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

SAP-owned Concur acquires online travel startup Hipmunk

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY10 YEARS AGO

SAP SE-owned enterprise travel and business expense management firm Concur Technologies has acquired online travel startup Hipmunk Inc. for an undisclosed sum. Founded in 2010, Hipmunk offers a travel search site that aims to help people book travel faster and more efficiently …

Digg 2.0 raises Series C round from USA Today parent company Gannett

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY10 YEARS AGO

The born-again version of the once great social sharing site Digg Inc. has raised a Series C round from Gannett Co. Inc., the parent company of USA Today. Although the amount of the round was not disclosed, Politico reports that it was a …

YouTube launches closed beta of Community social networking service

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY10 YEARS AGO

Google-owned video hosting site YouTube has entered the social networking space with a new product called YouTube Community. The new service is being pitched as a way to help “strengthen the bond” between creators and viewers by allowing YouTube content creators to …

Verizon has acquired smart lighting startup Sensity Systems

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY10 YEARS AGO

Verizon Communications Inc. has acquired smart lighting startup Sensity Systems Inc. for an undisclosed sum. Founded in 2010, Sensity offers a high-speed, sensor-based, multiservice, open networking platform known as a Light Sensory Network (LSN) that is designed to help lighting owners improve …

Samsung may brick Note7 devices to force users to comply with the recall

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY10 YEARS AGO

Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. may be planning to brick its Note7 smartphones that have not been returned following the recall of the device earlier this month. The source of the potential decision is unclear, with some sites attributing it to a subsequently deleted …

Apple cuts cryptocurrency exchange app ShapeShift from App Store

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY10 YEARS AGO

Cryptocurrency exchange service ShapeShift AG has disappeared from Apple’s App Store, with some suggesting the removal may be due to Apple restricting what sort of cryptocurrencies are permitted to be supported by apps in its market. ShapeShift’s iOS app, launched in June …

New Twitter alternative Gab grows rapidly with a promise of free speech

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY10 YEARS AGO

A new social service that promises a free speech alternative to Facebook Inc. and Twitter Inc. is starting to gather steam off the back of a number of high-profile conservative endorsements. Called Gab, the service is probably closer to Twitter than any …

EU court rules linking to infringing material violates copyright

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY10 YEARS AGO

In a case that could have chilling effects on the open Internet, a European court has ruled that linking to copyright infringing material is itself a copyright infringement. The case was brought by Sanoma Oyj, the company that publishes the Dutch edition …

Apple lays off dozens of employees as car project hits serious pothole

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY10 YEARS AGO

Apple’s efforts to deliver its long-rumored iCar may have hit a rather serious pothole with recent news that the company has laid off dozens of employees as part of a “reboot” of the project. The New York Times claims that the reboot …

Twitter adds new feature to its direct-messaging

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY10 YEARS AGO

Twitter Inc. has seemingly not completely forgotten its core microblogging come messaging service as it tries to reinvent itself as a live online sports broadcaster. On Thursday, the company announced upgrades to its direct messaging. Top of the list is the addition …

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Duncan Riley

Latest from Duncan Riley

SAP-owned Concur acquires online travel startup Hipmunk

Digg 2.0 raises Series C round from USA Today parent company Gannett

YouTube launches closed beta of Community social networking service

Verizon has acquired smart lighting startup Sensity Systems

Samsung may brick Note7 devices to force users to comply with the recall

Apple cuts cryptocurrency exchange app ShapeShift from App Store

New Twitter alternative Gab grows rapidly with a promise of free speech

EU court rules linking to infringing material violates copyright

Apple lays off dozens of employees as car project hits serious pothole

Twitter adds new feature to its direct-messaging

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