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

Skype Wants to Oprah-ize the Classroom, with Video Chat

NEWS By KRISTINA FARRAH15 YEARS AGO

Skype in the Classroom, which has been in beta since December, is finally rolling out of the trial phase. It is a video networking service for educators worldwide, allowing them to work with other teachers overseas via video. The service was developed …

Softbank CEO is Being Mega Generous for Japan Quake Victims

NEWS By KRISTINA FARRAH15 YEARS AGO

The catastrophe that hit Japan has virtually all kinds of casualties, more notably lives. It would take months, if not years of recovery before the affected area can get back to its feet. Those who have survived the earthquake, as well as …

Mint.com Makes Financial Lessons More Enjoyable with “Quest for Money”

NEWS By KRISTINA FARRAH15 YEARS AGO

Having to learn some financial skills felt like such burden to us at one point in our lives as kids. Luckily, children of today’s generation won’t have to sit through some really boring math like we did with Mint.com’s newest game called …

Can Grapple Mobile Help HP Win Developers for webOS

NEWS By KRISTINA FARRAH15 YEARS AGO

Still desperate to carry the fight in the tablet pitch, HP inked an agreement with application development agency Grapple Mobile to enable their clients’ brands, businesses and agencies develop application for the HP TouchPad. Grapple marks the first developer to ever build …

Menuism On to its Next Charitable Campaign, Benefits Chicago Food Bank

NEWS By KRISTINA FARRAH15 YEARS AGO

Following the success of Menuism.com’s first ever charitable giving campaign with San Francisco Food Bank, raising a total of 15,000 meals, it is on its second drive with Feeding Hunger: Chicago, a yet another endeavor that will utilize social media for a …

Strava Launches its First iPhone App, Uses Data to Help Runners

NEWS By KRISTINA FARRAH15 YEARS AGO

Athlete-centric application developer Strava today announced the availability of its first ever iPhone app at iTunes. It’s also marking the first fitness application that allows users to compare results on climbs and sprints with other users on their iPhone. It turns out …

eBay Acquires GSI Commerce for $2.4 Billion

NEWS By KRISTINA FARRAH15 YEARS AGO

eBay today announced a plan to acquire GSI Commerce at $29.25 per share, or for $2.4 billion in cash and debt. This marks eBays second biggest acquisition to date as it tries to handle e-commerce set up for other large retailers and …

American Express Finally Competes in the Digital Payment Platform Arena

NEWS By KRISTINA FARRAH15 YEARS AGO

American Express is going to change the way users spend as they offer digital payments in a service dubbed as Serve. It’s not the first time we’ve heard of digital payment since Paypal and Visa offer such a service, as well as …

In-App Billing Expands Android’s Mobile Payments Project

NEWS By KRISTINA FARRAH15 YEARS AGO

Obviously unhappy with Android Market’s lack of in-app purchases, Google announced Thursday that they will launch an in-app billing. For now, they are giving developers the ability to test the feature along with the application-- but uploads cannot be published till next …

Kristina Farrah

Latest from Kristina Farrah

Skype Wants to Oprah-ize the Classroom, with Video Chat

Softbank CEO is Being Mega Generous for Japan Quake Victims

Mint.com Makes Financial Lessons More Enjoyable with “Quest for Money”

Can Grapple Mobile Help HP Win Developers for webOS

eBay Acquires GSI Commerce for $2.4 Billion

American Express Finally Competes in the Digital Payment Platform Arena

In-App Billing Expands Android’s Mobile Payments Project

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