Kristina Farrah, Author at SiliconANGLE

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Skype Wants to Oprah-ize the Classroom, with Video Chat

By Kristina Farrah Mar 30, 2011

Skype in the Classroom, which has been in beta since December, is finally rolling out of the trial phase. It is a video networking service for educators worldwide, allowing them to work with other…

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Google Gives Rise to Their Own Version of the ‘Like’ Button

By Kristina Farrah Mar 30, 2011

Google is directly competing with Facebook now that it deploys its own version of the iconic “Like” button they dub as “plus-one”. It encourages people to be more social, allowing users to vote on…

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Softbank CEO is Being Mega Generous for Japan Quake Victims

By Kristina Farrah Mar 30, 2011

The catastrophe that hit Japan has virtually all kinds of casualties, more notably lives. It would take months, if not years of recovery before the affected area can get back to its feet. Those…

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Mint.com Makes Financial Lessons More Enjoyable with “Quest for Money”

By Kristina Farrah Mar 30, 2011

Having to learn some financial skills felt like such burden to us at one point in our lives as kids. Luckily, children of today’s generation won’t have to sit through some really boring math…

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Can Grapple Mobile Help HP Win Developers for webOS

By Kristina Farrah Mar 29, 2011

Still desperate to carry the fight in the tablet pitch, HP inked an agreement with application development agency Grapple Mobile to enable their clients’ brands, businesses and agencies develop application for the HP TouchPad.…

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Menuism On to its Next Charitable Campaign, Benefits Chicago Food Bank

By Kristina Farrah Mar 29, 2011

Following the success of Menuism.com’s first ever charitable giving campaign with San Francisco Food Bank, raising a total of 15,000 meals, it is on its second drive with Feeding Hunger: Chicago, a yet another…

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Strava Launches its First iPhone App, Uses Data to Help Runners

By Kristina Farrah Mar 29, 2011

Athlete-centric application developer Strava today announced the availability of its first ever iPhone app at iTunes. It’s also marking the first fitness application that allows users to compare results on climbs and sprints with…

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eBay Acquires GSI Commerce for $2.4 Billion

By Kristina Farrah Mar 28, 2011

eBay today announced a plan to acquire GSI Commerce at $29.25 per share, or for $2.4 billion in cash and debt. This marks eBays second biggest acquisition to date as it tries to handle…

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American Express Finally Competes in the Digital Payment Platform Arena

By Kristina Farrah Mar 28, 2011

American Express is going to change the way users spend as they offer digital payments in a service dubbed as Serve. It’s not the first time we’ve heard of digital payment since Paypal and…

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In-App Billing Expands Android’s Mobile Payments Project

By Kristina Farrah Mar 25, 2011

Obviously unhappy with Android Market’s lack of in-app purchases, Google announced Thursday that they will launch an in-app billing. For now, they are giving developers the ability to test the feature along with the…

Kristina Farrah

Skype Wants to Oprah-ize the Classroom, with Video Chat

Softbank CEO is Being Mega Generous for Japan Quake Victims

Mint.com Makes Financial Lessons More Enjoyable with “Quest for Money”

Can Grapple Mobile Help HP Win Developers for webOS

eBay Acquires GSI Commerce for $2.4 Billion

American Express Finally Competes in the Digital Payment Platform Arena

In-App Billing Expands Android’s Mobile Payments Project

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