Articles by Nick Kolakowski
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Should Mobile Devs Focus Only on iOS?
Financial-news websites are aflutter this week over news that Apple has seized 92 percent of the mobile-device industry’s total operating income; that’s up from 65 percent in 2014. According to f… -
Will Devs Stay Interested in Smartwatches?
What if the tech industry threw a smartwatch party, and no developers showed up? While Apple has yet to release any official sales numbers for the Apple Watch, its first foray into wearable elect… -
iPhone 6S: What Tech Pros Need to Know
Every autumn, Apple’s top executives take to a stage in California to unveil the latest iPhone. Unless a massive asteroid strikes Silicon Valley in the next four months, this year will likely pro… -
What to Do If You’re Hacked
The high-profile hackings of Target, Sony Pictures, and other major corporations has led some executives to tighten up their security—but that might not be enough to spare their infrastructure fr… -
'What’s Your Biggest Weakness?'
You know it’s coming: At some point, a job interviewer will look you in the eye and ask about your biggest weakness. The interviewer has heard them all before, of course. In a bid to keep things… -
Building a Game With a Tweet of Code
A standard video game relies on a mountain of code, painstakingly pieced together by an army of programmers and developers. Then you have Tiny-Twitch. Inspired by a challenge from Australian game… -
'So, Where Else Are You Applying?'
Picture this: You sit down for a job interview at a fairly prominent startup that builds mobile apps. Midway through the allotted hour, the interviewer asks you: “So, where else are you applying?… -
Wall Street: The New Silicon Valley?
The relationship between Wall Street and Silicon Valley has never been easy. Entrepreneurs and tech pros with big ideas about finance have spent years trying to create alternatives to traditional… -
Facebook Claims Positive Trend in Diversity
Facebook is the latest tech giant to release a 2015 diversity report, and the data shows a company still overwhelmingly white and male. In a corporate blog posting, Maxine Williams, Facebook’s Gl… -
The Key to Researching Your Top Candidates
It takes a lot of time and effort to craft the perfect recruiting message, especially since top candidates are regularly bombarded with emails and social-networking notes from recruiters. Everybo…