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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Facebook’s Messenger Platform 2.2 brings customer chat plugin, broadcast API and more

Facebook Inc. announced Messenger Platform 2.2 Tuesday, bringing a variety of new business-friendly features to the messaging service. New features in Messenger Platform 2.2 will help both developers and businesses “reach their customers in new and engaging ways,” according to Facebook’s blog post. The company announced in September that Facebook Messenger is now used by ...

Watch live: Open-sourcing security knowledge at CyberConnect 2017

Kicking off today, SiliconANGLE is at CyberConnect 2017, taking place in New York City, with exclusive commentary and interviews from our roving news desk, theCUBE. (* Disclosure below.) With the constant increase of data breaches and the need for there to be better collaboration between organizations, identity and access management, provider Centrify Corp. is presenting ...

Samsung Experience 9.0 beta brings Android Oreo to Galaxy S8, S8+ devices

With Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.’s announcement Thursday of the availability of Samsung Experience 9.0 beta, select Samsung Galaxy S8 and S8+ owners will now be the first Galaxy users to test all the latest Android Oreo features. Samsung Experience replaces TouchWiz and brings Android 8.0 features that, in some cases, have been slightly modified by ...

Microsoft announces new and upcoming features in Windows 10 Fall Creators Update for IoT

Microsoft Corp. today announced the availability of the Fall Creators Update for Windows 10 Internet of Things. New and upcoming features include improved ink support, expanded Assigned Access, support for hosting Nano Server containers and more. Windows 10 IoT provides developers with a complete platform to bring IoT solutions to market faster, Microsoft said in ...

Making big data enterprise-ready at IBM’s ‘Data Science for All’ event

How is IBM Corp. unifying Hadoop’s fragmented, open source data management applications to make big data an enterprise-ready product? Looking to answer this question and others, SiliconANGLE is at the IBM Data Science for All event, taking place in New York City, with exclusive commentary and interviews from our roving news desk, theCUBE. (* Disclosure ...

Google expands paid TV service with dedicated YouTube TV app for large screens

In the six months since launching the $35 YouTube TV paid video service earlier this year in five U.S. cities, Google LLC has expanded it to 50 markets, approximately 68 percent of U.S. households. Today, Google is extending the service with the launch of its YouTube TV app created specifically for the big screen. Previously, subscribers could watch ...

Exploring Hitachi’s global, long-term goals for IoT analytics at PentahoWorld

How is Pentaho’s data-ingesting platform pushing parent company Hitachi Ltd.’s long-term goals for business intelligence at the edge, where the “internet of things” resides? Looking to answer this question and others, SiliconANGLE is at PentahoWorld 2017, currently underway in Orlando, Florida, with exclusive commentary and interviews from our roving news desk, theCUBE. (* Disclosure below.)  ...

Watch live from IBM’s Chief Data Officer Summit

How is the intelligent use of data changing the business landscape, and where does IBM Corp. fit into this market? Looking to answer these and other questions, SiliconANGLE is at the IBM Chief Data Officer Summit, taking place in Boston, Massachusetts, with exclusive commentary and interviews from our roving news desk, theCUBE. (* Disclosure below.) IBM ...

Google’s Security Checkup service gets personal and adds Chrome predictive phishing protection

Google LLC has revamped its Security Checkup feature to make it personalized for each user, and also added new phishing protections in Chrome. The Security Checkup is a service that ensures a user’s Google account is safe by checking items that could impact its security, such as connected apps, connected devices and account permissions. The ...

What to expect from Samsung Bixby 2.0 AI assistant when it’s unveiled Oct. 18

Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. will reportedly release an updated version of its digital assistant at its developer conference this week. The South Korean company will unveil Bixby 2.0, the next version of its artificial intelligence assistant, on Wednesday, according to The Korean Herald. Bixby 2.0 is expected to include new features and broader availability. The ...