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

GigaOm Secures $2.5 Million in a Fourth Round of Financing

According to a techcrunch article, an SEC filing reveals that media and tech blog network GigaOm secured a $2.5 million for the fourth time from investors Alloy Ventures and Tue Ventures. All in all, they have secured $8.3 million.

Verizon Wireless 3rd Quarter Profit Plunges by 25%

US largest wireless carrier Verizon Communications is experiencing a 25% decrease in profit as seen in their 3rd quarter report.

Mobile Health Tools See Big Growth: Pew Study

Mobile devices are becoming a notable source of information consumers from news to the latest deals. Another booming trend is the health sector.

New Mac App Store Guidelines Look Like iTunes Rules

Posted at web-based clipboard pastie.org by an unknown person, Apple's Guidelines of what you can't sell in their yet to be released Mac App Store was revealed.

RIM Perks Up the BlackBerry App World

To improve App World's standing in the competition, the company released a new a feature to their web portal in a form of a tiny browser plug-in designed for direct purchasing.

AT&T Earnings Rose 3x but iPhone Sales Slack

US Telecom AT&T used to have exclusive distribution rights to Apple's products, but with Verizon entering the picture also distributing Apple's iPad, seems like AT&T is finally losing grip on the exclusivity.

Nokia Q3 Numbers Soar: Meego’s A Go, and so Are 1800 Jobs.

Handset-maker Nokia Corp. posted Thursday a EUR529 million third-quarter profit ending Sept. 30, a figure is higher than expected, which was EUR 229 million, even though they have yet released the smartphone and software they envisage to dramatically increase their profit.

VMWare Announces Code2Cloud Application Lifecycle Tools

VMWare, in partnership with Tasktop Technologies, today announced at the SpringOne 2GX developer conference a suite of cloud-based development and collaboration tools aimed at simplifying the entire application development process called Code2Cloud.

Signpost Launches in Boston, Chicago and Los Angeles

Signpost, a community-powered local deal site that enables neighbors to find and share deals expands beyond New York City.

New York City Gets on Microsoft’s Cloud

A plan that claims to save New York City $50 million in the next 5 years was announced today in the joint effort of Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer and NYC Mayor Bloomberg.