Kristen Nicole

Named by Forbes as a top influencer in Big Data, Kristen Nicole is currently a Senior Editor at SiliconANGLE.com. She got her start with 606tech, a Chicago blog she dedicated to the social media space, going on to become the lead writer and Field Editor at Mashable. Kristen Nicole has also contributed to other publications, from TIME Techland to Forbes. Her work has been syndicated across a number of media outlets, including The New York Times, and MSNBC. Kristen Nicole published her first book, The Twitter Survival Guide, and is currently completing her second book on predictive analytics.

Latest from Kristen Nicole

Data’s Common Language Keeps Global Fair Trade Compliant, Says Hiperos CEO

There’s something happening in IT that looks an awful lot like the supply chain of the 1990s, when Dell and Gateway (and now Apple) stay on top of the market by owning the supply chain.  It takes great skill to coordinate dozens of third party manufacturers, contractors, advertising firms and law firms to name a ...

iPhone 5 Event: Steve Jobs Never Would’ve Let That Happen

Few products change the world, but the iPhone has reshaped the consumer market so thoroughly that it can affect the United States’ GDP.  Every year Apple reveals an updated version of the iPhone, and yesterday marked the release of the 5th generation.  Love it or hate it, the iPhone is here to stay, influencing design, ...

New iPhone 5 Connector Will Cost You An Extra $400 in New Accessories

The iPhone 5 has officially debuted today, ready for pre-orders on Sep. 14th and hitting store shelves a week later.  But with new connectors, an enlarged screen size and improved resolution, there’s more to the new iPhone 5 than meets the eye.  Sure, it’s great to have new capabilities on the year’s most anticipated phone, ...

Android Outpaces iOS Across All Connected Devices, Says Millennial Media Report

Friends-turned-enemies Apple and Samsung may have duked it out in court, but the battle between these two smartphone makers is playing out amongst consumers, too.  The iPhone and the Samsung Galaxy S are blowing away the competition, dominating chart after chart on Millennial Media’s latest MobileMix report. Apple remained the leading manufacturer on Millennial Media’s ...

How Can Data Help You Fall In Love with Your Next Job? Path.to CEO Darren Bounds Explains

I have a friend that’s always on the lookout for a new job.  She’s become a professional at resumes.  What’s she after?  The job of her life, much like a mission to find love.  And as I observe her ever-evolving quest from afar, I wonder how her journey can be simplified. Path.to, a network for ...

Google+ is a Religious Experience: Guy Kawasaki’s New Book Goes to Print

By Saroj Kar and Kristen Nicole If you haven’t joined Google+, it’s time to get started. Guy Kawasaki has launched his latest eBook – What the Plus! Google+ for the Rest of Us, in which he compares the new social network to Apple (in a very good way).  An original Apple employee, Kawasaki notes the ...

The Trilogy for Discovering the Next Big Thing: Q&A with Delphix CEO Jed Yueh

Virtualization has been a hot button lately, a topic we all but ran into the ground during VMworld last week.  The annual event, hosted by virtualization company VMware, focused on the “right here and now” of virtualized services, another instance of the big player in the market finally addressing many of the issues smaller startups ...

Evernote and 1DollarScan Bring E-Reading to the Personal Cloud

Digital scanning service, 1DollarScan, announced their full integration with Evernote, the service that lets users save and remember everything.  The integration makes 1DollarScan the first of its kind to have full integration with a major web brand, and both companies can benefit from the partnership. 1DollarScan is a scanning service targeted towards individuals, hence the ...

Getting Ready for VMworld 2012

Things are getting busy in the SiliconAngle newsroom as we gear up for VMworld next week (August 27-30), one of the biggest events we cover annually.  There’s building expectations around VMworld 2012, as EMC and VMware combine forces for a flash-focused storage and services strategy that truly appeals to the channel partners.  Did we mention ...

Data as the Common Language: CEO Series with MuleSoft’s Greg Schott

The world has seen a huge shift in the way software is created and utilized.  No longer does a company need an in-house team devoted to building software–an entire industry has emerged around SaaS, offering turnkey solutions that address a growing pool of very specific problems.  Indeed, there is an app for that, even in ...