Kristen Nicole

Facebook IPO: Bubble or Bargain? Success Hinges on Mobile, TV | SiliconANGLE

Job growth and social change are at the core of Facebook’s impending IPO. It’s a heart-warming thought coming from Sheryl Sandberg, Facebook’s COO, over the weekend. In today’s market, IPOs in any industry are questioned as sound investments, and the mere mention of Facebook’s IPO will set off a flurry of discussions and comparisons. While Facebook has set the bar for IPO expectations in the social tech scene, others like Groupon have had a tough time maintaining clout after launching an IPO for fund-raising. For Facebook, a focus on their business model, namely their verticals for future growth, will determine the success of their highly anticipated public offering…

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Facebook IPO: Bubble or Bargain? Success Hinges on Mobile, TV | SiliconANGLE

Job growth and social change are at the core of Facebook’s impending IPO. It’s a heart-warming thought coming from Sheryl Sandberg, Facebook’s COO, over the weekend. In today’s market, IPOs in any industry are questioned as sound investments, and the mere mention of Facebook’s IPO will set off a flurry of discussions and comparisons. While Facebook has set the bar for IPO expectations in the social tech scene, others like Groupon have had a tough time maintaining clout after launching an IPO for fund-raising. For Facebook, a focus on their business model, namely their verticals for future growth, will determine the success of their highly anticipated public offering…

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Malware vs Adware: they both suck for you- Kristen Nicole | @Appolicious

If you have an Android device, malware threats are nothing new, just something with which you’ve learned to deal. Mobile security companies usually alert the public when any major malware or Trojan threat is discovered in the Android Market, but rarely do they disagree over what’s actually considered malware. This question’s been raised in regards to the latest string of Android Market botnets uncovered by Symantec, in what could be the largest botnet setup in Android’s history with as many as 5 million victims. Dubbed ‘Android.Counterclank’ (or ‘Apperhand SDK’) by Symantec, the malware was packaged across 13 different Android apps from different publishers, with titles ranging from Sexy Girls Puzzle to Counter Strike Ground Force. “They don’t appear to be real publishers,” Kevin Haley, a director with Symantec’s security response team, said. “These aren’t rebundled apps, as we’ve seen so many times before.”

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Do you build for today or hope they’ll follow you into tomorrow? | by Brian Curry @SiliconANGLE

“No one ever got fired for buying IBM,” was the adage of enterprise IT decision-makers in the 1990s. Banking on the IT giant was the safest bet you could make, and if a new IT product came to market that was outside of IBM’s portfolio, administrators would simply wait for IBM to develop it…in IBM we trust. Then the “four horsemen” of IT emerged in the form of Microsoft, Intel, Dell and Cisco, which roamed from company to company, dominating everything IT…

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The Best View from Mountain View: Why Tailored CEO Loves Tech Girls | SiliconANGLE

Personalized services have become standard expectations in this era of web and mobility, and when it comes to retail, flash sales, daily deals and custom recommendations have taken the stress out of bargain hunting, comparison shopping and more. Sara Morgan, co-founder of a new site Tailor.co, has been a pioneer in this converged sector for years, combining the best of emerging trends for projects that extend a personal touch for event-planning, search and shopping. Launching today, Tailored offers custom recommendations for brides-to-be based on their taste, budget and wedding planning needs. Part of the 500 Startups collective, Tailored represents a well-represented initiative that’s at the bleeding edge of entrepreneurship. In today’s Snapshot Series interview, Morgan discusses her latest launch, the best thing about being a girl in tech, and her secret indulgences…

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Box, YouSendIt Weigh in on Megaupload drama | @SiliconANGLE

How will cloud file sharing sites that fall beneath the umbra of the DMCA and other copyright legislation who also permit users to share large files with one another react the current legislative and executive climate? Only recently, laws that would have given tremendous powers to copyright holders and the government to shut off foreign sites—and especially those that enable file sharing in the cloud—have been permanently shelved; but the philosophy that underpins them still flows in undercurrents with copyright law…

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Rashad Alakbarov Paints with Shadows and Light | Colossal

This is kind of flying all over the internet right now, but I couldn’t resist sharing. Artist Rashad Alakbarov from Azerbaijan uses suspended translucent objects and other found materials to create light and shadow paintings on walls. The jaw-dropping light painting above, made with an array of colored airplanes is currently on view at the Fly to Baku exhibition at De Pury Gallery in London through January 29th. (via art wednesday, fasels suppe)

See other light & shadow creations at thisiscolossal.com

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Visualize Mobile Threats Across Time, Space: Latest Lookout Labs Project | @SiliconANGLE

Launched last year, Lookout Labs delivers its fourth interactive app that allows you to zoom through time watching thousands of sparks light up the globe, each one representing a real person protected by Lookout. The app will allow you to see the plethora of threats identified by Lookout every day, as well as answer questions that plague today’s mobile user such as: “Are there really mobile threats?” “How many mobile threats are there?” “What are the most common mobile threats?”

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“Don’t Be Evil” Takes On “Share Plus Your World” | @SiliconANGLE

Earlier this month Google launched “Search Plus Your World,” the integration of Google+ when users do an online search of anything. Just a couple of days after the launch, privacy and anti-competitive issues were raised, and some are even urging the FCC to look into Google’s strategy. And so the war begins…