segme… -
Most Popular Buzzwords in Job Postings
If you’re applying for a new position, you know that many tech companies love to sprinkle their job postings with lots of trendy buzzwords. During interviews with recruiters and HR staffers, thos… -
Time for Devs to Look at Apple Watch?
Although Apple refuses to divulge hard sales numbers for the Apple Watch, the analysts at Canalys decided to take a run at it, estimating shipments to date at 7 million. Canalys claims that puts… -
Candy Crush Buy Shows Mobile Is King
When gaming conglomerate Activision Blizzard announced that it would purchase King Digital Entertainment for $5.9 billion, the news made a lot of jaws drop across the tech industry. Although King… -
Teaching a Bot to Play Board Games
If you believe the heady prophecies of the world’s tech companies, artificial-intelligence systems will soon do everything from drive our cars to diagnose our diseases. (Whether they add or take… -
Apple and the Key to Successful Collaboration
If you’re looking for a refresher on the value of integrating teams, look no further than Mashable’s latest piece on Apple, in which marketing executive Phil Schiller talks about how the company’… -
Deadline Dilemma: When to Cut Scope?
Over at Kotaku, there’s an interesting story about the development of Destiny, the bestselling video game. Created by the same team that made the Halo series an international phenomenon (which he… -
Breaking Into Augmented Reality
Magic Leap, the augmented reality (AR) startup that received more than $500 million in venture funding from Google and other venture capitalists, recently decided to show off some of its technolo…