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 may be launching an auto insurance comparison service

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY12 YEARS AGO

Would you like auto insurance with your web search? That’s the question Google Inc. users in the United States may be facing later this year with one analyst predicting Google is about to get into the auto insurance business. Ellen Carney at …

A little narcissism is never enough: meet the Belfie Stick, a selfie stick for your butt | #CES2015

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY12 YEARS AGO

If the ongoing narcissism of never ending selfies isn’t sufficiently feeding your ego, meet the Belfie stick, a stick that allows you to take pictures of your backside. The stick debuted at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas this week and features …

Google loses market share to Yahoo following Firefox deal

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY12 YEARS AGO

Google Inc.’s market share of the search market dropped to its lowest level since 2008 in December on the back of the Mozilla Foundations switch to Yahoo as its default search provider in Firefox. According to analytics firm StatCounter, Google’s slice of the U.S. …

Regional Uber killer: LINE launches taxi service in Japan

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY12 YEARS AGO

LINE Corp.’s onwards expansion march has taken an interesting turn this week with the company extending its services to unexpectedly take on Uber Inc., at least in Japan. The new LINE Taxi service allows LINE users to book taxis directly from the …

Uncle Sam to Bitcoin Jesus: No visa for you to speak at BTC Miami

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY12 YEARS AGO

Former American citizen Roger “Bitcoin Jesus” Ver has found out the hard way the consequences of renouncing his citizenship: he’s been refused a visa to enter the United States to speak at the North American Bitcoin Conference in Miami. If you’ve not …

Apple sales increase as new iPhones challenge Android dominance

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY12 YEARS AGO

Apple Inc.’s share of the smartphone market increased in the three months ending November 2014 on the back of its new iPhone 6 and 6s models, new figures from Kantar Worldpanel ComTech reveal. The increase in iPhone sales challenged Android’s dominance of the market resulting …

FBI: North Korea was sloppy, didn’t always hide IP addresses in Sony hack

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY12 YEARS AGO

FBI Director James Comey has released new details on the Sony Corp. hack, noting that the hackers were “sloppy” in trying to cover their tracks. Comey in particular noted that the hackers had failed to use proxy servers to hide their identity, and that IP …

Holographic monitor, phone and 4D display shown at #CES2015

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY12 YEARS AGO

Michael Jackson didn’t make an appearance at the Consumer Electronics Expo in Las Vegas this week, but a number of new holographic devices did. Here are some of the interesting ones. . Minority Report meets computer monitor Hewlett-Packard Co. debuted the futuristic Zvr display, …

Bitcoin thrives at #CES2015 as Bitstamp is a no show

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY12 YEARS AGO

The Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas is highlighting the best of Bitcoin this week, although there’s one notable absence: Bitstamp Ltd. The World of Bitcoin display features a 2,000-square-foot island and includes Bitcoin-related companies including BitPay Inc., Circle Inc., Payword Inc. …

Report: new 12″ Macbook Air to get “radical” overhaul, will be even thinner

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY12 YEARS AGO

Apple Inc. is reportedly planning to launch a “radical” new 12 inch Macbook Air that is so small that it abandons a standard USB port for the small, new USB-C. According to 9to5Mac, usually a reliable source of Apple news, the “radically new” …

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Duncan Riley

Latest from Duncan Riley

Google may be launching an auto insurance comparison service

A little narcissism is never enough: meet the Belfie Stick, a selfie stick for your butt | #CES2015

Regional Uber killer: LINE launches taxi service in Japan

Uncle Sam to Bitcoin Jesus: No visa for you to speak at BTC Miami

FBI: North Korea was sloppy, didn’t always hide IP addresses in Sony hack

Holographic monitor, phone and 4D display shown at #CES2015

Bitcoin thrives at #CES2015 as Bitstamp is a no show

Report: new 12″ Macbook Air to get “radical” overhaul, will be even thinner

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