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

Gist Takes the Social Graph Beyond the “Of Course” Moment

NEWS By KRISTEN NICOLE16 YEARS AGO

Gist has mastered email, social networks and mobile phones. Now it’s taking its social navigation tool to the browser. In effect, you’ll be able to take your social graph with you across the web. Gist’s new tool for Firefox comes in the …

Yummly Gets $1.85M from Intel and Others, Seasons Foodie Semantic Search

NEWS By KRISTEN NICOLE16 YEARS AGO

Yummly has raised $1.85 million in its Series A round of funding, gaining investment from Harrison Metal Capital, Intel Capital, First Round Capital and existing angel investors. The semantic recipe search and recommendation platform will be using the funds to grow its …

Aro Adds Context to Android Contacts and Beyond, Making Smartphones Smarter

NEWS By KRISTEN NICOLE16 YEARS AGO

Aro is a new organization tool for Android phones, combining a bit of semantic search, contextually-aware email and actionable contact management for an intelligent use of your smartphone. Launching at the Web 2.0 Summit today, Aro is entering its public beta with …

New Facebook Mail Restructures Around Your Social Graph (Gmail Priority Inbox Rival?)

NEWS By KRISTEN NICOLE16 YEARS AGO

Who uses Facebook Messages? Party promoters. That’s right. I’m hoping Facebook changes this spam problem with the updates it’s rolling out today, which center around filtering messages based on your relationships. Classic Facebook. We’ll see how well it works. At Facebook’s live …

Android’s Broken Influence on Entertainment, Game Apps

NEWS By KRISTEN NICOLE16 YEARS AGO

Android’s been an interesting study in platform design, roll-out and execution, but it’s been frustrating at times, with staggered releases, fragmented support and an unending stream of update issues. And just as we were settling into Android FroYo 2.2, Google brings word …

Google Instant Previews Keep Updates as Speedy as Results

NEWS By KRISTEN NICOLE16 YEARS AGO

Google’s come with another Instant search update, just days after a major mobile launch, and nearly a month after early testing. Now you get previews as you go through your search results, packing in even more information from a single page. Hover …

Infochimps Gets $1.2M, Taking Dataset Markets to Health Care and Beyond

NEWS By KRISTEN NICOLE16 YEARS AGO

Infochimps is growing its marketplace, with a $1.2 million round of funding from DFJ Mercury. This is the first round of funding for the dataset market, and its total amount raised, including angel funding, amounts to $1.6 million. The money will go …

State of the Apps Industry: Windows Phone 7 Builds Steam

NEWS By KRISTEN NICOLE16 YEARS AGO

Mobile ad network Millennial Media has teamed with Digiday on a spcial report, looking at the state of the mobile app market, and expectations for next year. The data offers some interesting insight as to the direction in which the mobile market …

Urban Airship Billows with $5.4 in Capital, Optimizing Mobile App Alerts

NEWS By KRISTEN NICOLE16 YEARS AGO

Urban Airship, mobile app optimization engine, has closed a Series B funding round, totaling $5.4 million, led by Foundry Group. That brings the total amount invested in Urban Airship to $6.5 million. This latest round of funding will be put towards the …

Is Rackspace Dell’s Cloud Acquisition?

NEWS By KRISTEN NICOLE16 YEARS AGO

Dell’s got big plans for the cloud—as well it should. Between tablets and growing storage needs around computers, Dell’s future is intrinsically tied to the cloud, on an enterprise and consumer standpoint. The company has indicated its intentions for the cloud, with …

Kristen Nicole

Latest from Kristen Nicole

Android’s Broken Influence on Entertainment, Game Apps

Google Instant Previews Keep Updates as Speedy as Results

State of the Apps Industry: Windows Phone 7 Builds Steam

Urban Airship Billows with $5.4 in Capital, Optimizing Mobile App Alerts

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