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

Digitally Downloaded Games Beat Physical Package Sales

Another proof point around virtualization trends, with games following a route similar to music and movies is digitally downloaded games.

Promoted Tweets Get Personal

Shiva Rajaraman, Twitter product manager announced today that the company is updating its Promoted Tweets functions, making them more personalized, based on user activity.

Omidyar Network Advocates Government Transparency and Economic Empowerment with $55M Investment

A philanthropic investment firm dedicated to harnessing the power of markets to create opportunity for people to improve their lives, Omidyar Network takes another step as they announced a fund of $55 million at the Clinton Global Initiative annual meeting in New York today.

Millennial Media New Hires Carve Out 2 Specialty Executive Roles

Proven leader in mobile advertising with the largest mobile media audience in the U.S., Millenial media sets some veterans for their newly-created management positions.

EMC Helping Customers through the Cloud at Oracle Openworld 2010

EMC Corporation will demonstrate a wide array of pioneering information in infrastructure products and solutions that features tight integration with Oracle business applications at the Oracle Open World 2010 this September 19-23. Moscone Center, San Francisco.

Google Enhances Account Security via Mobile Codes

To protect Gmail and other Google Apps from phishing and similar kinds of social-engineering assault, Google has added an optional feature for a two-step verification upon logging in to your mobile device.

New TiVo Offer Brings Personalized Internet Radio via Pandora

TiVo Inc. is living up to their promise of delivering the best of cable, movies, web and music, all in one box as it announced the availability of Pandora application on all broad-band connected TiVo Premiere boxes starting today.

ZAGAT Exclusives Launches for New York Diners and Restaurateurs

A group-buying program by Zagat Survey and DealOn, Zagat Exclusives, launches today in New York.

The Real Dirt Behind Greenpeace’s Facebook “So-Coal Network” Clip?

Greenpeace is criticizing Facebook's decision to build a massive new data center at Prineville, Ore.

An outburst from RIM CEO regarding Blackberry vs. Apple-Android competition

After being asked by RBC analyst Mike Abramsky, RIM co-CEO Jim Balsillie goes on explaining for four minutes how Blackberry will survive the market competing with the likes of Apple and Android, defeating Blackberry in design and high-end phone specifications.