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

Twitter signs deal with NBA for exclusive pre-game show, expanded video offering

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY10 YEARS AGO

Twitter, Inc.’s plans to turn itself into a sports live-streaming service has received a boost, with news Tuesday that it has signed an original content deal with the National Basketball Association (NBA). The deal, which will include live programming and video to …

Former St. Louis Cardinals scouting director Chris Correa gets 46 months for hacking Houston Astros

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY10 YEARS AGO

Former St. Louis Cardinals scouting director Chris Correa has been sentenced to 46 months in prison for hacking accounts at rival Major League Baseball (MLB) team the Houston Astros. Correa, who was fired in July 2015 after the hacking scandal was first …

WiFi & customer loyalty startup Zenreach raises $30m Series B from Peter Thiel’s Founders Fund, others

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY10 YEARS AGO

Stealth WiFi and customer loyalty startup Zenreach, Inc. has raised $30 million Series B in a round led by Founders Fund that included previous investors Formation 8, Bain Capital Ventures and First Round Capital. As part of the deal, legendary investor and …

The right stuff: Twitter now allows qualified people to apply for verified account status

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY10 YEARS AGO

Microblogging come messaging service Twitter, Inc. is opening up its verified account process by allowing anyone to apply for a blue checkmark next to their name, a mark that identifies (as the name may suggest) that the account holder is indeed who …

New company EtherIndex files with SEC for ether ETF

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY10 YEARS AGO

A company by the name of EtherIndex LLC has filed paperwork with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to launch an exchange traded fund (ETF) based on ether, the up and coming bitcoin competitor that runs on the Ethereum network. The filing …

Crazy: here’s Pokemon GO by the numbers

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY10 YEARS AGO

Unless you’ve been living in a cave these last two weeks you’d know that app and gaming history has been made with the unprecedented craze that is the augmented reality game Pokemon GO. The game, in which players collect then fight Pokemon …

IBM launches beta test of blockchain based supply chain platform

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY10 YEARS AGO

International Business Machines Corporation (IBM) has launched a new platform that allows companies to test blockchain technology in their supply chains. The new service utilizes the company’s LinuxOne system and allows supply chain customers to build and test blockchains in a secure …

Adiós: no surprise as Yahoo misses Q2 market expectations in last financials before purchase

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY10 YEARS AGO

Yahoo, Inc.’s likely last financial report as an independent listed company unsurprisingly missed market expectations Monday as the once great internet company continued its fall from grace. For the second quarter of 2016, Yahoo reported revenue of $1.3 billion, surprisingly up 5 …

Report: Enterprise bitcoin payments processor Bitnet in talks to sell IP to Rakuten

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY10 YEARS AGO

Enterprise bitcoin payments processor Bitnet Technologies Ltd. looks set to be possibly leaving the bitcoin payment industry, with a report that it is in the process of selling its intellectual property assets to Japanese e-commerce giant Rakuten, Inc. The Wall Street Journal …

Final round of bidding for Yahoo Monday, new owner may be known by end of week

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY10 YEARS AGO

The buyer of Yahoo, Inc.’s core business could be known as soon as the end of the week, with the fourth, and final bids for the company due Monday. According to reports, the final bids are due the same day the company …

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Duncan Riley

Latest from Duncan Riley

Twitter signs deal with NBA for exclusive pre-game show, expanded video offering

Former St. Louis Cardinals scouting director Chris Correa gets 46 months for hacking Houston Astros

WiFi & customer loyalty startup Zenreach raises $30m Series B from Peter Thiel’s Founders Fund, others

The right stuff: Twitter now allows qualified people to apply for verified account status

New company EtherIndex files with SEC for ether ETF

Crazy: here’s Pokemon GO by the numbers

IBM launches beta test of blockchain based supply chain platform

Adiós: no surprise as Yahoo misses Q2 market expectations in last financials before purchase

Report: Enterprise bitcoin payments processor Bitnet in talks to sell IP to Rakuten

Final round of bidding for Yahoo Monday, new owner may be known by end of week

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