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

The Social Scene in China: The Bitter Taste of Forbidden Fruit

When Facebook says that they won’t stop until every single organism on the planet has a profile, that includes a serious effort to make friends in China. But the world’s most populous nation is building a social victor of their own.  The mounting interest of foreign institutions to invest in China is positioning them as ...

Evernote’s Love Affair with Mobile Bears Three New Apps

Quick capture and easy access has fueled Evernote’s success.  The organization is running on a freemium business model and is looking to create a multi-platform, cross-device technology soon.  With its quest in maintaining your digital memory, Evernote comes out with a few new products as we near year’s end.  They all offer more specific ways ...

Aptare’s Paradigm Shift on Unstructured Data Management

Aptare introduced a new enterprise storage resource management solution it calls Aptare StorageConsole File Analytics. The software leverages patented and patent-pending technology to sort through an organization’s data, allowing users to optimize IT resources by automating the process of identifying out-of-place files. This insight can be used to delete these files and move the ones ...

Hadoop Stirs Up the BI World

Hadoop and unstructured data analytics managed to turn into a rapidly-growing trend in just a few years–a trend that’s taking the business intelligence software market with it as it pushes forward.  Enterprises have begun exploring new opportunities to extract value out of their data, and IT vendors are promptly following with new solutions to answer ...

Code Academy, Minorities in Tech and the Nitty-Gritty of Programming

“The New Promised Land- Silicon Valley” documentary hosted by Soledad O'Brien and aired last week by CNN has spark racial fires and was said to be sensationalized for pointing out that there are very few African-American startups out there that are venture-backed. It appears that it would have been better if the matter was left ...

Mobile Retail Especially at Risk on Cyber Monday: How You can Stay Safe

It has been part of our modern culture to shop during holiday seasons. It’s the time when the price of stuff we’ve been eyeing all year round plunges to suit our budget. Even new devices and online family getaways experience a discount. However, before you get all giddy about the number of things that go ...

The End of Data as Usual – Brian Solis Muscles Up Book Two

For this week’s Profile Snapshot we talk with the legendary Brian Solis, the socialite of social media.  He’s gone through a career boost this past year, moving to Altimeter Group to round out a powerhouse team alongside Charline Li and Jeremiah Owyang.  The added focus on data collection and research has put some oomph behind ...

Would an Amazon Smartphone use Android?

Given the success of Amazon’s latest Kindle tablet, it’s almost normal people start speculating about Kindle phones. Citigroup analyst Mark Mahaney and Kevin Chang believes Amazon is on its way to manufacturing phones as well, based on their “supply chain channel checks in Asia.” Mahaney is that same Citi internet research analyst who successfully predicted ...

Vimessa’s Mobile Video Messaging App Comes with Promise of Cross-Platform Sharing

Vimessa launches its video messaging service today, taking claim of the world’s first video voicemail app for any mobile device.  You can send high-definition video messages for free to any mobile phone number or email address in the world, bypassing the video chat fad all together. Compared to other services like iMessage, FaceTime, MMS and other ...

Google Mobile Initiative GoMo Launches in Mobile. Where Else?

The number of people using mobile devices keeps increasing because everybody wants to stay connected while on the go. Google sees yet another opportunity in this growing trend beyond from search, mobile OS and social network, and organized GoMo, a service that helps owners make their website mobile friendly.