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

Google planning to offer cell services as an MVNO

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY12 YEARS AGO

Google is reported to be entering the cell provider space with a deal that will establish the tech giant as a mobile virtual network operator (MVNO.) The Information claims that the new service will be called “Nova”, will operate on both Sprint and T-Mobile’s …

Blackberry wants lawmakers to force companies to make Blackberry versions of their apps…seriously

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY12 YEARS AGO

Blackberry Ltd. CEO John Chen has today called on Congress to implement “Application Neutrality,” a proposal that would legally force app makers to provide a version of their apps that would work on Blackberry devices. A perhaps mentally unhinged Chen argues that the …

Charlie Shrem associate gets 4 years for Silk Road money laundering

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY12 YEARS AGO

Charlie Shrem associate Robert Faiell has been given a 4 year sentence for his involvement in the Silk Road money laundering case. Faiella, known as “BTCKing,” told U.S. District Judge Jed Rakoff today that he exchanged the digital currency for use in online drug …

Overstock.com to take on Amazon with new VOD/ streaming service

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY12 YEARS AGO

Overstock.com Inc. is set to launch a new video on demand (VOD) and streaming service that will compete Amazon, the company announced Tuesday. The new service is to be offered via the Overstock Club O loyalty program and will start with a …

Coinbase raises $75m Series C in largest round ever for a Bitcoin startup

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY12 YEARS AGO

Coinbase Inc. has raised $75 million Series C in a round led by DFJ Growth that included The New York Stock Exchange, USAA, BBVA (Brazil), NTT Docomo (Japan), Valar Capital Group, Vikram Pandit, Tom Glocer and Carlos Rodriguez Pastor. Previous investors Andreessen …

Twitter acquires Indian mobile dev firm ZipDial for $30 million

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY12 YEARS AGO

Twitter Inc. has acquired Indian firm ZipDial Mobile Solutions Pvt (ZipDial) for a figure believed to be $30 million. Rumors that acquisition talks were taking place first surfaced January 14th. Described by Twitter as “a product partner based in Bangalore, India” the company …

Amazon to make 12 movies a year for theaters and Prime

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY12 YEARS AGO

Amazon produced content is coming to the big screen with an announcement today that its Amazon Studios division will now be producing original movies for theaters, as well as Amazon Prime. The distribution of the movies will differ slightly to releases from …

To the moon: Google reported to be in talks to invest in SpaceX

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY12 YEARS AGO

Google Inc. could be taking its goliath search engine to the moon and beyond, with a report today that it is in talks to invest in Elon Musk’s SpaceX on a valuation of $10 billion. The Information reported that the deal is …

#Want: LapExpand offers brilliant, portable multiple displays for laptops

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY12 YEARS AGO

If you use a laptop you know one basic limitation: screen size. Sure you can live with it but what if you could add one or two portable, lightweight foldable monitors to your laptop ,which you can easily deploy when you’re on …

ChangeTip adds Facebook support to Bitcoin tipping service

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY12 YEARS AGO

ChangeCoin Inc.’s tipping service ChangeTip has brought Bitcoin tipping to Facebook Inc. for the first time. The company announced that the extension into Facebook tipping was due to popular demand, and builds on their existing Twitter Inc. and reddit Inc. tipping services. …

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Duncan Riley

Latest from Duncan Riley

Google planning to offer cell services as an MVNO

Blackberry wants lawmakers to force companies to make Blackberry versions of their apps…seriously

Charlie Shrem associate gets 4 years for Silk Road money laundering

Overstock.com to take on Amazon with new VOD/ streaming service

Coinbase raises $75m Series C in largest round ever for a Bitcoin startup

Twitter acquires Indian mobile dev firm ZipDial for $30 million

Amazon to make 12 movies a year for theaters and Prime

To the moon: Google reported to be in talks to invest in SpaceX

#Want: LapExpand offers brilliant, portable multiple displays for laptops

ChangeTip adds Facebook support to Bitcoin tipping service

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