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

Would you like Candy Crush with Win10? you won’t have a choice

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY11 YEARS AGO

Would you like Candy Crush with your copy of Windows 10? If the answer is no, tough luck, because you’re not going to have a choice. Microsoft announced Thursday that King Digital Entertainment PLC’s Candy Crush Saga will come preinstalled with all …

Enterprise cloud comms firm Actiance raises $28 million

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY11 YEARS AGO

Actiance Inc. has raised a new late-stage growth investment of $28 million in a round that included new investor Golub Capital, along with previous investors Credit Suisse NEXT Investors, JK&B Capital, Scale Venture Partners and Sutter Hill Ventures. Founded in 1998, Actiance offers …

Five in a row: Cisco beats the market again with stellar quarterly financials

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY11 YEARS AGO

The last quarter was a good one for Cisco Systems Inc. with the networking giant beating market expectations for the fifth straight quarter in a row. Cisco reported Q3 2015 revenue of $12.14 billion, up 5 percent on the same quarter in 2014, …

Ubisoft games coming to a virtual reality headset near you in 2016

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY11 YEARS AGO

The second coming of virtual reality is all talk, little action so far, but with the Facebook Inc. owned Oculus Rift due for release next year, Lazarus may well rise from the dead. One of the keys to virtual reality taking off …

New Relic shares rise after data analytics firm beats market forecasts with quarterly financials

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY11 YEARS AGO

New Relic Inc. shares rose in after-hours trading Tuesday after the data analytics firm beat market forecasts with their quarterly financials. The company reported revenue of $33.4 million for the quarter, up 68 percent compared with the fourth quarter of fiscal 2014 …

Bad for the web: Facebook plays news gatekeeper with new Instant Articles service

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY11 YEARS AGO

Facebook Inc. has launched a new service whereby publishers post full content on Facebook, a move that does nothing to encourage competition, and everything to increase the lock-in value of the Facebook ecosystem. Called “Instant Articles,” the service sees initially nine partners …

Hortonworks impresses with strong Q1 numbers, revises up projections for coming year

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY11 YEARS AGO

The first quarter of 2015 was a good one for Hortonworks, Inc. with the company reporting numbers that topped market estimates, along with revised upward projections for the year ahead. For Q1, Hortonworks booked total GAAP revenue of $22.8 million, up 167 percent compared …

Mental health chat startup Talkspace raises $9.5m Series A

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY11 YEARS AGO

Mental health chat startup Talkspace (Groop Internet Platform Inc.) has raised $9.5 million Series A in a round led by Spark Capital that included SoftBank, Metamorphic Ventures and TheTime. Based in New York City Talkspace is a global online therapy platform that connects …

Verizon acquires AOL for $4.4 billion

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY11 YEARS AGO

Verizon Communications, Inc. has entered an agreement to acquire AOL, Inc. for $4.4 billion. The deal is reported to have Verizon paying $50 a share for AOL stock, a premium on top of its closing price of $42.59 Monday. Verizon’s vision “Verizon’s vision …

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Duncan Riley

Latest from Duncan Riley

Would you like Candy Crush with Win10? you won’t have a choice

Five in a row: Cisco beats the market again with stellar quarterly financials

Ubisoft games coming to a virtual reality headset near you in 2016

New Relic shares rise after data analytics firm beats market forecasts with quarterly financials

Bad for the web: Facebook plays news gatekeeper with new Instant Articles service

Hortonworks impresses with strong Q1 numbers, revises up projections for coming year

Mental health chat startup Talkspace raises $9.5m Series A

Verizon acquires AOL for $4.4 billion

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