Articles by Nick Kolakowski
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Is This the New Windows 9 Logo?
Microsoft just accidentally—or “accidentally”—leaked a logo for Windows 9. Microsoft China posted the image to Chinese micro-blogging site Weibo, along with a note: "Microsoft’s latest OS Windows… -
Watch This Guy Survive a Fireworks Blast in a Metal Suit
Labor Day is nigh, and with it the official end of summer. It’s time to pack away the umbrellas and beach towels, and perhaps spend a few minutes flipping through photos of all the fun times you… -
Adult Women Outnumber Teenage Boys Among Gamers
More adult women play video games than boys 18 or younger, according to a new study by the Entertainment Software Association (PDF). That might come as a surprise to casual followers of the video… -
Amazon’s Fire Phone Might Be a Flop
In June, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos introduced the Fire Phone, the online retailer’s first smartphone. Unlike Amazon’s Kindle Fire tablets, which compete at the low end of the touch-screen market, the… -
Watch Twitter’s Hilarious Recruitment Video
A couple years ago, Twitter decided to have a bit of fun with its employee-recruitment process, producing a hilarious parody of those cheesy recruitment videos we’ve all sat through: https://www.… -
‘Swing Copters’ and the Danger of App Copycats
Game developer Dong Nguyen has launched Swing Copters, a follow-up to his blockbuster Flappy Bird. Within a day of Copters hitting the iOS and Android app stores, rival developers released what s… -
Tech Giants' Diversity Reports Show an Industry Not Diverse at All
Last week, Apple became the latest tech company to issue a diversity report, following in the footsteps of Google, Facebook, Microsoft, Yahoo, and others. In a statement accompanying the data, Ap… -
Women in Tech Triumph in Kickstarter Funding
Women outpace men when it comes to raising money for technology projects through crowdfunding sites such as Kickstarter, according to a new study by researchers at New York University and the Wha… -
Apple's Diversity Report Sparks Tim Cook Angst
Apple has become the latest tech company to release a diversity report—as well as the latest tech company to publicly wring its hands over the lack of diversity among its employees in the United… -
Data Science, Internet of Things Top Gartner Hype Cycle
Every year, research firm Gartner updates its "Hype Cycle," which traces how technologies progress from their early, heady days of innovation to a "Peak of Inflated Expectations," before settling…