Articles by Nick Kolakowski

• Google Play Edging Ahead of Apple’s App Store in Downloads: App Annie

  Google Play is beating Apple’s iOS App Store in total app downloads, according to the App Annie Market Index. (App Annie builds analytics platforms and statistical tools that parse out data about…
• IBM Still Pushing Out Big Data Hardware

  [caption id="attachment_11277" align="aligncenter" width="618"] Meet the new box. Not quite the same as the old box.[/caption] IBM may have poured considerable effort into developing a hardy clou…
• Facebook’s Games Initiative Could Spell Trouble for Zynga

  [caption id="attachment_11269" align="aligncenter" width="618"] Sad day in FarmVille.[/caption] If struggling online-games developer Zynga thought things were bad before, they could be turning a…
• An iPhone Fingerprint Scanner Could Boost BYOD

  [caption id="attachment_11265" align="aligncenter" width="618"] iOS 7's lock screen might get a little more touchy-feely.[/caption] For years, unlocking your smartphone or tablet meant entering a…
• Chromebooks Could Work for Businesses: Analyst

  [caption id="attachment_11261" align="aligncenter" width="618"] Chromebooks: best for business?[/caption] Whether or not Google’s Chromebooks seize a significant portion of the overall laptop mar…
• Cheap iPhone Could Boost Data Rewards, Issues

  [caption id="attachment_11253" align="aligncenter" width="618"] The popularity of the iPhone 5 and other devices has already pushed Apple to beef up its backend infrastructure.[/caption] A new re…
• Nokia Getting Sick of Windows Phone?

  Microsoft isn’t evolving its Windows Phone platform fast enough for Nokia’s taste, according to an executive for the Finnish phone-maker. "We are trying to evolve the cultural thinking [at Micros…
• How Hackers Use Bots to Score Prime Restaurant Reservations

  [caption id="attachment_11224" align="aligncenter" width="500"] Alternatively, you could always just find a place that's empty.[/caption] Forget about hacking an app or database: for a small cadr…
• Microsoft’s Ballmer Admits Surface Sales Poor: Reports

  [caption id="attachment_11212" align="aligncenter" width="580"] Surface.[/caption] Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer told employees at an internal company event that Windows hasn’t been selling well en…
• Forget Apple: Samsung Could Be Google’s Next Big Rival

  [caption id="attachment_11208" align="aligncenter" width="556"] Samsung Galaxy IV.[/caption] Over the past few years, the tech press has painted the competition in the mobile-device space as fund…