Kristen Nicole

Named by Forbes as a top influencer in Big Data, Kristen Nicole is currently a Senior Editor at SiliconANGLE.com. She got her start with 606tech, a Chicago blog she dedicated to the social media space, going on to become the lead writer and Field Editor at Mashable.

Kristen Nicole has also contributed to other publications, from TIME Techland to Forbes. Her work has been syndicated across a number of media outlets, including The New York Times, and MSNBC.

Kristen Nicole published her first book, The Twitter Survival Guide, and is currently completing her second book on predictive analytics.

Latest from Kristen Nicole

Springpad Overhaul Adds Collaboration with Public Notebooks. I’m In Love

NEWS By KRISTEN NICOLE15 YEARS AGO

Springpad’s just dropped version 3.0 of their productivity suite, launching the public, collaborative notebooks I’ve been anticipating for some time. The update brings them one step closer to matching certain functions of Evernote while differentiating their tools around actionability, making for one …

What Facebook’s Instagram Buy Means for its Mobile Strategy: Data, Search

NEWS By KRISTEN NICOLE15 YEARS AGO

Facebook’s taken the proactive measure of acquiring Instagram, the mobile photo-sharing network regularly referred to as Facebook’s biggest competition. What’s most notable about the deal is the price tag – $1 billion for the startup that, just last week, was going after …

Computers Need a Social Network (The Cloud), Says Eucalyptus CEO Marten Mickos

NEWS By KRISTEN NICOLE15 YEARS AGO

Coming off a recent partnership with Amazon Web Services for efficient workload migration, Eucalyptus reiterates its mantra for flexible cloud environments. And with the vision of CEO Marten Mickos, known for his early involvement with MySQL (sold to Sun Microsystems in 2008), Eucalyptus takes …

HTML5 Needs Frameworks to Transition Developers, Users into Mobile Future

NEWS By KRISTEN NICOLE15 YEARS AGO

HTML5 is said to be “the one” that would dominate all forms of computer language from desktops to mobile devices, toppling Flash along the way. Back in November, Adobe pulled the plug on their Flash for mobile to focus on HTML5, which was …

Pinterest’s Opportunity in Spammers? An API

NEWS By KRISTEN NICOLE15 YEARS AGO

Pinterest, the online pinboard that lets users organize and share photos of the things they love, is making a lot of noise as a rising star in socially-driven startups. They recently changed their terms of service to keep the content of Pinterest clean, …

3 Trends a Rearden Data Scientist Would Like to See Visualized: Q&A Series

NEWS By KRISTEN NICOLE15 YEARS AGO

Rearden is one of the few companies utilizing big data ideals to directly benefit the consumer. With an edge on travel patterns, Rearden has a good idea of our behavioral patterns when it comes to planning and experiencing a trip. With emerging …

Does Big Data Have a Story Beyond Geeks?

NEWS By KRISTEN NICOLE15 YEARS AGO

During my trip to Austin for SXSW 2012 I wanted to uncover this year’s big data story, and determine the areas to which big data can still be applied. SXSW is a unique instance of merging cultures, technology and marketing themes, pitting …

Design Remains Big Data’s Biggest Hurdle in BI, Says Quantivo VP [Q&A Series]

NEWS By KRISTEN NICOLE15 YEARS AGO

Perhaps the most important trend under Big Data’s umbrella is the ability to think outside the box. We have so much data at hand, there’s countless implications for how this will affect business, compounded knowledge and access to content as we know …

SXSW Startup Success Means Building Buzz Beforehand, Says Highlight Founder

NEWS By KRISTEN NICOLE15 YEARS AGO

You don’t have to be in Silicon Valley to launch a startup. SXSW has provided a great alternative to those who want to introduce promising tech inventions that could be future breakthroughs. For one, startups have a variety of users to target at …

Kristen Nicole

Latest from Kristen Nicole

Springpad Overhaul Adds Collaboration with Public Notebooks. I’m In Love

HTML5 Needs Frameworks to Transition Developers, Users into Mobile Future

3 Trends a Rearden Data Scientist Would Like to See Visualized: Q&A Series

Does Big Data Have a Story Beyond Geeks?

Design Remains Big Data’s Biggest Hurdle in BI, Says Quantivo VP [Q&A Series]

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