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

Machine Intelligence startup Ayasdi raises $55 million Series C

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY11 YEARS AGO

Machine Intelligence startup Ayasdi, Inc. has raised $55 million Series C in a round led by Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers that included existing investors Institutional Venture Partners, Khosla Ventures, FLOODGATE, Citi Ventures, and new investors, Centerview Capital Technology and Draper Nexus. …

PS4 to get pause/ resume, external backups with Yukimura update Thursday

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY11 YEARS AGO

Sony Computer Entertainment will deliver on its long-promised updates to the Playstation 4 Thursday with what they’re calling an “onslaught of features.” At the top of the list of updates is the ability to suspend and resume games. The feature is said to …

Intuit snaps up hiring management solutions firm Playbook HR

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY11 YEARS AGO

Intuit Inc. has acquired San Francisco based StartX alumni Playbook HR for an undisclosed amount. Playbook HR offers a solution for on-demand marketplaces to manage the hiring, on-boarding and compliance needs of independent contractors. Its initial product release offers an applicant tracking …

Simulated worlds startup Improbable raises $20 million Series A

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY11 YEARS AGO

Large-scale simulated worlds startup Improbable Ltd. has raised $20 million Series A in a round that included Chris Dixon and Andreessen Horowitz. Founded in 2012, the company is developing an operating environment that makes building simulated worlds possible. No, it’s not the …

Apple acquires NoSQL database startup FoundationDB

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY11 YEARS AGO

Apple Inc. has acquired NoSQL database startup FoundationDB Inc. for an unknown sum. According to reports, the acquisition was due to FoundationDB’s attractiveness in the speed at which it handled Atomic, Consistent, Isolated, Durable (ACID) compliant transactions coupled with strong scalability. Founded in 2009, the …

A marginal idea poorly executed: Vessel offers early access to YouTube stars for $2.99/mth

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY11 YEARS AGO

Vessel Group, Inc. (Vessel), the company founded by former Hulu CEO Jason Kilar, now offers exclusive content from YouTube stars for a price. The service was launched Tuesday after a period of private beta testing. The site, which according to reports provides a range of …

Do not want: Twitter is testing auto-playing videos

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY11 YEARS AGO

Following the worst trends in forced viewership as pioneered by Facebook, Twitter, Inc. is now testing the abomination of auto-playing videos. According to Adage, the microblogging come messaging service is currently testing it in the United States only with “some users” of their …

Cyanogen raises $80 million Series C from investors including Twitter & Rupert Murdoch

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY11 YEARS AGO

Mobile operating system startup Cyanogen Inc. has raised $80 million Series C financing in a round led by Premji Invest included Twitter Ventures, Qualcomm Incorporated, Telefónica Ventures, Smartfren Telecom, Index Ventures, Access Industries, Rupert Murdoch, Vivi Nevo, and existing investors Benchmark Capital, …

Netflix Australia’s launch: everything an Australian needs to know

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY11 YEARS AGO

Netflix Inc. has finally come to the antipodes, by way of Australia Tuesday local time (March 24th,) and despite the bizarre, and completely made up claims by the mainstream Australian media Monday that the details had been “leaked,” the details were actually …

Bitcoin to Altcoin provider Paybase stops withdrawals, accused of going “full blown Mt. Gox”

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY11 YEARS AGO

Bitcoin to Altcoin provider Paybase appears to be in severe trouble Monday with reports from users that they have been unable to withdraw funds. The company, owned by Josh Garza (pictured) who is also behind related companies including Bitcoin mining firm GAW Miners, …

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Duncan Riley

Latest from Duncan Riley

Machine Intelligence startup Ayasdi raises $55 million Series C

PS4 to get pause/ resume, external backups with Yukimura update Thursday

Intuit snaps up hiring management solutions firm Playbook HR

Simulated worlds startup Improbable raises $20 million Series A

Apple acquires NoSQL database startup FoundationDB

A marginal idea poorly executed: Vessel offers early access to YouTube stars for $2.99/mth

Do not want: Twitter is testing auto-playing videos

Cyanogen raises $80 million Series C from investors including Twitter & Rupert Murdoch

Netflix Australia’s launch: everything an Australian needs to know

Bitcoin to Altcoin provider Paybase stops withdrawals, accused of going “full blown Mt. Gox”

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