Kristina Farrah

A ninja, a tech enthusiast and a lover of sparkly things. Writing in the tech space has become an important part of my role as an observer and historian. As passionate as I am in what I do, I look forward to telling stories of how technological advancement broke out to unprecedented levels, and that I was right there in the middle of it –watching the world change before my very eyes.

Latest from Kristina Farrah

Backup Dat Data! Box, Sugarsync Appear Ready for World Backup Day

Cloud storage news and products launches are seasoned as Cloud Backup Day approaches. It first launched by a few people on reddit.com in March 31st 2011 to raise awareness about regularly backing up data. It was a huge success so this year, the team teamed up with a plethora of media outlets to spread the ...

Zynga May Bring Titles to Xbox Amidst Increasing Competition

Zynga CEO Marc Pincus told GigaOm in an interview that the social gaming titan may add support for xBox 360. It’s currently developing cloud support for its games across multiple devices so the gaming console may get on the list. There’s no official announcement yet but Pincus’ message indicated that the two companies may collaborate ...

Logitech’s Latest Video Chat Tools Target a Social Enterprise

An addition to Logitech’s array of products, the Logitech BCC950 ConferenceCam is the first communications tool to fuse a full HD webcam with high-quality and omni-directional full-duplex speakerphone. It’s optimized for Microsoft Lync and Skype but it works pretty much with any UC and video platforms.

Big Money Data: How Much Does Crime Really Pay? Billions.

This week in our big data series, we talk about moneyed criminals, rich and poor cities, and ridiculous fees. The facts, whether typical or downright crazy, proves just how powerful money can be.

Global eCommerce Marketplace Ruled Largely by US Women

Alibaba.com, the world’s largest B2B ecommerce marketplace today unveils site data showing that 1.1 million US women are dominates the surge of female entrepreneurs in the global eCommerce scene. This report comes about naturally as National Women’s History Month disembarks.

IncrediBuild-XGE Speeds Up Virtual Working Environments

Virtualization has enabled a new way of working especially these days when BYOD is gradually going mainstream. This growing trend has spawned companies like Xoreax, a provider of software acceleration technology to eliminate lagging in virtual working environments.

Mobile Developers Prefer Google Over Facebook [Report]

Appcelerator and International Data Corporation (IDC) today releases the results of the joint survey they conducted on Appcelerator developers worldwide. The survey centered on developers’ plans and insights around HTML5, social capabilities, developers’ priorities in 2012 compared to 2011. It speaks of a maturing market where there will be key shifts in platform strategies and ...

Sosh on iPhone Expands Social Discovery Trend

San Francisco startup Sosh extends its offerings to iPhone as well. The company launched last summer to discover events using technology and a team of local curators to give its members personalized recommendations. It helps users weigh which event to attend from hundreds that’s going on every day.

Android the Fastest Growing OS in 2011: Millennial’s Year In Review

Millennial Media has just turned its Year In Review Report and nine global verticals have experience a triple-digit year-over-year growth. Among these verticals, finance leads with 699 percent upturn. Instead of using traditional media such as radio and television, bankers diverted the advertising funs on mobile to create awareness campaigns and drive customers to their ...

Intel to Sell Chips for Tablets Amidst Shaken Up Chip Industry

COO Brian Krzanich announced that the world’s biggest chipmaker, which largely manufactures chips for PCs, is going to get into the tablet chips business as well. They’ve already negotiated with suppliers to meet the demands. Kznarnich is known to speak with authority being one of the men on top of a global chip-manufacturing operation.