Articles by Nick Kolakowski
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Apigee Insights Takes Pulse of App Economy
Businesses have increasingly turned to mobile and Web apps as a source of revenue and customer feedback. That’s good for the developers and software engineers actually building the apps, not to m… -
Apple’s iWatch: What's the Point?
In the past few days, the Apple “iWatch” has transformed from vague rumor to a device rocketing toward full production. A new report from Bloomberg claims that a team of “about 100 product design… -
Tesla, Ford, Amazon Hint at Cloudy Future for Cars
The automobile, once the most analog of technologies, is rapidly becoming a smartphone on wheels: Amazon announced Feb. 13 that Ford SYNC Applink-equipped vehicles will include the Amazon Cloud P… -
Apple CEO Tim Cook Talks Acquisitions, New Products
After years of riding a tsunami of positive publicity, Apple finds itself pushing back against a rising perception that its best years are behind it. Not that the underlying metrics support such… -
Twitter, American Express Partner for Hashtag Purchasing
American Express has announced a partnership with Twitter, giving customers the ability to sync “eligible cards” with the social network. Tweeting special product hashtags (i.e., #uselessjunk) wi… -
Bill Gates Talks Databases, Free Software on Reddit
Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates spent the majority of his recent “Ask Me Anything” session on Reddit discussing his philanthropic work and the chances of eradicating certain diseases in the third… -
IBM's Watson: Cancer Killer?
IBM has begun integrating its Watson supercomputing platform into a variety of industries, most notably healthcare: last week, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York City announced th… -
Newsom’s “Citizenville” Argues for Open Government Data, Cloud
Gavin Newsom has enjoyed quite a career in government: after serving two terms as mayor of San Francisco, he became lieutenant governor of California. Maintaining the status quo of our current po… -
Apple Holds Firm as Macmillan Settles With Justice Over E-Books
The U.S. Department of Justice has settled with book publisher Macmillan in an ongoing case over the price of e-books, but still plans on taking Apple to court in June 2013. “As a result of today… -
IBM Completes StoredIQ Acquisition
IBM has completed its acquisition of StoredIQ, an Austin-based developer of analytics software for litigation and regulations. “Most CIOs and [general counsels] know they’re saving too much data,…