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

Latest from Collen Kriel

In-home care startup Honor lands $20M to modernize senior care

NEWS By COLLEN KRIEL11 YEARS AGO

Honor, a startup on a mission to change the face of in-home senior care, has landed $20 million in funding to help realize its vision. Led by Andreessen-Horowitz with an investment of $15 million, the funding round also raised $5 million dollars …

Picnic Health lands $2M investment to improve patient access to health records

NEWS By COLLEN KRIEL11 YEARS AGO

PicnicHealth, a Y Combinator backed startup based in San Francisco, has raised $2 million in seed funding to expand its service and grow its team. The service collates patients’ medical records from a variety of sources and makes them available as a …

Rumor: On-demand delivery app Shyp is raising $50M at a $250M valuation

NEWS By COLLEN KRIEL11 YEARS AGO

Shyp Inc., the on-demand shipping startup that celebrated its one-year birthday in March, is supposedly raising as much as $50 million at a valuation of $250 million. Several sources shared details about the possible funding round with TechCrunch. As for the investors …

Apple’s iPhone trade-in program is off to a bumpy start in China

NEWS By COLLEN KRIEL11 YEARS AGO

Apple Inc. launched its popular iPhone trade-in program in China on Tuesday, giving consumers there the opportunity to receive store credit toward the purchase of their next Apple product at any of the company’s 18 stores countrywide. Now it appears Apple’s trade-in …

Apple and IBM add 8 new iOS apps and 2 new industries to MobileFirst for iOS

NEWS By COLLEN KRIEL11 YEARS AGO

The partnership between Apple and IBM has produced eight more iOS apps for the enterprise. Released on Tuesday, new industry-specific iOS apps have been added for two new industries, namely Healthcare and Industrial Products, in addition to new iOS apps for Travel …

Google Drive for Work gets added security features to protect data

NEWS By COLLEN KRIEL11 YEARS AGO

Nine months after launching Drive for Work, a premium cloud storage offering for business users, Google has announced that it will roll out a host of new security features to both Drive for Work and Google for Education. Over the next few …

Flickr adds Public Domain and CC0 designations, SpaceX first to take the leap

NEWS By COLLEN KRIEL11 YEARS AGO

Flickr, the Yahoo-owned photo-sharing platform, has added Public Domain and Creative Commons 0 (CC0) to its list of available copyright designations. Both options will allow users to share their work freely with the public for reuse in any way they desire. (via …

Collen Kriel

Latest from Collen Kriel

In-home care startup Honor lands $20M to modernize senior care

Picnic Health lands $2M investment to improve patient access to health records

Rumor: On-demand delivery app Shyp is raising $50M at a $250M valuation

Apple’s iPhone trade-in program is off to a bumpy start in China

Apple and IBM add 8 new iOS apps and 2 new industries to MobileFirst for iOS

Flickr adds Public Domain and CC0 designations, SpaceX first to take the leap

Google unveils convertible ASUS Chromebook Flip and Chromebit, a Chromebook on a stick

Annual mobile app sales to top $99B by 2019, says report

Huawei reports 33 percent increase in net profit, invests heavily in R&D

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