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

Apple Watch default app creator Belle Gibson confesses: I never had cancer

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY11 YEARS AGO

Belle Gibson, the disgraced creator of the default Apple Watch app The Whole Pantry has finally confessed publicly that her various cancer stories were complete works of fiction. Gibson, who we first covered back in March, built her iOS app, then later Apple Watch …

Fintech startup CompareAsiaGroup raises $40 million Series A in a round led by Goldman Sachs

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY11 YEARS AGO

Financial comparison startup CompareAsiaGroup Ltd. has raised $40 million Series A in a round led by Goldman Sachs that included Jardine Pacific, ACE & Company, and Mark Pincus, the founder of Zynga. Based in Hong Kong, the company offers financial and related services …

Community fashion marketplace Poshmark raises $25 million Series C

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY11 YEARS AGO

Community fashion marketplace Poshmark Inc. has raised $25 million Series C in a round that included Mayfield, Menlo Ventures, Inventus Capital, Union Grove Venture Partners, Shea Ventures, and SoftTech VC. Founded in 2011, the company primarily offers a sort of mobile focused version of …

SaaSy buy: Atlassian acquires the company behind chat & video conferencing service Jitsi

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY11 YEARS AGO

SaaS enterprise solutions provider Atlassian Pty. Ltd. has acquired Blue Jimp SA, the makers of the open-source chat and video conferencing service Jitsi. The price of the acquisition was not disclosed. Based in Strasbourg, France, Blue Jimp’s Jitsi XMPP based service allows users …

Facebook changes content mix in news feed to make it more usable and less rubbish

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY11 YEARS AGO

In a surprise about-face today Facebook Inc., has announced changes to the way content is displayed in its news feed, in an attempt to make it more usable and less rubbish than it has been for several years now. Under the changes, …

Spammy: Twitter now allows users to accept DMs from anyone

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY11 YEARS AGO

Twitter Inc. has changed the way its direct messaging (DM) service works by introducing the ability to receive DM’s from anyone. Previously users could only receive DM’s from people they were following, although as TechCrunch notes some users have previously had an exemption …

SaaS customer support startup Freshdesk raises $50 million Series E

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY11 YEARS AGO

SaaS customer support startup Freshdesk Inc. has raised $50 million Series E in a round led by Tiger Global that included Accel Partners and Google Capital. Founded in 2010, Freshdesk offers a customer support solution that is says makes it easy for companies …

Mobilegeddon: Google to boot non-mobile friendly sites from mobile search results

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY11 YEARS AGO

Google Inc., is about to change the way it ranks sites, and if your website isn’t mobile friendly you may be about to lose a pile of search engine referred traffic. Dubbed Mobilegeddon and due to launch sometime on Tuesday (April 21st,) …

Raytheon acquires infosec firm Websense for $1.9 billion

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY11 YEARS AGO

Raytheon Co. is said to have acquired information security firm Websense Inc. for a figure believed to be $1.9 billion including debt. The deal will see Raytheon take an 80 percent stake in the firm with current Websense owner Vista Equity Partners …

Google Wallet now insures customer funds with FDIC insurance

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY11 YEARS AGO

Google Inc.’s mobile payment solution Google Wallet has just become safer for users in the United States with news that it now comes with Government insurance. According to an exclusive report from Yahoo Finance, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) coverage will be …

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Duncan Riley

Latest from Duncan Riley

Apple Watch default app creator Belle Gibson confesses: I never had cancer

Fintech startup CompareAsiaGroup raises $40 million Series A in a round led by Goldman Sachs

Community fashion marketplace Poshmark raises $25 million Series C

SaaSy buy: Atlassian acquires the company behind chat & video conferencing service Jitsi

Facebook changes content mix in news feed to make it more usable and less rubbish

Spammy: Twitter now allows users to accept DMs from anyone

Mobilegeddon: Google to boot non-mobile friendly sites from mobile search results

Raytheon acquires infosec firm Websense for $1.9 billion

Google Wallet now insures customer funds with FDIC insurance

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