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

“I’d Like to Thank God, and Twitter…”

With the aim of increasing engagement with the Bible across mobile devices, YouVersion, the #1 free bible App today announced over 10 million downloads across different mobile devices and platforms with a total 3.5 billion minutes spent on the app.

PayNearMe Raises $16M for Network Expansion and Mobile Payments

Allowing consumers to pay conveniently with cash for a wide variety of goods and services from leading companies in e-commerce, direct response and catalog marketing, consumer finance and beyond at a local store, PayNearMe today announced that it secured a $16 million funding.

Fusio-io Continues to Lead with Flash-based ioDrive

Fusion-io once again attained a performance metrics that has never been achieved before by any solid-state or traditional disk-based technology.

Tungle Releases Initial Premium Features

Tungle Corp. today introduced the first of its line-up of premium features called Personalization. It allows powerful branding and provides personalization options.

Y Combinator Brings In New Partners: Paul Buccheit, Harj Taggar

Y Combinator, an American seed-stage startup funding firm, today announced a partnership with Paul Buccheit and Harj Taggar. This is far by the only partnership the firm has ever had since its initiation in 2005.

IMVU Invades Europe in 7 New Localized Versions

Online social entertainment destination, IMVU today announced an expansion to Europe, localizing the game into 7 European languages.

Gluster Gets $8.5M, Growing Its Global Sales in the Cloud

A leading provider of open source scale-out storage solutions, Gluster today announced a series B funding of $8.5 Million. The round was led by Index Ventures, participated by an existing investor Nexus Venture Partners.

The PlaySpan Plan for Digital Goods

A global leader in monetization solutions, PlaySpan announced a partnership with game developer Square Enix whose products include Final Fantasy, Dragon Quest and Tomb Raider.

Women Actually Shaping the Future of Online Retail: MyShape Gets $5.5M

A leading personalized shopping website for women’s apparel, Myshapes today announced that it raised $5.5 million funding from a line up investors which includes Draper Fisher Jurvetson, Tenaya Capital and Draper Fisher Jurvetson Growth Fund.

Android Sees Big Growth, Driving Mobile Economy

Big stuff going on in the Android market.  They’ve taken the #2 spot for global market share, according to a new Gartner report. Figures shown in the third-quarter cellphone sales speaks of a bright future for the mobile industry. Global cellphone sales grew by 35% compared to the same quarter last year, while smartphone unit ...