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

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Report: iPhone 6S will ship with a three level “3D Touch” version of Force Touch

Apple’s latest update in its smartphone range could be more whizbang than previously predicted with a report over the weekend that the iPhone 6S is going 3D touch. If 3D touch means nothing to you (it shouldn’t) according to 9to5Mac the new iPhone feature will see an updated version of Apple’s Force Touch technology (as ...

Cloud SaaS security firm Netskope raises $75m Series D

Cloud software-as-a-service (SaaS) security firm Netskope, Inc. has raised $75 million Series D in a round led by Iconiq Capital that included previous investors Accel Partners, Lightspeed Venture Partners, and the Social + Capital Partnership. Founded in 2012, Netskope describes itself as a cloud access security broker with its Netskope Active Platform providing discovery, deep ...

Amazon Web Services snaps up video solutions startup Elemental Technologies for $500m

Online video solutions and distribution company Elemental Technologies Inc. has been acquired by Amazon.com, Inc. division Amazon Web Services (AWS) for a figure believed to be $500 million. Founded in 2006, Elemental is a leading supplier of software-defined video solutions for multiscreen content delivery. The company claims to have pioneered the use of software-based video ...

Report: Apple to launch 21.5″ iMac with 4k screen in October

Apple’s all-in-one desktop range is set for a shakeup with a report Thursday that the company will be launching a new 21.5 inch iMac with 4k screen. 9to5Mac claims that Apple is planning to announce the refreshed version of the smaller iMac by the end of October alongside the new version of its operating system OS ...

AOL acquires mobile ad firm Millennial Media for $238m

AOL, Inc. has acquired mobile advertising and data company Millennial Media, Inc. for $238 million. The all-cash deal sees AOL offering Millennial stockholders $1.75 per share of common stock. Founded in 2006, Millennial bills itself as “the leading independent mobile marketplace” and offers advertising solutions that are claimed to make mobile simple for the world’s ...

Bitcoin exchange Paymium raises €1m seed round, founder bitches about it not being enough

Bitcoin exchange and payments service provider Paymium has raised a seed round of €1 million ($1.12 million) that included Newfund, Kima Ventures, Galitt and a number of unnamed individuals. Founded in 2011, Paymium offers a Bitcoin exchange which they claim offers a secure, reliable, high-performance trading platform that is in compliance with European regulations. On ...

Report: Chinese unicorn smartphone maker Xiaomi may be launching a laptop in 2016

Chinese smartphone maker and leading unicorn Xiaomi, Inc. may be expanding its horizons into the laptop market, according to a report published Wednesday. Bloomberg Business quotes “people with direct knowledge of the matter,” stating that Xiaomi’s notebook may go on sale in the first quarter of 2106 and will compete with such premium computers as ...

One more thing: Apple may reveal the iPad Pro at iPhone/ Apple TV event September 9

The newest member of Apple’s iPad family may be coming sooner than expected with a report claiming that the iPad Pro may be revealed September 9 at an Apple launch event along with the new iPhone and Apple TV. According to 9to5Mac, which is usually pretty spot on with these things, the reveal of the iPad ...

Stressed out: Lizard Squad takes down UK law enforcement website in latest DDoS attack

Notorious hacking group Lizard Squad is back in the news with reports that they managed to take down a United Kingdom law enforcement site. Described by some as a hack, the group appears to have launched a distributed denial of service attack (DDoS) attack against the website of the National Crime Authority (NCA), the U.K.’s ...

Good: Google to penalize sites that use full-page interstitial ads to push app installs on mobile pages

In a move likely to be rejoiced by anyone who has ever used their smartphone to access a website, Google has announced that it’s cracking down on companies who use full-screen overlay app install interstitial ads on their sites. The move will see Google kick sites who use this form of advertising where it hurts ...