Articles by Nick Kolakowski
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Here's What Some Silicon Valley Interns Make
Curious about how much an intern at a prestigious Silicon Valley tech company gets paid? Well, wonder no longer: A list of (supposedly genuine) internship offers has leaked online, and the averag… -
Does the Tech Pro ‘Shortage’ Really Exist?
According to many tech firms, highly skilled employees are very hard to find. But a handful of academics have told BusinessWeek there’s no actual shortage in the number of people out there with t… -
What Your Car Could Look Like in 2030
What will cars look like in a few decades? That’s anyone’s guess—if old science-fiction movies have proven anything, it’s that visions of automobile design thirty or fifty years down the road (pu… -
Why Apple Made That Weird App Store Change
If you visit Apple’s App Store, you’ll notice a small but significant change: The “Free” label beside free-to-download apps has been changed to “Get.” Click here to find mobile-development jobs.… -
Google Maps Offers Up Tasty Thanksgiving Data
Whatever your plans for Thanksgiving, Google can offer some advice: Try to avoid driving anywhere the day before. Analysts from the search-engine giant’s Google Maps division crunched traffic dat… -
Does a Startup Need a Moral Compass?
Ride-sharing service Uber found itself in a lot of trouble this week after BuzzFeed quoted one of its top executives as saying the company should fund opposition research into journalists. The ex… -
Amazon Hiring Drone Pilots
If you’re an aerospace engineer with experience in drones, Amazon might have a job for you. According to a handful of recent job postings, the company’s Amazon Prime Air Team wants “flight operat… -
Twitter Shows How to Not Write a Mission Statement
Every company needs a mission statement of some sort. Some companies have managed to build mission statements of superior corporate poetry, concise and inspirational in equal measure. For more Tw… -
'Assassin's Creed' Debacle Highlights Need for QA
No matter how diligent the QA engineers, bugs often find their way into software. Many of these bugs are small, and quickly “swatted” with a quick patch. Others can cripple functionality, which s… -
Watch This Robot Kick Like the 'Karate Kid'
Robots: They roll, crawl, walk, and even gallop. But now a Google-built machine has taken the evolution of mechanical movement to the next glorious stage. In the above video, the humanoid Atlas r…