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

Spotify raises $1b in convertible debt as it attempts to strengthen its war chest

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY10 YEARS AGO

Music streaming provider Spotify AB has raised $1 billion in convertible debt from TPG Capital and Dragoneer Investment Group. According to reports, the deal comes with some strict guarantees, including TPG and Drogoneer being able to convert the debt to equity at …

Google goes full telco, offers landline phone package to Fiber users

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY10 YEARS AGO

Google, Inc. is now officially a proper telco with the company announcing Tuesday that is was launching a home phone service. Called Fiber Home, the new service gives anyone with a Basic, Gig, and Gig TV Google Fiber connection access to a …

MIT establishes Bitcoin Development Fund to support the work of the Bitcoin Core project

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY10 YEARS AGO

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology, better known by its acronym MIT, has announced the creation of the Bitcoin Development Fund to cover salaries, travel and work costs of Gavin Andresen, Wladimir van der Laan, and Cory Fields, the three leading developers of …

Bitcoin startup Coinkite closes wallet service due to “BS” of DDoS attacks, dealing with lawyers

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY10 YEARS AGO

Bitcoin startup Coinkite, Inc. has announced that it is closing down its secure Bitcoin wallet service in order to focus on building hardware-based Bitcoin products instead. Founded in 2012, Coinkite billed itself as the easiest and safest way to use and accept …

Mobile data accessed to create accurate looking scam speeding tickets

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY10 YEARS AGO

Received a speeding ticket via email lately? First, the vast majority of Police Departments do not email speeding tickets, but secondly, you may also have malware installed on your mobile phone. Although not officially confirmed, police in Pennsylvania believe that a “free …

DoJ officially abandons Apple iPhone backdoor case after confirming they’ve cracked the phone

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY10 YEARS AGO

Apple has been let off the hook in the contentious iPhone unlocking case after the Department of Justice (DoJ) announced Monday that it was dropping the case. In a notice of withdrawal, the DoJ explained that they had found a way to …

Samsung Galaxy S7 review: This is the Android phone you’ve been waiting for

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY10 YEARS AGO

The Samsung Galaxy S7 was revealed to the world back in February, and subsequently went on sale March 11 in the United States and globally in the weeks that followed. SiliconANGLE’s Duncan Riley recently purchased one and reviews it as follows. When …

New OS X zero-day vulnerability allows hackers to steal sensitive data from Apple computers

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY10 YEARS AGO

A new zero-day vulnerability has been revealed in Apple’s OS X operating system that if exploited would allow hackers to steal sensitive data from Apple computers and servers. Revealed by security firm SentinelOne on Friday, the vulnerability is described as a non-memory …

Science: The IZIVIBE is an iPhone case that doubles as a vibrator

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY10 YEARS AGO

The term “what will science think of next” is often used facetiously and often with good reason; it also turns out to be the only starting line we could think of when to describe the arguably most not safe for work (NSFW) …

Going up: Spotify now has 30 million paid subscribers

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY10 YEARS AGO

Despite increased competition from the likes of Apple, Inc., streaming music service provider Spotify AB shows no signs of slowing down with Chief Executive Officer Daniel Ek announcing in a tweet that the company now has 30 million paid subscribers. The number …

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Duncan Riley

Latest from Duncan Riley

Spotify raises $1b in convertible debt as it attempts to strengthen its war chest

Google goes full telco, offers landline phone package to Fiber users

MIT establishes Bitcoin Development Fund to support the work of the Bitcoin Core project

Bitcoin startup Coinkite closes wallet service due to “BS” of DDoS attacks, dealing with lawyers

Mobile data accessed to create accurate looking scam speeding tickets

DoJ officially abandons Apple iPhone backdoor case after confirming they’ve cracked the phone

Samsung Galaxy S7 review: This is the Android phone you’ve been waiting for

New OS X zero-day vulnerability allows hackers to steal sensitive data from Apple computers

Science: The IZIVIBE is an iPhone case that doubles as a vibrator

Going up: Spotify now has 30 million paid subscribers

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