Collen Kriel

Collen Kriel is a beat writer for SiliconANGLE covering consumer technology with a focus on mobile. He has a passion for words, the Internet, the Web and all things tech. He endures a minor fascination with people who define themselves by the brand of smartphone they own. Prior to writing for SiliconANGLE he worked as an account executive in the IT industry, directly for, or in association with companies like Mimecast, IBM, VMware and Micros. He is an avid traveller currently making his way around South East Asia

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10+ apps ready for Apple Watch when it goes on sale in April

Apple Inc. released the Apple WatchKit SDK in November and since then developers have been hard at work readying their apps for the wearable. Some high-profile developers were even invited to a secret Apple Watch lab to finish their apps. At yesterday’s special Apple event, we got to see some apps demoed on stage and ...

Apple Watch: early reactions from analysts and the fashion conscious

As was expected, Apple Inc. released more details about the Apple Watch at yesterday’s event. Among the details we learnt the price –starting at $349 all the way up to, and possibly over, $17,000 –and a more detailed look at features, such as expected battery life, a range of apps and tight fitness integration. As ...

Report: Hands-on with the Apple Watch

Following yesterday’s Spring Forward event, we now know that you can try out the Apple Watch in select Apple Retail stores starting April 10 and, if you like it, you will be able to pre-order your very own Apple Watch. If, however, you can’t wait and want to know how the Apple Watch stacks up against ...

Apple to unveil revamped Beats-based music streaming service at WWDC 2015

Apple Inc. plans to unveil its new music streaming service at the company’s annual Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC), set to take place sometime in June. Reports from both 9to5Mac and TechCrunch claim that Apple intends to launch the Beats-based music streaming service at the upcoming WWDC and not at its March 9 “Spring Forward” event. ...

Report: Security is paramount inside Apple’s secret Apple Watch lab

Earlier this month 9to5Mac reported that Apple Inc. had invited high-profile developers to the company’s Cupertino, California headquarters in order to finish their Apple Watch apps in time for the April launch. A report today from Bloomberg Business not only corroborates 9to5Mac’s claim, but also provides an insider look at the secret Apple Watch development ...

Apple Watch to sell 15M units in 2015 and ‘ignite global smartwatch market’

Research released yesterday claims that the Apple Watch will ”ignite the global smartwatch market” this year. Research firm Strategy Analytics predicts that Apple Inc. will sell more than 15 million Apple Watches worldwide in 2015 to claim 55 percent of the global smartwatch market share –a share that will instantly make Apple the number one ...

Rumor: Apple to delay 12.9-inch iPad Pro

Originally rumored to go on sale in April 2015, production of Apple Inc.’s eagerly anticipated 12.9-inch iPad has seemingly been delayed until September. An anonymous source, said to be familiar with Apple’s plans, told Bloomberg that the delay in production is due to supply chain issues involving the display used in the larger-screen version of ...

YotaPhone 2 comes to U.S., but not at a retailer near you

YotaPhone has announced that it will launch its duel-screen YotaPhone 2 in the U.S. this spring. It is however not arriving via traditional retail channels, but rather via a campaign on crowd-funding site Indiegogo. (via Phone Scoop) The company unveiled the YotaPhone 2 in December and it was immediately released in 20 European countries and ...

Gartner: Apple outsold Samsung for the first time ever in Q4 2014

Apple Inc.’s iPhone outsold smartphones from rival Samsung Electronics Co Ltd in the fourth quarter (Q4) of 2014 for this first time since 2011. Apple sold 74.83 million iPhones worldwide compared to 73.03 million smartphones sold by Samsung, according to figures published yesterday by Gartner. Apple reported record quarterly net profit of $18 billion for ...

BlackBerry unwraps all-touch BlackBerry Leap, CEO says company is ahead of turnaround plan

BlackBerry Ltd. on Tuesday took the wraps off the BlackBerry Leap, a five-inch, all-touchscreen smartphone due to go on sale at $275 this spring. The erstwhile smartphone pioneer also teased three other new models due out later in 2015. The new devices are aimed at business and government customers as the company continues its turnaround ...