Articles by Nick Kolakowski
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IBM Thinks Data Can Improve Football Stadiums
IBM has spent years highlighting its data-analytics capabilities in the context of professional sports. At the U.S. Open tennis tournament, for example, it sets up “digital walls” that display pl… -
What Are the Best Coding Boot Camps?
For anyone who wants to break into a programming career, coding “boot camps” can offer a lot of benefits: In exchange for a few weeks of your time, you learn a new programming language that can e… -
Linux Kernel's Biggest Backers: Corporations
Corporations love Linux. That’s the conclusion of a new report released by the Linux Foundation, which suggested that some 11,800 individual developers from 1,200 companies have contributed to th… -
Marvel at a 1980s Touchscreen
Think touchscreens are a relatively recent invention? Think again: As far back as 40 years ago, scientists were exploring the possibilities of using fingers to interact with a screen. As demonstr… -
Is Apple Working on an 'iCar'?
Last week, a flurry of articles and blog postings—sparked in large part by a report in the Wall Street Journal—suggested that Apple is hard at work on an electric car that will compete with Tesla… -
FAA's Rules Could Harm Drone Businesses
Any company betting on long-distance commerce via drones better rethink their strategy: the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has issued draft rules that forbid commercial drones from flying… -
Vint Cerf: Dark Ages of Digital Media Await
Vint Cerf is widely considered one of the “founders of the Internet,” so when he makes a pronouncement about the online world, people tend to listen. And right now, he’s claiming we’re at risk of… -
Jony Ive: 'Star Wars' Lightsaber Designer
Jony Ive is famous for designing the iMac, MacBook, iPad, and iPhone, but his accomplishments don’t end there: According to a new profile in The New Yorker, Ive may have also influenced the desig… -
Auto-Deleting Emails: The Next Hot Feature?
The ability to archive and search through email is a valuable business tool: Who hasn’t cycled back through a year’s worth of messages to find an important piece of data? But email, despite all i… -
Apple iOS Devs Rejoice: App Size Limit Doubles
Apple iOS developers of the world, rejoice: the size limit for your apps has doubled, from 2GB to 4GB. According to Apple’s Developer website, “this change does not affect the cellular network de…