Articles by Nick Kolakowski
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Amazon Launches Machine-Learning Platform
Ever wanted a machine-learning platform capable of making predictions based on your in-house data? Even if the thought never actually crossed your mind, you can’t deny that the concept has a cert… -
Check Out the Netflix Smartwatch
Netflix is the latest tech company to jump into the smartwatch game, with a wrist-mounted screen that allows wearers to stream content from anywhere. So what if the device itself is a little bulk… -
Amazon's Echo: Trojan Horse for Internet of Things
Amazon wants to compete in the burgeoning Internet of Things industry, and the device that will allow it to do so is already on the market. Amazon launched Echo in November 2014. At the time, the… -
Apple Watch: The Reviews Are In
The Apple Watch won’t appear on store shelves for another few weeks (and will go on pre-order April 10), but in the meantime the first official reviews have trickled out. What’s the word? Mixed,… -
The Key to Interviewing at Google
Wired has an excerpt from a new book of Google-centric workplace advice, written by Laszlo Bock, the search-engine giant’s head of “People Operations” (re: Human Resources). In an interesting twi… -
Virtual Reality and AR: a $150 Billion Market?
Augmented- and virtual-reality gear could grow into a $150 billion market by 2020, according to new estimates from consulting and investment firm Digi-Capital. That analysis is “based on how VR/A… -
Self-Driving Car Makes Cross-Country Drive
While Google tests whether its autonomous vehicles can navigate the suburban streets of Mountain View, Calif., an auto-parts maker named Delphi has reportedly pulled off something much larger: re… -
Meerkat and the Lessons of Imploding Apps
For a couple days in March, the video-streaming app Meerkat seemed poised to take the tech world by storm. First it earned significant buzz at this year’s South by Southwest (SXSW) conference in… -
Smartphone Dependence on the Rise: Pew
A small but significant portion of Americans can only access the Web via a smartphone, according to new data from the Pew Research Center. Roughly 7 percent of Americans own a smartphone “but hav… -
Microsoft Still Trying to Get Surface Right
Microsoft’s first attempt at Surface, its tablet-laptop hybrid, was an unmitigated disaster that forced the company to take a $900 million write-down on unsold inventory. Rather than abandon the…