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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Apple switches from Bing to Google for search on Siri web results and Spotlight on Mac

APPS By COLLEN KRIEL9 YEARS AGO

Apple Inc. announced Monday that it’s switching default search engines for Siri and Spotlight and is dropping Microsoft Corp.’s Bing in favor of Google Inc. Google was already the default in Apple’s Safari web browser, but it will now also be the default …

Making sense of Apple’s new Control Center in iOS 11

APPS By COLLEN KRIEL9 YEARS AGO

Apple Inc. rolled out its latest operating system, iOS 11, to all iPhone and iPad users this week. IOS 11 is one of Apple’s biggest OS updates in years and includes various productivity features for iPad users, as well as the ability …

New noise-canceling Bose headphones get Google Assistant support

APPS By COLLEN KRIEL9 YEARS AGO

Bose Corp. has launched its latest wireless, noise-canceling headphones, which will give wearers access to more than just music thanks to the incorporation of Google Assistant. Google Inc. unveiled its digital assistant a year ago and although it’s available in phones, speakers …

New Google phones, Pixelbook and VR viewer leaked ahead of Oct. 4 launch

EMERGING TECH By COLLEN KRIEL9 YEARS AGO

Google LLC is set to unveil a variety of new devices, including smartphones and a new smart home speaker, in two weeks, but if recent leaks are anything to go by, it’s unlikely there will be many surprises at the event. Droid …

Watch live: Exploring the software-defined storage market at Veritas Vision 2017

CUBE EVENT COVERAGE By COLLEN KRIEL9 YEARS AGO

Happy to live in the cloud, Veritas Technologies LLC has built a competitive advantage around software-defined storage in an increasingly cloud-ready market. Looking to explore this topic and others, SiliconANGLE is broadcasting live from Veritas Vision, currently underway in Las Vegas, Nevada, with exclusive commentary …

How to use Snapchat’s new AR feature: 3D Bitmoji World Lenses

APPS By COLLEN KRIEL9 YEARS AGO

Snapchat’s latest update brings three-dimensional Bitmojis to the apps World Lenses feature. Bitmoji World Lenses will work the same way as Snapchat’s popular dancing hotdog, which Evan Spiegel, chief executive officer and co-founder of Snap Inc., called the “world’s first augmented reality …

Windows 10 Fall Creators Update will bring new privacy enhancements

APPS By COLLEN KRIEL9 YEARS AGO

As the Oct. 17 release date of the Windows 10 Fall Creators Update nears, Microsoft Corp. continues to make some tweaks to its privacy settings. The latest changes, which include privacy-related changes to the setup process, follows on from the privacy updates …

Now at 6 million daily users, Slack adds Shared Channels and more languages

APPS By COLLEN KRIEL9 YEARS AGO

Slack Technologies Inc. keeps growing, and it’s getting paid more for its team communications app too. Slack now has more than 6 million daily active users, up from 5 million in January. It also has 50,000 paid teams with 2 million paid users …

Apple’s iOS 11 is coming Sept. 19 with iPhone X-specific features

APPS By COLLEN KRIEL9 YEARS AGO

Alongside its big reveal of the iPhone X, Apple Inc. also announced the official release date of its latest iPhone and iPad operating system. Although a near-final version of iOS 11 rolled out to developers and public beta testers Tuesday, all users …

Microsoft Teams adds new guest access and developer tools

APPS By COLLEN KRIEL9 YEARS AGO

Six months after the general release of its enterprise chat tool, Microsoft Corp. announced Monday that Teams has attracted 125,000 organizations. In addition to the user traction enjoyed by Teams, Microsoft has also updated the app to include guest access and support …

Collen Kriel

Latest from Collen Kriel

Apple switches from Bing to Google for search on Siri web results and Spotlight on Mac

Making sense of Apple’s new Control Center in iOS 11

New noise-canceling Bose headphones get Google Assistant support

New Google phones, Pixelbook and VR viewer leaked ahead of Oct. 4 launch

Watch live: Exploring the software-defined storage market at Veritas Vision 2017

How to use Snapchat’s new AR feature: 3D Bitmoji World Lenses

Windows 10 Fall Creators Update will bring new privacy enhancements

Now at 6 million daily users, Slack adds Shared Channels and more languages

Apple’s iOS 11 is coming Sept. 19 with iPhone X-specific features

Microsoft Teams adds new guest access and developer tools

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