Behind the Scenes With Apple’s New MacBook Nick Kolakowski, March 12, 2015 55 seconds The reaction to Apple’s new MacBook has been… mixed, to say the least. Critics complain about the device’s lack...
Stream Netflix on an 8-Bit Nintendo? Why Not. Nick Kolakowski, March 11, 2015 1 min read Every year, Netflix hosts an internal “hack day” for its developers, during which the latter come up with some...
Google Will Now Make You a Drink Nick Kolakowski, March 6, 2015 1 min read In its quest to make all the world’s information accessible and useful, Google has added a feature sure to appeal to...
‘Chappie’: What It Takes to Render a Robot Nick Kolakowski, March 6, 2015 7 min read In the new film Chappie, set a few years from now, a police robot is stolen and reprogrammed in a way that renders it...
Is Your Next Job Building VR Apps? Nick Kolakowski, March 5, 2015 3 min read For the past several years, some of the world’s largest tech companies have used the annual Mobile World Congress...
The Indie Game at the Heart of ‘House of Cards’ Nick Kolakowski, March 3, 2015 1 min read In the new season of the Netflix series House of Cards, President Frank Underwood (Kevin Spacey) takes a break from his...
Welcome to the Jungle, Google Street View Nick Kolakowski, March 2, 2015 1 min read Google’s Street View started out as a road-mapping system, with imagery provided by cameras attached to cars. Then...
Valve’s VR Plans Could Prove Good for Devs Nick Kolakowski, February 25, 2015 2 min read If virtual reality is going to become the Next Big Thing, Valve wants a piece of the action. Valve is famous in...
In Space, a Laptop Doubles as a VR Headset Nick Kolakowski, February 20, 2015 1 min read On Earth, the engineers and developers in charge of building the Oculus Rift and other virtual-reality headsets are...
Marvel at a 1980s Touchscreen Nick Kolakowski, February 18, 2015 1 min read Think touchscreens are a relatively recent invention? Think again: As far back as 40 years ago, scientists were...