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

Twitter Getting Custom Data Center, Expect More Growth (Less Fail Whales)

NEWS By KRISTEN NICOLE16 YEARS AGO

Twitter doesn’t plan on the fail whale coming out to play as often, with a decision to move its technical operations infrastructure to a new data center. Located in the Salt Lake City area, the custom-built data center will give Twitter room …

More Testing for Windows 7 Mobile, Bing Search for All Microsoft Employees

NEWS By KRISTEN NICOLE16 YEARS AGO

More testing for Windows 7 planned, with Microsoft confirming that it will send all of its employees a phone running the mobile OS. Set to ship before the holiday season, the internal efforts to familiarize and further probe the Windows 7 devices …

YAPPER’s New DIY-Style Mobile Apps; User Engagement for Built-In Marketing

NEWS By KRISTEN NICOLE16 YEARS AGO

YAPPER, the self-service tool for creating mobile apps for the iPhone, iPad Android and BlackBerry devices, has launched two full-featured mobile apps for news organizations today. One for Palo Alto Online and the other for West Seattle Herald, the apps combine mobile …

Google Images Gets New Look, Ads

NEWS By KRISTEN NICOLE16 YEARS AGO

Google has updated its Images search page, adding navigation tweaks and a new advertising tool for marketers. As far as the layout goes, you’ll notice the space is more efficiently used to fit more images on a single page. Page-scrolling and hover-over …

Flipboard and Kindle Springboard from iPad Influence and Success

NEWS By KRISTEN NICOLE16 YEARS AGO

Flipboard has unveiled its iPad app this week, creating a beautiful and well-designed tool for consuming our social information. Turning all that Facebook and Twitter chatter into a digital magazine, Flipboard has made an enviable skin for our personal "readers," tapping into …

Steve Jobs Gets Even with Rising Apple Shares, iPad Demand

NEWS By KRISTEN NICOLE16 YEARS AGO

Steve Jobs is probably feeling a little vindicated right now, after telling everyone off last week, particularly those investors that were whining about $5 share price drops instead of looking at the long-term value of Apple. The companies shares rose again this …

Facebook Scores Low with Users Too. Who’s Left in Its Corner?

NEWS By KRISTEN NICOLE16 YEARS AGO

Just as Facebook readies to announce its 500 millionth user, the American Customer Satisfaction Index releases its findings on the social network’s user satisfaction. Things aren’t looking very good according to the study, which was done in conjunction with ForeSee. On a …

Google Buzz Launches Firehose API, Growing the Real-Time Economy

NEWS By KRISTEN NICOLE16 YEARS AGO

As Google Buzz begins to reach a good stride, it’s opened its firehose API . This will make all public Buzz posts available to third party developers. The release comes alongside other new APIs Google’s made available for Buzz, including Buzz Mood. …

Redbox Streaming, Netflix Abroad and Hulu Ads Beat YouTube

NEWS By KRISTEN NICOLE16 YEARS AGO

Another strike against cable, and Netflix too. Redbox, the company with those conveniently-located red kiosks all about town, is gearing up to launch a streaming video rental service. It would be around $3.95 per month for a subscription, including 4 kiosk rentals …

Quicken Online Disappears After Outages, Failed Mint.com Port

NEWS By KRISTEN NICOLE16 YEARS AGO

Just because it’s in the cloud doesn’t mean it will always be there for you, despite the best of intentions. Intuit’s Quicken Online has been shut down today, as expected. What’s missing, however, is a replacement tool. Originally slotted for Mint.com, the …

Kristen Nicole

Latest from Kristen Nicole

More Testing for Windows 7 Mobile, Bing Search for All Microsoft Employees

Google Images Gets New Look, Ads

Steve Jobs Gets Even with Rising Apple Shares, iPad Demand

Facebook Scores Low with Users Too. Who’s Left in Its Corner?

Redbox Streaming, Netflix Abroad and Hulu Ads Beat YouTube

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