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

Facebook Denies Alleged Rumor of Shift to ARM

To those who are keeping track, Facebook’s transfer to a new server may seem like a really interesting idea. It would have caused waves in the industry, sparking debates around optimal cloud storage for the enterprise; but unfortunately, “This story is completely false,” according to Jonathan Heiliger, Facebook’s vice president of technical operations, as he ...

RIM Gets Hold of Cellmania to Boost App and Ad Distribution

RIM purchased Cellmania, a software infrastructure company that runs Orange and Sprint.

Nileguide and Localyte: Ask the Locals for a More Intimate Travel and Exploration

Nileguide is the among the growing travel-guide publishing platforms around today, and consequently a very good source of recommendations for your trip.  Nileguide has set several updates towards improving hyper-local information, so you can discover the best way to get around a travel destination.  The optimal way to do this?  Ask people who live around ...

Nokia and Intel Join Forces for 3D Mobile Device Features

US-based Intel and Finland’s Nokia have joined hands in research and development, to take communication to a whole new level. The development laboratory is located in northwestern coast of Finland hosted by the University of Oulu. According to Intel, the research lab will employ dozens of research and development professionals. One of the reasons behind ...

EMC Steals the Limelight from Dell-HP 3PAR Clash

VMware enters the picture with its extensive product integration which will be formally announced this Tuesday.

Let’s Get Private: Facebook’s Post-Places Updates

The release of Facebook Places has paved way to some privacy issues in the iPhone application. One of the major flaws of Facebook for iPhone users is the default privacy settings, which keep mobile updates public by default.  If there was ever a time to improve the mobile settings around Facebook, it would be now. ...

First-hand Exposure with Google Summer of Code 2010

Google Summer of Code invites qualified student-developers to submit an elaborated software-coding idea they want to develop. This is reviewed by participating mentoring organizations and the eligible ones are given the chance to develop the codes with mentors from these corresponding organizations.

SaveWave Dances to the Tune of $2.3 Million: Series A Funding

Savewave undertook Upromise's grocery operations and features a mobile application that announces store deals to eliminate the hassle of printed coupons and to further the speed of dissemination.

Windows 7 is Going to Take Over!

Despite all cynical and unenthusiastic speculations of Windows 7’s failure to compete with XP, and its being another Black Screen issue, a full year of probation has cleared all doubts. Windows 7 is a hit, and XP is expected to retire this coming 2014. ZDNet’s Ed Bott provides some interesting figures about Windows 7. It ...

Facebook Places: Official and Online

Facebook Places is now official! May it be a popular vacation spot, a museum or a bar, let your friends know where you are using your mobile device and eventually meet them if they are in the same place ! You will need the latest version of Facebook application for iPhone or just your mobile ...