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

Uber to implement biometric background screening as another driver accused of rape

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY12 YEARS AGO

Uber Inc. has announced that it will implement biometric scanning to screen the backgrounds of its drivers following a number of high profile incidents of its drivers attacking passengers, including a rape in India and a new alleged rape case in Boston. …

Sony cans release of The Interview as North Korea hack rumors to be confirmed by Government

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY12 YEARS AGO

Sony Corp. has cancelled the release of movie The Interview following threats from hackers that are set to be confirmed by the United States Government as being sponsored by North Korea. The Seth Rogen/ James Franco comedy portrays two hapless journalists who are recruited …

Sony reveals smart glass clip-on to take on Google Glass

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY12 YEARS AGO

Sony Corp. has revealed a new display module that clips on to your existing glasses, turning them into something similar to Google Glass. The single-lens display module is powered by an ARM Cortex-A7 processor and sports a 640×400 OLED micro-display, giving a display field of …

Email newsletter provider theSkimm raises $6.25 million Series A

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY12 YEARS AGO

Email newsletter provider theSkimm Inc. has closed a Series A round of $6.25 million led by RRE Ventures LLC, Homebrew Management LLC and Greycroft Partners LLC. Also participating in the round were Chelsea Handler and Irving Azoff. The New York-based startup was founded by former NBC …

Time Inc. teams with Coinbase to accept Bitcoin payments for magazines

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY12 YEARS AGO

Time Inc. has started to accept payments in Bitcoin for a number of its magazines in a deal with Bitcoin payment provider Coinbase Inc. The deal, which Time suggests makes them “the first major magazine publisher to accept Bitcoin payments,” will see Bitcoin …

Apple suspends sales in Russia due to wildly fluctuating ruble

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY12 YEARS AGO

Apple Inc. has suspended sales in Russia due to wild fluctuations in the value of the ruble, as the impact of declining world oil prices and Western sanctions continue to destabilize the currency. The Russian ruble dropped 19 percent in market trading Tuesday, …

Despite Government efforts, report finds underground hacker markets are booming

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY12 YEARS AGO

A new report has found that underground hacker markets are booming with counterfeit documents, credit cards, hacker tutorials and excellent customer service, despite attempts by the Federal Government to close them. The Dell SecureWorks Inc. “Underground Hacking Markets Report 2014” (pdf) is …

Who is Happy is a geo-location check-in service for stoners

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY12 YEARS AGO

New app “Who is Happy” wants to be the go-to geo-location check-in and connection service for stoners, or dare we say “getting stoned 2.0.” While the concept is amusing at the outset, so would the idea of legalized recreational marijuana use 10 …

Bose to jump on streaming music bandwagon with own service

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY12 YEARS AGO

Audio equipment company Bose Corp. is jumping on the streaming music bandwagon by building its own service, according to a job placement it is currently advertising. The Worcester, MA based manufacturer has advertised for a Senior User Experience Designer: Cloud Music Services on ZipRecruiter Inc.’s job …

Skype Translator preview goes live: Spanish-English spoken, 40 languages written

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY12 YEARS AGO

Microsoft Corp.’s Skype division has launched a preview version of its new Skype Translator, a service that allows realtime translation from one language to the next. The tool, which Microsoft has been working on for over ten years is said by the company to …

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Duncan Riley

Latest from Duncan Riley

Uber to implement biometric background screening as another driver accused of rape

Sony cans release of The Interview as North Korea hack rumors to be confirmed by Government

Sony reveals smart glass clip-on to take on Google Glass

Email newsletter provider theSkimm raises $6.25 million Series A

Time Inc. teams with Coinbase to accept Bitcoin payments for magazines

Apple suspends sales in Russia due to wildly fluctuating ruble

Despite Government efforts, report finds underground hacker markets are booming

Who is Happy is a geo-location check-in service for stoners

Bose to jump on streaming music bandwagon with own service

Skype Translator preview goes live: Spanish-English spoken, 40 languages written

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