Jennefer Almirante

Jennefer is a staff writer for SiliconAngle.

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Flipboard Looks Even More Like Print with New Magazine Ads

Advertising is one of media’s income generating tools.  It gives an opportunity for growth through additional revenue streams, providing data to brands seeking to gain from new forms of market research.  It is also a way to let customers know the myriad of products and/or services available in the market today. Folka who read  The ...

Google+ Business Profiles Available Soon

As we all know, businesses need a strong presence on the Internet in order to be truly successful.   In today’s world, businesses seek exposure online and like to interact with clients and prospective clients, partially for research and feedback, but also to learn from these outlets to improve products, business practices and customer service. In ...

Verizon’s iPhone Sales Beat Wall Street Expectations

Telecommunication is an important component, not only in businesses but in one’s personal life as whole.   Everyone uses mobile phones, as an opportunity to provide interactions with customers, families and friends.   It is no doubt that telecommunication plays a vital role in our daily lives, contributing to the success of communication companies worldwide. Verizon reported its ...

Sony Sued by its Insurance Company over Data Breach Claims

With all the hacking that’s compromised companies’ data in recent months, breaches have become a security issue that’s resulted in profit potential loss and declines in revenue.  Any good businessman would know to have insurance policies against such disastrous events, but even that can get tricky when hacks as big as those Sony experienced come into question. ...

HTC to Launch Android Tablet on AT&T 4G?

HTC, producers of powerful mobile handsets for Android and other platforms, reveals that the rumored 10-inch Puccini tablet will be coming on AT&T 4G network, after filing with Federal Communications Commission (FCC). The model is listed as “Tablet Computer PG09410” with the FCC. The filing also reveals that the tablet comes with LTE support and ...

Police Use of iPhone Iris Scanners Raise Privacy Concerns

Biometric” technology, which is a topic adored by sci-fi writers and fans alike, has found a real-world implementation with law enforcement.  Dozens of police departments nationwide are gearing up to use a tech company’s already controversial iris- and facial-scanning device that slides over an iPhone and helps identify a person or track criminal suspects. But ...

Wooga Goes Mobile, Hoping to Expand on Facebook Success

German social game developer Wooga will be bringing its most popular social games to iOS, taking the leap into mobile.  The studio claims that its venture into mobile games development makes it the second largest social game developer in the world, and is considered the third-largest social game maker on Facebook, with over 35 million monthly ...

Zillow Finalizes IPO, Raising $69.2M

Zillow, the online real-estate and home-valuation firm, is the latest to IPO, offered its initial public stock offering at $20 per share. The Seattle-based company said in a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission today that it plans to sell nearly 3.5 million shares, raising about $69.2 million. The company also plans a private ...

StackMob, Joyent Expand Cloud Services for Mobile Developers

StackMob, provider of a turnkey backend development and deployment platform for mobile applications, announced a partnership with Joyent, the global provider of cloud computing software and services.   The partnership and integration of StackMob  with Joyent deepens the connection of mobile and cloud infrastructure for developers. StackMob will allow Joyent’s public cloud service and Node.js-based PaaS ...

Google+ Anxious for Celebrity Validation

Google+ is still new in the market, but the company’s not wasting time in making new plans to serve the public.  According to CNN reports, Google is following in Twitter’s footsteps with verified celebrity accounts. It wasn’t so long ago Twitter realized that brands and celebrities want a way to claim their identity within popular ...