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A Bechdel Test for Tech?

Nick Kolakowski,

March 24, 2015

2 min read

In order for a movie or television show to pass the Bechdel Test (named after cartoonist and MacArthur genius...

See How Google, ‘Minecraft,’ Others Got Their Start

Nick Kolakowski,

March 24, 2015

2 min read

Everybody had to start somewhere—even tech luminaries whose websites and platforms have radically altered how we live...

Microsoft: Pirates Still Get Free Windows 10

Nick Kolakowski,

March 20, 2015

1 min read

Did you pirate your copy of Windows? (It’s okay, you can tell us.) If so, Microsoft will still give you a free...

Why I Choose PostgreSQL Over MySQL/MariaDB

March 19, 2015

6 min read

For the past ten years, developers and tech pros have made a game of comparing MySQL and PostgreSQL, with the latter...

Ding-Dong, Internet Explorer is Dead

Nick Kolakowski,

March 18, 2015

2 min read

Internet Explorer, the browser that many a techie loved to hate for nearly two decades, is about to experience the...

Lyft CEO: Self-Driving Cars Aren’t the Future

Allie Untracht,

March 17, 2015

3 min read

Google, Tesla, Mercedes and others are working hard to build the best self-driving car. But will anyone actually buy...

SXSW Session Shows Diversity Issues in Tech

Allie Untracht,

March 17, 2015

2 min read

Improving the male-to-female ratio in the technology industry emerged as a big theme at South by Southwest this...

Post-Snowden, Americans Leery on Web Privacy

Nick Kolakowski,

March 17, 2015

2 min read

The Edward Snowden revelations about the extent of the U.S. government’s electronic surveillance are no longer...

Meet BlackBerry’s $2,360 Tablet

Nick Kolakowski,

March 16, 2015

1 min read

BlackBerry is getting back into the tablet game with a $2,360 device that— Wait, what? That price wasn’t a...

SXSW: Do Androids Dream of Being You?

Allie Untracht,

March 16, 2015

3 min read

Digital-assistant software such as Siri and Google Now has become progressively more mainstream over the past few...

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