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 ordered to pay $532.9M as jury finds it guilty of patent infringement

NEWS By COLLEN KRIEL12 YEARS AGO

In a ruling late Tuesday night, Apple Inc. was ordered to pay $532.9 million after a Texas federal jury found it guilty of patent infringement. Patent licensing firm Smartflash LLC alleged that the iPhone maker’s iTunes software utilized technology it holds three …

Visa Europe introduces ‘tokenization’, paves way for Apple Pay and rivals

NEWS By COLLEN KRIEL12 YEARS AGO

Announced on Tuesday, Visa Europe’s move to introduce tokenization to member banks by mid-April could pave the way for Apple Inc.’s Apple Pay and competing mobile payment services to be introduced into Europe earlier than expected. Tokenization provides consumers with a more …

Apple Genius Bar to get IQ bump

NEWS By COLLEN KRIEL12 YEARS AGO

Apple Inc. is gearing up to change how walk-in Genius Bar appointments work in its retail stores in an effort to improve the overall customer experience. Sources familiar with the company’s plans told 9to5Mac that the new initiative, called “The new Concierge”, …

With iOS 8.3 Siri learns new languages and emojis become more diverse

NEWS By COLLEN KRIEL12 YEARS AGO

On Monday Apple Inc. rolled out iOS 8.3 beta to developers. Along with the usual bug fixes, the update includes support for more diverse emojis and new languages for Siri. The iOS emoji set now includes same-sex families and users have the …

Rumor: Apple poaching Samsung’s battery experts

NEWS By COLLEN KRIEL12 YEARS AGO

Apple Inc. is apparently poaching Samsung Electronics Co.’s experts in next-generation technology including those specializing in signal- and visual processing management. Anonymous officials in the employ of the South Korean tech giant spoke to The Korea Times and also claim that Apple’s …

Apple to invest $1.9B in two European data centers, biggest and greenest project ever

NEWS By COLLEN KRIEL12 YEARS AGO

On Monday, Apple Inc. announced plans to build and operate its first ever data centers in Europe. The company will invest 1.7 billion euros ($1.93 billion) to build two data centers powered by renewable energy. The facilities will be located in Ireland …

Google Wallet, Softcard and wireless carriers join forces against Apple Pay

NEWS By COLLEN KRIEL12 YEARS AGO

In January, rumors surfaced that Google Inc. was in talks to acquire NFC-based mobile payments service, Softcard. On Monday, Google officially announced that it had purchased “technology and intellectual property” from Softcard to improve its own mobile payments service, Google Wallet. Softcard, …

Apple plans to produce electric car in 2020, hired auto experts to deliver

NEWS By COLLEN KRIEL12 YEARS AGO

This past week has yielded a flood of rumors suggesting that Apple Inc. is working on an electric car. It is not the first time rumors of an electric car from Apple have done the rounds, but this time there is significantly …

Latest OS update brings Android apps to BlackBerry 10 handsets

NEWS By COLLEN KRIEL12 YEARS AGO

Yesterday BlackBerry rolled out a major software update, giving BlackBerry users on BlackBerry 10 devices such as the Q5, Q10, Z3, Z10, and Z30 access to over 200,000 Android apps as well as features such as Blend and a Siri-like competitor called …

Apple poached engineers for own battery division, says electric vehicle battery maker

NEWS By COLLEN KRIEL12 YEARS AGO

A123 Systems, a lithium-ion battery maker for electric vehicles and other sectors, has filed suit against Apple Inc. for poaching key engineers to build its own large-scale battery division. Filed in Massachusetts on Tuesday, the complaint (via 9to5mac) names five employees who have …

Collen Kriel

Latest from Collen Kriel

Apple ordered to pay $532.9M as jury finds it guilty of patent infringement

Visa Europe introduces ‘tokenization’, paves way for Apple Pay and rivals

Apple Genius Bar to get IQ bump

With iOS 8.3 Siri learns new languages and emojis become more diverse

Rumor: Apple poaching Samsung’s battery experts

Apple to invest $1.9B in two European data centers, biggest and greenest project ever

Google Wallet, Softcard and wireless carriers join forces against Apple Pay

Apple plans to produce electric car in 2020, hired auto experts to deliver

Latest OS update brings Android apps to BlackBerry 10 handsets

Apple poached engineers for own battery division, says electric vehicle battery maker

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