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 David Bolton, 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...