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’s iOS 11 public beta is out: How to install it and what features to expect

APPS By COLLEN KRIEL9 YEARS AGO

Less than a week after releasing the second developer beta of iOS 11, Apple Inc. Monday announced the public beta of its latest operating system. Announced at Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference in June, iOS 11 is packed full of great features. However, …

Microsoft Office 365 updates including new classroom-focused features for Microsoft Teams

APPS By COLLEN KRIEL9 YEARS AGO

Microsoft Corp. announced various updates Friday for Office 365, including new classroom experiences for Microsoft Teams. The company will showcase how it is helping students at this week’s International Society for Technology in Education Conference, taking place in San Antonio, Texas. Other …

YouTube launches new 180-degree VR video format and VR180-enabled cameras

EMERGING TECH By COLLEN KRIEL9 YEARS AGO

Together with its news that 1.5 billion logged in viewers visit YouTube every single month, the company has announced a new video format called VR180 at VidCon, which YouTube hopes will make virtual-reality content more accessible and more affordable for creators and viewers. VR180 is …

Watch live: IBM wants to fast-track your data

CUBE EVENT COVERAGE By COLLEN KRIEL9 YEARS AGO

How is IBM Corp. fast-tracking data, particularly in regards to differentiating its products for speeding up the machine learning development pipeline, data ingestion and data modeling? Looking to answer this question and others, SiliconANGLE is at the IBM Fast Track Your Data …

Apple seeds iOS 11 developer beta 2: ‘Do Not Disturb While Driving’ mode, Control Center tweaks, lots of bug fixes

APPS By COLLEN KRIEL9 YEARS AGO

Apple Inc. introduced its latest operating system for iPhone and iPad users at its Worldwide Developers Conference earlier this month. The company has now seeded the second beta of iOS 11 to developers, which includes a long list of bug fixes and …

How to get started with the business video service Microsoft Stream

APPS By COLLEN KRIEL9 YEARS AGO

Following a nearly one-year preview of its business-focused video service, Microsoft Corp. has announced the general availability of Stream. Microsoft has added new features to the video service, which will ultimately replace Office 365 Video, including a revamped homepage with machine learning-powered …

Watch live from Lenovo Transform 2017

CUBE EVENT COVERAGE By COLLEN KRIEL9 YEARS AGO

Can Lenovo Group Ltd. drive success in the enterprise market as it’s done in the consumer device market? Will its newly integrated x86 servers compete against Dell EMC and Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co.? Looking to answer these questions and others, SiliconANGLE is at …

With AI-powered Highlights, Slack lets users focus on important messages

APPS By COLLEN KRIEL9 YEARS AGO

Slack Technologies Inc. has launched a new Highlights feature in its enterprise messaging app that will call attention to a user’s most important messages. The Highlights feature is the second major update from Slack’s Search Learning & Intelligence group, a team formed …

Google’s new ‘Backup and Sync’ tool will back up your entire computer

APPS By COLLEN KRIEL9 YEARS AGO

Google Inc. Wednesday announced a new tool called Backup and Sync that will allow users to backup all of their files and folders from a Mac or personal computer to their Google Drive. The new tool will start rolling out to users …

Watch live from Cloud Foundry Summit 2017

CUBE EVENT COVERAGE By COLLEN KRIEL9 YEARS AGO

What is the state of Cloud Foundry in today’s increasingly competitive market for leveraging open-source technology? Is it losing development support from big players like Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co. and IBM Corp., and will alternative solutions from major contributors like Google Kubernetes …

Collen Kriel

Latest from Collen Kriel

Apple’s iOS 11 public beta is out: How to install it and what features to expect

Microsoft Office 365 updates including new classroom-focused features for Microsoft Teams

YouTube launches new 180-degree VR video format and VR180-enabled cameras

Watch live: IBM wants to fast-track your data

Apple seeds iOS 11 developer beta 2: ‘Do Not Disturb While Driving’ mode, Control Center tweaks, lots of bug fixes

How to get started with the business video service Microsoft Stream

Watch live from Lenovo Transform 2017

With AI-powered Highlights, Slack lets users focus on important messages

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