Articles by Nick Kolakowski

• Satya Nadella Is Microsoft’s Next CEO: Reports

  [caption id="attachment_16815" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Satya Nadella.[/caption] Microsoft’s next CEO will be Satya Nadella, if current reports prove accurate. According to Re/code, which…
• Nintendo: Healthcare Provider?

  [caption id="attachment_16774" align="aligncenter" width="594"] Bowl for your lives![/caption] It’s no secret that Nintendo faces significant challenges: revenues are down, rival platforms such a…
• Google’s Motorola Adventure: Stinging Failure, or Slight Victory?

  [caption id="attachment_16761" align="aligncenter" width="618"] The Moto X.[/caption] In August 2011, Google announced it would purchase Motorola Mobility for $12.5 billion. At the time, Google f…
• Rovio Denies Collaborating with NSA, GCHQ

  Rovio Entertainment, the software company behind the mega-popular “Angry Birds” game franchise, denied in an official statement that it knowingly shares data with the NSA, Britain’s GCHQ, or any…
• Stephen Wolfram on "Her," Artificial Intelligence

  [caption id="attachment_16670" align="aligncenter" width="618"] In the future, your phone will irritate you even more than it does now.[/caption] Spike Jonze’s “Her” is billed as science fiction,…
• Why the Xbox One and PS4 Risk ‘Blockbuster Syndrome’

  [caption id="attachment_16614" align="aligncenter" width="618"] "Gears of War" offers players the chance to meditate peacefully on the nature of compassion.[/caption] Microsoft has acquired the r…
• Watch Bill Gates Get Wiped Out in Chess

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=84NwnSltHFo Chess champion Magnus Carlsen can add another notch to his victory belt: checkmating former Microsoft CEO Bill Gates in just under 80 seconds. In a matc…
• Google Acquires AI Startup DeepMind

  Google has bought artificial-intelligence startup DeepMind for $400 million, according to Re/code. Google confirmed the acquisition but not the price. The publication’s unnamed sources said Googl…
• Thirty Years of Apple’s Mac

  [caption id="attachment_16555" align="aligncenter" width="618"] Apple's graph of how the Mac is used today.[/caption] On the thirtieth anniversary of the Mac, Apple has released some data showing…
• Apple Planning Major Revamp of Apple TV: Rumors

  [caption id="attachment_16550" align="aligncenter" width="618"] Apple TV.[/caption] Apple has a major revamp of its Apple TV in the works, according to 9to5Mac, which cited unnamed sources for th…