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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Backed by glowing reviews, Apple’s new iMac Pro will go on sale Thursday

EMERGING TECH By COLLEN KRIEL9 YEARS AGO

Update Dec. 14: Apple’s new iMac Pro is now available for order starting at $4,999. If you are in the market for the top-of-the-range iMac Pro, with 18-core Intel Xeon processor, 4TB of solid-state drive storage, 128GB of ECC RAM and AMD …

Google tests experimental technology with three new photography apps

APPS By COLLEN KRIEL9 YEARS AGO

Google LLC Monday launched three new photography apps, part of the company’s new “appsperiments” program. The new apps are called Storyboard, Selfissimo! and Scrubbies and, according to Google, they’re the first installment of mobile photography experiences that are built on experimental technology. …

Google Home Max goes on sale for $399: Here’s how to get started

EMERGING TECH By COLLEN KRIEL9 YEARS AGO

Google LLC’s premium smart home speaker — the Google Home Max — has finally gone on sale after launching in October. The Google Home Max, a beefed-up version of the original Google Home, sports a pair of woofers with sound 20 times more …

Facebook Messenger boosts Instant Games with live stream and video chat support

APPS By COLLEN KRIEL9 YEARS AGO

Instant Games, available inside the Facebook Messenger platform, has been around for just over a year now and has expanded from 20 games at launch to 70, including the newly added “Tetris.” Facebook Inc. on Thursday expanded Instant Games with new features, including …

Reports: Apple to launch LCD iPhone with metal back, plus two OLED models in 2018

EMERGING TECH By COLLEN KRIEL9 YEARS AGO

A report from KGI Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo last month claimed Apple Inc. would unveil not two, but three new iPhones next year. Additional reports from Nikkei and Nomura Securities Co. Ltd. this week have added further fuel to Kuo’s claims. Citing a …

Explore the Kubernetes hype train at KubeCon + CloudNativeCon 2017

INFRA By COLLEN KRIEL9 YEARS AGO

Why have all the major technology players jumped on the Kubernetes wagon this year, and where will the open-source container management system go from here? Looking to answer these and other questions, SiliconANGLE is at KubeCon + CloudNativeCon 2017, currently underway in Austin, …

How to use Microsoft’s Whiteboard app, now available for all Windows 10 users

APPS By COLLEN KRIEL9 YEARS AGO

Microsoft Corp. today opened up a public beta of its collaboration Whiteboard app to all users with a Windows 10 device. Microsoft Whiteboard was introduced earlier this year, when the company launched its new Surface Pro. Until now the collaboration app has …

Latest Samsung Galaxy S9 leaks ahead of reveal next month

EMERGING TECH By COLLEN KRIEL9 YEARS AGO

If the reports last month are anything to go on, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.’s latest flagship could arrive in just over a month at the Consumer Electronics Show. As the Galaxy S9 and S9+’s cameo appearance nears, plenty of additional reports about …

Google expands smart home business with new Home features, possible merger with Nest

EMERGING TECH By COLLEN KRIEL9 YEARS AGO

Google LLC’s smart home capabilities are expanding with new Google Home features, the imminent release of its premium Max smart home speaker and potentially a merger with its Nest Labs Inc. unit. Google has quietly rolled out an update to its smart …

Amazon debuts programmable AWS DeepLens camera to make machine learning easier

EMERGING TECH By COLLEN KRIEL9 YEARS AGO

Amazon Web Services Inc. wants to give developers hands-on deep learning experience with its latest hardware. Announced at the AWS re:Invent conference in Las Vegas Wednesday, the AWS DeepLens is a wireless camera that developers can use to run deep learning and …

Collen Kriel

Latest from Collen Kriel

Backed by glowing reviews, Apple’s new iMac Pro will go on sale Thursday

Google tests experimental technology with three new photography apps

Google Home Max goes on sale for $399: Here’s how to get started

Facebook Messenger boosts Instant Games with live stream and video chat support

Reports: Apple to launch LCD iPhone with metal back, plus two OLED models in 2018

How to use Microsoft’s Whiteboard app, now available for all Windows 10 users

Latest Samsung Galaxy S9 leaks ahead of reveal next month

Google expands smart home business with new Home features, possible merger with Nest

Amazon debuts programmable AWS DeepLens camera to make machine learning easier

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