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

Barnes and Noble Expands Publisher Tools with Publt!

The world's largest bookseller, Barnes and Noble, today launched a digital platform called Publt.

Clairmail Gets $13.8M to Improve Mobile Banking

Leading provider of mobile solutions for banking, payment and card services, Clairmail today announced a secured $13.8 million funding from a line up of investors led by Investors Growth Capital.

EU Sues UK for Breaching Internet Privacy Policies

Complaint received by the UK Information Commissioner from broadband users, complaining of secret activity using a monitoring software called Phorms to track their online habits for targeted advertising

HP Shares Decline After Naming Apotheker as New Company CEO

Tech Giant, Hewlett-Packard Co. experienced a slide of shares of 3.1% after announcing Leo Apotheker as its new CEO, to replace Hurd.

Amazon Selling Diapers on Facebook. Sh*tty or Smart?

The latest addition to the list of companies who use Facebook shopping capabilities is Procter and Gamble via the Pampers fan page. P&G brings shopping to people's favorite environment and sold 1000 packs in less than hour.

Tweetbeat Raises Demand Around Twitter Data, Eats its Own Dog Food

New from Kosmix is Tweatbeat, a third party application where you can follow every major event happening on Twitter.

Evri, blinkx Join Forces: the Ultimate iPhone and Android Multimedia Experience?

Evri will power the modern search engine for new iPhone and Android apps namely: EvriThing Tech, EverThing Gossip and EvriThing Baseball, in partnership of blinkx, the largest and most advanced video search engine.

IM on the iPhone is Still Popular: eBuddy Hits 100M Downloads

Since its launch last 2007, ebuddy gets 100 million downloads making it the most successful independent mobile instant messaging platform today. It aggregates major intstant messaging interfaces like AIM, Facebook Chat, Google Talk, Hyves, ICQ, Myspace, Windows Live Messenger and Yahoo Messenger in one application.

PayPal Brings Tighter Buyer Protection this Holiday Shopping Season

Paypal, an e-commerce business allowing payments and money transfers to be made through the Internet, offers more protection to its users who purchase to millions of Paypal-accredited retailers from 196 countries worldwide effective Nov. 1, 2010.

Apple iAd Shares Increase, Making a Stand Against Google Android

Apple shares in the mobile advertising market will mark up at 21% by the end of the year. Google and Microsoft will drop from 27% to 21% and from 10% to 7% respectively. The figures show that Microsoft and Google are losing share to Apple iAd, with number of brands running through iAd double since ...