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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Analytics on the go with IBM Watson Analytics for iPad

APPS By COLLEN KRIEL10 YEARS AGO

IBM Corp. has released the Watson Analytics Mobile App for iPad, allowing users to tap into various business insights on the go. The Watson Analytics app can be used alongside a free personal or paid enterprise Watson account. For the past two years, …

AOL’s Alto email app now integrates with Slack and Alexa: How to get started

APPS By COLLEN KRIEL10 YEARS AGO

AOL Inc. announced Thursday that its Alto email app for the web, Android and iOS is now integrated with Slack and Amazon Echo. The Alto email app attempts to simply inbox management by showing you the most important emails first. Emails are …

How to use Slack’s new video call feature

APPS By COLLEN KRIEL10 YEARS AGO

Slack Technologies Inc. introduced voice calls for its enterprise messaging app in March. Now the company has announced that users will be able to make one-on-one and group video calls in the app, a feature it promised when it launched voice calls. …

Get Cortana to schedule your meetings with Microsoft’s Calendar.help

APPS By COLLEN KRIEL10 YEARS AGO

Microsoft Corp. announced this week at its San Francisco artificial intelligence event a new incubation project code-named “Calendar.help.” Calendar.help gives Cortana, Microsoft’s personal digital assistant, the ability to schedule your meetings using AI, conversational computing and calendaring. The new project, available in …

How to use Google Drive to move from iOS to Android

APPS By COLLEN KRIEL10 YEARS AGO

Google Inc. has made it easier to switch from iOS to Android with a new tool that allows iPhone and iPad users to back up their data to Google Drive before making the move over to Android. The Android Switch page describes …

Microsoft opens up Cortana to new devices and developers with Devices SDK and Skills Kit

APPS By COLLEN KRIEL10 YEARS AGO

Microsoft Corp. has announced various new tools that will enable its digital assistant Cortana to become more useful and available on more devices. Available in a private preview, Cortana Skills Kit makes it easy for developers to create new Cortana skills. The …

Mobile app builder Appy Pie announces integration with Amazon Appstore, new features

APPS By COLLEN KRIEL10 YEARS AGO

Appy Pie LLC, a provider of cloud-based mobile application builder software, today announced integration with Amazon.com Inc.’s Appstore and the availability of a new app-building tool called Turbo Boost next month. Appy Pie’s platform provides businesses with the tools needed to create …

Apple releases iOS 10.2 to all iPhone, iPad users: HomeKit notifications, new emojis, TV app and more

APPS By COLLEN KRIEL10 YEARS AGO

Following a long beta, the iOS 10.2 beta was seeded to developers at the end of October, Apple Inc. has released iOS 10.2 to all iPhone and iPad users. The iOS 10.2 update is available as an over-the-air update via the Settings …

Google Home adds Netflix and Photos integration for some: how to get started

APPS By COLLEN KRIEL10 YEARS AGO

When Google Inc. unveiled additional details about its voice-controlled smart home speaker at its “Made by Google” event in October, the company announced integration with Netflix Inc. Now, it seems that integration with Netflix, as well as integration with Google Photos, has started …

BlackBerry combines acquisitions into enterprise mobile security platform

APPS By COLLEN KRIEL10 YEARS AGO

BlackBerry Ltd. on Thursday launched BlackBerry Secure, which the company describes as a “mobile security platform for the Enterprise of Things.” BlackBerry Secure is designed to secure the entire enterprise from endpoint to endpoint and brings together the company’s acquisitions of Good …

Collen Kriel

Latest from Collen Kriel

Analytics on the go with IBM Watson Analytics for iPad

AOL’s Alto email app now integrates with Slack and Alexa: How to get started

How to use Slack’s new video call feature

Get Cortana to schedule your meetings with Microsoft’s Calendar.help

How to use Google Drive to move from iOS to Android

Microsoft opens up Cortana to new devices and developers with Devices SDK and Skills Kit

Mobile app builder Appy Pie announces integration with Amazon Appstore, new features

Apple releases iOS 10.2 to all iPhone, iPad users: HomeKit notifications, new emojis, TV app and more

Google Home adds Netflix and Photos integration for some: how to get started

BlackBerry combines acquisitions into enterprise mobile security platform

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