Articles by Nick Kolakowski
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Is 2014 the Year of the Phablet?
If research firm IDC is correct, 2014 could become the year of the "phablet." IDC defines phablets as smartphones with screens exceeding 5.5 inches, a category that encompasses a growing number o… -
Take a Look at Apple’s ‘80s iPhone
Apple has always placed enormous emphasis on good design. “It’s not just about aesthetics,” Jony Ive, the company’s design guru, told The Sunday Times earlier this year. “They care about things t… -
What We Could See at Apple’s WWDC
Apple’s annual Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) is scheduled to take place June 2-6 in San Francisco, and whatever the company unveils on stage is likely to send tech punditry into its usua… -
The Year 2038 Problem: Y2K on Steroids?
This is how the world ends: not with a whimper, or a bang, or in fire and ice, but because of a signed 32-bit integer. Here’s the issue: Many bits of software rely on a 32-bit integer to store ti… -
What eBay Can Teach Us About Security Breaches
Major e-security breaches have become depressingly commonplace among major companies: When eBay announced that attackers had compromised an internal database loaded with customer passwords (still… -
Too Tired to Walk the Dog? Use a Drone.
Need to walk your dog? Feeling reluctant to go outside yourself? Use a drone to walk your pooch. Videographer Jeff Myers recently documented how he uses his AR drone to remotely walk his golden r… -
Google: Ads Coming to the Internet of Things
Google’s bottom line depends on advertisements, and its all-consuming quest for revenue might one day drive it to serve up ads on everything from car dashboards to thermostats, according to a let… -
What Are the Next Big Developer Skills?
The latest data from Dice suggests that employers want software developers who’re experts in well-established technologies such as .NET, C++, and HTML. But IT is a rapidly evolving field, which b… -
Cloud Services Providers: Plan for Outages
A login issue prevented customers from accessing Adobe Systems’ Creative Cloud services for nearly 24 hours. “We're currently experiencing an outage affecting user's ability to sign in to our ser… -
Google Glass Finally on Sale in the U.S.
Have $1,500 handy? Interested in strapping a computer to your face? The Google Glass Explorer program is now open to the public. Google unveiled the Explorer program last year, but actually obtai…