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

Report: Etsy looking at Q1 IPO to raise $300 million

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY12 YEARS AGO

Online goods marketplace Etsy Inc. is looking to raise $300 million in a first quarter IPO, according to a report from Bloomberg. Founded in 2005, the company focuses on handmade and vintage items, as well as art and craft supplies. Items available …

Ross Ulbricht goes on trial over Silk Road charges

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY12 YEARS AGO

Ross Ulbricht went on trial Tuesday before a Manhattan Court on multiple charges stemming from his creation and administration of notorious darknet marketplace Silk Road. Ulbricht is facing charges of conspiring to commit narcotics trafficking, conspiring to commit computer hacking and conspiring to …

Google Domains now available in the U.S. for your domain buying pleasure

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY12 YEARS AGO

Google has launched Google Domains in beta to the United States market, a domain registration and site building platform it has been privately testing since June 2014. The service, like those provided by the likes of GoDaddy Group Inc. and Namecheap Inc., offers …

Bitcoin storage firm Elliptic receives reporting accreditation from KPMG

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY12 YEARS AGO

Bitcoin storage provider Elliptic Enterprises Ltd. has achieved a Bitcoin industry first in obtaining ISAE3402 accreditation from a “big four” accounting firm for financial reporting at a standard applied to banks. The London, England-based company provides services to investment funds and trading houses, covering …

Urbanspoon acquired by Zomato for rumored $60 million

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY12 YEARS AGO

Restaurant review company Zomato Media Ptv Ltd has acquired Urbanspoon from IAC/InterActive Corp. The price of the acquisition has not be disclosed, but is believed to be around the $60 million mark according to Geekwire, who broke the story. Urbanspoon offers restaurant search, …

Sadly not April fools: U.K. Government wants to ban all encrypted apps

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY12 YEARS AGO

The British Prime Minister said Monday that the U.K. Government would ban encrypted apps after the next U.K. General Election in May unless security services were given backdoor access to spy on users. David Cameron, in what is surprisingly not an April Fools …

Meet smrtGRiPS, the remarkably clever yet simple smart bike grips

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY12 YEARS AGO

The Internet of Things comes in all shapes and sizes in 2015, and whereas some have dubious merit, occasionally you hit something so cleverly simple yet useful you just go wow. Meet smrtGRiPS, billed as the “world’s first connected bike grips.” The initial …

BTC for the ears: here’s some great Bitcoin podcasts for your listening pleasure

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY12 YEARS AGO

In 2015 Podcasting is cool again. Led by Serial, the space has had a second coming, and the Bitcoin market hasn’t missed out on the action. We’ve cruised the web to deliver you a list of some of the best Bitcoin podcasts available. They vary …

Google to offer realtime voice-to-text translation to keep up with Skype

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY12 YEARS AGO

Google is said to be updating its Google Translate app to allow speech to text translation in real time, following a similar move by the Microsoft-owned Skype in December. According to The New York Times, the updated app “will automatically recognize if someone is …

They’re back: Bitstamp returns following $5 million hack

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY12 YEARS AGO

Bitstamp Ltd. resumed trading today after an outage allegedly cause by hacking January 5th. CEO Nejc Kodrič said in a statement that the company was happy to be back in business, and that they had implemented a “newly redeployed website and backend systems …

1
…
1042
1043
1044
1045
1046
…
1056

Duncan Riley

Latest from Duncan Riley

Report: Etsy looking at Q1 IPO to raise $300 million

Ross Ulbricht goes on trial over Silk Road charges

Google Domains now available in the U.S. for your domain buying pleasure

Bitcoin storage firm Elliptic receives reporting accreditation from KPMG

Urbanspoon acquired by Zomato for rumored $60 million

Sadly not April fools: U.K. Government wants to ban all encrypted apps

Meet smrtGRiPS, the remarkably clever yet simple smart bike grips

BTC for the ears: here’s some great Bitcoin podcasts for your listening pleasure

Google to offer realtime voice-to-text translation to keep up with Skype

They’re back: Bitstamp returns following $5 million hack

LATEST FROM THECUBE

UPCOMING CUBE EVENTS

RECENT CUBE EVENTS

GraphTalk 2026

AMD Advancing AI 2026

RAISE Summit 2026

Pure Accelerate 2026

FinOps X 2026

SIGN IN

Bio

Ethics statement

Contact us

Partner with us

Contact us

Guest inquiry