2013-05-25

Kristen Nicole

About Kristen Nicole

Kristen was the lead writer and Field Editor of Mashable, a popular publication that covers social media and tech. She has contributed to a number of other publications including CenterNetworks, VentureBeat, Bubblicious and The Industry Standard. Her work has been syndicated across a number of main stream media outlets, including Reuters, The New York Times, and NBC.

Her latest accomplishment has been co-authoring The Twitter Survival Guide, which you can purchase here. She is also completing her second book, Twitter for Women.

SXSW 2012: A Recap of the Startups and Strategies We Love

TIME’s Lev Grossman

Social serendipity became one of the hottest trends for this Austin conference, leveraging new technology around ambient discovery to connect people of similar interests. Highlight, Forecast, Ban.jo and the other discovery apps became the darlings of this year’s event, marking SXSW a successful laboratory to test the latest in social tech.

Microsoft Kinect Luke Warm Or Hot

Microsoft Kinect

Microsoft’s Kinect stunned the Entertainment Expo, then the newness wore off. A motion sensing camera addition, is it enough of a technological advancement to carry XBox to the next level? Some say yes, and some say no. With all the disappointments in Microsoft initiatives recently, is Kinect just another hollow promise?

Is Apple Moving Too Slow for Consumers?

iPhone mockup

As June 7th approaches, the world wonders if Apple will be able to top itself and all the other trends it started with the first iPhone in 2007.

Twitter’s Promoted Tweets Will Prevail over Privacy

Promoted-Tweets

The update to Twitter’s terms of service ban third parties from making money off tweets without paying up to Twitter first.

Protecting Your Brand from the Privacy Backlash

facebook privacy mark zuckerberg

As Google and Facebook spur us to question motives around consumer data privacy, we look at what this means for brands and marketing.

Google TV and the Re-Structuring of the Web

google tv android

Google TV revealed; what it will look like and how it will change the future of media, the web, and marketing.

Can Google Make Us Care About Wave?

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A year after launching Google Wave in beta, the company releases it to all. Can Google use its mobile and web presence to revive interest?

Germans Say Price of Google Convenience is Too High

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As location-based data becomes more useful to consumers, the matter of taking and compiling that data threatens our privacy. Germany’s not taking it lying down.

How Google TV is Poised to Change the Television Industry

Google-TV

With high expectations and low details around the upcoming Google TV, many wonder what the new tech implications could be.

Facebook’s Apocalyptic Cost of Being Too Popular

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As Facebook continues to gain new users, its changes to its privacy settings land Facebook in the hot seat, defending its image.