Kristina Farrah

A ninja, a tech enthusiast and a lover of sparkly things. Writing in the tech space has become an important part of my role as an observer and historian. As passionate as I am in what I do, I look forward to telling stories of how technological advancement broke out to unprecedented levels, and that I was right there in the middle of it –watching the world change before my very eyes.

Latest from Kristina Farrah

Healthy Big Data: Devices Plus Information Make Us Fit

Technology, which has always been considered detrimental and unhealthy, is making a change of heart. Today’s big data write-up will talk about how devices and data help people become healthier.

Strange Big Data: From Earth and Beyond

Big Data has come to the aid of experts in analyzing many bewildering things that’s greater than any of us; our planet, our solar system, our galaxy, our origin. In our big data talk today, we’re going to look at some pretty strange information and statistics gathered about Earth and its neighboring planets.

Live Coverage from Intel NAB Show, Today on SiliconAngle.TV

SiliconAngle will be at the NAB Show “where content comes to life” to bring you the latest in digital media. It’s an annual trade show produced by the National Association of Broadcasters and held at the Las Vegas Convention Center. It is the world’s largest digital media and entertainment event attended by influential digital media ...

Cybersecurity Roundup: Encryption Nose-dives and Botnets Burn

This week in SiliconAngle’s cybersecurity round up, the government is tightening up more and more recently to avoid encryption fiascos in the future. Apple and Microsoft, on the other hand, are putting up individual battles against malware.

CyberSecurity Weekly Roundup: From Kelihos to Cloudlock

Starting this week, SiliconAngle brings you cybersecurity roundups to sum up the latest happenings in the internet security space. This is a particularly important area as the internet becomes a lethal weapon in the digital age.

Pinterest Executive Shakeup One of Many Recent Growing Pains

Initially reported by Startup Grind, it is confirmed that Pinterest CEO Paul Sciarra is leaving the company and will be replaced by co-founder Ben Silbermann. This move follows Sciarra’s decision to take a 6-week break.

Big Beautiful Data: See Our Social Exchange from Twitter to CNN

Social interactions are among the gibberish sets of data that visualization can aesthetically render for people can holistically perceive them. One may not necessarily understand the details but they are such eye candies that it makes everything alright.

Wyse Buy: Dell Expands Virtualization Offerings with Latest Acquisition

As part of Dell’s efforts to expand its desktop virtualization offering, the company acquires cloud client computing company Wyse Technology under unknown terms.

Big Money Data: Making a Clear Picture of the Global Financial Crisis

Our big data series this week gives us a better understanding of the different financial crises that have been crippling countries and economies all over the world. Monetary crunch comes in many forms and it’s important to be able to identify them for our good as well.

How Hacktivism Finally Became a Powerful Virtual Weapon [infographic]

Hacktivism, or the nonviolent use of legal and/or illegal digital tools in pursuit of political ends, has become one of the most lethal weapons in the digital era. It’s capable of single-handedly exposing corruption and venality, and waging war between and among countries. Hacktivism dented US-China relations, as well as took down websites belonging to ...