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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App developers get new Google Assistant features and languages

Google LLC Wednesday announced a slew of new changes for app developers to ensure its digital assistant remains competitive. The updates for Google Assistant include new push notifications, daily updates and additional language support. As the company aims to attract more developers with new Google Assistant features, the company is also expanding the availability of its ...

Samsung, Apple and other smartphone makers set their sights on foldable devices

Currently, bezelless displays and dual rear-facing cameras are the popular features that most smartphone manufacturers are incorporating into their flagship devices. But as more and more reports point to big players in the market work on foldable smartphones, it’s clear that manufacturers hope it could become their next big opportunity. Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. has ...

Cognitive computing seeks new markets at the Supercomputing Conference 2017

Thanks to cognitive computing trends aimed at solving the world’s most complex problems, interest in the world’s most powerful computing technology is on the rise. At this year’s Supercomputing Conference, currently underway in Denver, Colorado, SiliconANGLE will be at the event with exclusive commentary and interviews from our roving news desk, theCUBE. (* Disclosure below.) TheCUBE team will be exploring ...

Watch live from NetApp Insight Berlin 2017

Looking to explore NetApp Inc.’s specific products and innovation related to current trends in cloud and hyperconverged infrastructure, or HCI, SiliconANGLE is at NetApp Insight 2017, currently underway in Berlin, Germany, with exclusive commentary and interviews from our roving news desk, theCUBE. (* Disclosure below.) As the last remaining standalone storage service provider, NetApp is ...

KGI report claims Apple will launch two OLED iPhones and lower-price LCD model next year

Apple Inc.’s premium iPhone X only went on sale less than two weeks ago and already the rumors have started of what to expect from its 2018 models. According to the latest report from KGI Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, Apple is set to unveil three new iPhones next year. These will include the next generation ...

Google Assistant can now broadcast messages to all Google Home devices

When Google LLC introduced its Mini and Max Home speakers last month, it also introduced new Google Assistant features that would roll out over the next few months. One of those features that is now available for Google Home owners is the broadcast function that allows users to broadcast messages from their smartphone or Google Home ...

Apple updates Clips app with new Selfie Scenes for iPhone X owners

Apple Inc. has updated its free video editing app that it introduced earlier this year. The latest version of Clips takes advantage of the TrueDepth camera sensors in the recently launched iPhone X and places users into animated, 360-degree landscapes. Clips is a video editing app that allows users to combine video clips, photos and ...

How to get started with Apple Pay Cash in iOS 11.2

Apple Inc. introduced its Apple Pay Cash feature, which allows peer-to-peer payments via iMessage, in June at its Worldwide Developers Conference, but the feature hadn’t yet rolled out to iOS 11 users. That has now changed with the launch of Apple Pay Cash in public beta on iOS 11.2 beta 2. The company will be ...

Bezel-less iPad Pro with facial recognition reportedly in the works for 2018

Apple Inc. is reported to be working on an upgraded iPad that will feature some of the key elements from the company’s latest flagship smartphone, the iPhone X. According to Bloomberg, citing sources familiar with the matter, Apple’s new iPad will launch later next year. Although the device is said to sport features such as ...

Watch live: Where’s Nutanix on its journey beyond hyperconverged infrastructure?

How is Nutanix Inc. doing on its journey to expand its product portfolio beyond hyperconverged infrastructure, or HCI, to enterprise cloud solutions? Looking to answer this and other questions, SiliconANGLE is at the Nutanix .NEXT E.U. Conference, currently underway in Nice, France, with exclusive commentary and interviews from our roving news desk, theCUBE. (* Disclosure ...