Duncan Riley

Duncan Riley is a senior writer at SiliconANGLE covering Startups, Bitcoin, and the Internet of Things.

Duncan is a co-founder of VC funded media company B5Media and founder of news site The Inquisitr, and was a senior writer at TechCrunch in its earlier days.

Tips? Press releases? Intersting startup? email: duncan@nichenet.com.au or contact Duncan on Twitter @duncanriley

Latest from Duncan Riley

CBA signs deal with Ripple for Blockchain settlements, may eventually support Bitcoin

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY11 YEARS AGO

The Commonwealth Bank of Australia Ltd. (CBA) has signed a deal with Ripple Labs, Inc. that will see the bank implement Ripple’s Bitcoin-inspired Blockchain ledger system for payment settlements between its subsidiaries. CBA Chief Information Officer David Whiteing revealed the bank’s interest …

Data center giant Equinix picks up UK’s Telecity for $3.6b

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY11 YEARS AGO

Data center provider Equinix, Inc. has acquired smaller British data center group Telecity Group plc for £2.3 billion ($3.6 billion) in a cash and stock deal. Founded in 1998, Telecity claims to be Europe’s leading provider of premium carrier-neutral data centres. Its …

Report: Intel close to deal to acquire rival chip-making firm Altera for $15b

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY11 YEARS AGO

Intel Corp.’s efforts in trying to acquire rival chip-making firm Altera Corp. may be close to coming to fruition in the week ahead with reports indicating a deal may be announced as early as Monday. The New York Times reported that the deal would price …

O.M.G: Snapchat takes a staggering $650m Series F on a $16b valuation

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY11 YEARS AGO

In a case of a Unicron gone wild, Snapchat, Inc. has raised a new round of a staggering $650 million Series F on a valuation of $16 billion. Never shy of a pile of money, Snapchat’s last round closed in March and came …

Path sells its social networking apps to Daum Kakao

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY11 YEARS AGO

Path, Inc. will be looking for a new name shortly, with the startup having sold its core Path Classic and Path talk apps to South Korean internet company Daum Kakao Corp. The price of the acquisition was not disclosed. Founded in 2010 by …

Feds arrest Silk Road fake coupon seller on fraud, counterfeit charges

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY11 YEARS AGO

A Louisiana man was arrested on Thursday on charges relating to his sale of fake coupons on the now defunct Dark web marketplaces Silk Road and Silk Road 2.0 According to the Department of Justice (DOJ,) Beau Wattigney, aged 30, has been charged with …

Apple acquires augmented reality company Metaio

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY11 YEARS AGO

In its first serious move into the augmented reality space, Apple, Inc. has acquired German startup Metaio GmbH. Founded in 2003 as a spin-off from car manufacturer Volkswagen AG, Metaio makes a number of SDKs and toolkits that assist in the creation of augmented reality apps …

Google announces Android Pay to take the good fight to Apple, Samsung

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY11 YEARS AGO

Google, Inc. officially announced Android Pay at the Google I/O conference Thursday, a service that will take the good fight to rival services from Apple, Inc. and Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. The new service, pitched as offering “security, simplicity, and choice,” combines …

Google Photos launches with unlimited storage, nifty new features

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY11 YEARS AGO

Google, Inc. has upped the ante in the photo storage space by launching Google Photos Thursday, complete with unlimited storage and some new, nifty features. The new service, which is a spin-off of the photo service from Google’s little used Google+ social …

Ellen Pao defends Reddit social justice agenda by citing user safety from being “attacked”

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY11 YEARS AGO

Ellen Pao confirmed Reddit’s intent to turn the site into a safe space Wednesday while using the argument that they don’t really want to censor users, but want to make sure people can post freely without being “attacked.” Speaking at the <Code> conference …

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Duncan Riley

Latest from Duncan Riley

CBA signs deal with Ripple for Blockchain settlements, may eventually support Bitcoin

Data center giant Equinix picks up UK’s Telecity for $3.6b

Report: Intel close to deal to acquire rival chip-making firm Altera for $15b

O.M.G: Snapchat takes a staggering $650m Series F on a $16b valuation

Path sells its social networking apps to Daum Kakao

Feds arrest Silk Road fake coupon seller on fraud, counterfeit charges

Apple acquires augmented reality company Metaio

Google announces Android Pay to take the good fight to Apple, Samsung

Google Photos launches with unlimited storage, nifty new features

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