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 is hiring: London team to expand Apple Pay into Europe

NEWS By COLLEN KRIEL12 YEARS AGO

Apple Inc. is gearing up to take Apple Pay global. Apple has advertised a job aimed at forming a new Apple Pay team in London in order to help expand the service across Europe, the Middle East, India, and Africa (EMEIA). The …

Tile launches Android app to track objects, has less features than iPhone app

NEWS By COLLEN KRIEL12 YEARS AGO

Tile Inc. announced in the fall that it had raised $13 million in funding through a combination of a seed and Series A funding. Part of that money was allocated to hiring more Android engineers. Known as one of crowdfunding’s biggest hits, …

New BlackBerry Classic: a blast from the past or a breath of fresh air?

NEWS By COLLEN KRIEL12 YEARS AGO

Smartphone users want and prefer touchscreens. Or do they? BlackBerry Ltd. seems to think they don’t. Its latest smartphone, the BlackBerry Classic, sports a physical QWERTY keyboard. The new phone has a 3.5-inch 720-by-720 resolution display on top with a physical keyboard …

Apple beats decade-old iTunes antitrust lawsuit

NEWS By COLLEN KRIEL12 YEARS AGO

An eight-person jury has unanimously decided that Apple Inc. did not violate antitrust laws when they prevented users from playing music bought from third-party vendors on their iPods. After a nearly two-week trial, it took the jury just three hours to reach …

FLUX 3D printer hits $1.3M on Kickstarter, could be the only 3D printer you’ll ever need

NEWS By COLLEN KRIEL12 YEARS AGO

The team behind the FLUX 3D printer, FLUX Technology LLC, has a new take on 3D printing with their all-in-one device. Their modular design, with interchangeable heads, combines printing, scanning and laser engraving in one device. They are funding their effort through …

Sony leak exposes ‘secret’ goings-on at Snapchat

NEWS By COLLEN KRIEL12 YEARS AGO

On November 24th Sony Pictures Entertainment’s servers were hacked. Among the many leaks to appear online since then is the content of Sony Entertainment CEO Michael Lynton’s inbox. Lynton is also a Snapchat investor and board member and several emails between him and …

Gartner: Apple to have record Q4 off the back of surging iPhone sales in Q3

NEWS By COLLEN KRIEL12 YEARS AGO

According to Gartner Inc.’s quarterly handset tracker, sales of Apple Inc.’s iPhones increased 26 percent in the third quarter of 2014, with nearly 38.2 million iPhones sold. Gartner expects Apple to have record fourth-quarter sales, with demand for its iPhone 6 and …

“Perfect keyboard” for iPhone outdoes itself on Kickstarter

NEWS By COLLEN KRIEL12 YEARS AGO

The self-proclaimed “perfect keyboard” for the iPhone, Next Keyboard, reached its funding goal a mere two days after launching on Kickstarter. The team behind Next Keyboard, a Toronto based software development company called Tiny Hearts, was looking for $10,000 CAD ($8,577 US …

Latest iPhone 7 rumors: sapphire glass is back, 3D user interface, concept images and more

NEWS By COLLEN KRIEL12 YEARS AGO

It’s barely been a month since our last roundup of iPhone 7 rumors, yet so much has happened since that there are a whole slew of new rumors to report on. Apple Inc.’s supplier, Foxconn Technology Group, may be supplying it with sapphire …

Google announces Watch Face API for Android Wear plus new watch face designs

NEWS By COLLEN KRIEL12 YEARS AGO

Android Wear have announced that the official Watch Face API is available for developers. They are also rolling out a completely new section to the Play Store, as well as various other improvements. The latest release of Android Wear based on Android …

Collen Kriel

Latest from Collen Kriel

Apple is hiring: London team to expand Apple Pay into Europe

Tile launches Android app to track objects, has less features than iPhone app

New BlackBerry Classic: a blast from the past or a breath of fresh air?

Apple beats decade-old iTunes antitrust lawsuit

FLUX 3D printer hits $1.3M on Kickstarter, could be the only 3D printer you’ll ever need

Sony leak exposes ‘secret’ goings-on at Snapchat

Gartner: Apple to have record Q4 off the back of surging iPhone sales in Q3

“Perfect keyboard” for iPhone outdoes itself on Kickstarter

Latest iPhone 7 rumors: sapphire glass is back, 3D user interface, concept images and more

Google announces Watch Face API for Android Wear plus new watch face designs

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