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

KGI report claims Apple will release a 5.8″ AMOLED iPhone this year

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY10 YEARS AGO

A 5.8-inch AMOLED iPhone in 2017? It may be happening, according to a note given to investors by KGI analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, a man with a strong track record of predicting upcoming Apple products, most recently accurately predicting the 4-inch iPhone SE …

New Bitcoin NFC mobile payments provider Shake launches alpha test

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY10 YEARS AGO

Want to pay for your morning coffee with Bitcoin, but don’t want to carry a Bitcoin debit card? Soon you will be able to with Canadian startup Shake Labs, Inc. releasing an alpha test of its new Near Field Communication (NFC) payment …

Apple is developing a TV show about apps to be fronted by Will.i.am

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY10 YEARS AGO

Tech giant Apple, Inc. is ramping up its television business and is developing a new show, according to reports Thursday. According to The New York Times, the unscripted show will be about apps, will star singer Will.i.am, and be produced by Hollywood …

Snapchat buys comic and emoji maker Bitstrips for $100m

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY10 YEARS AGO

Messaging app maker Snapchat, Inc. has acquired online comic and emoji making firm Bitstrips, Inc. for $100 million. Fortune reports that the deal included a mix of cash and stock. Founded in 2007, Bitstrips first offers customizable cartoons that became immensely popular …

Report: Google is building an Amazon Echo rival without involving a dysfunctional Nest

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY10 YEARS AGO

Google is building a competitor to Amazon.com, Inc.’s Echo smart speaker, according to a report Thursday from The Information. Amazon’s Echo, a smart speaker powered by artificial intelligence that is able to answer questions, play music, and control smart devices, has been …

Good news as victim has money returned from scam Bitcoin exchange igot

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY10 YEARS AGO

There’s good news for those ripped off by scam Australian Bitcoin exchange igot Pty. Ltd., with reports that an Australian State Government agency has been able to obtain refunds for victims by threatening to sue the company. igot came to our attention …

Pornhub raises interest in market by launching a new dedicated VR category

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY10 YEARS AGO

Porn is credited, rightly or wrongly, with popularizing technologies in years gone by, most famously VHS in their competition with Betamax, and by picking Blue-ray in their battle with HD-DVD, but can they do the same for virtual reality? We may be …

Enterprise goal planning startup BetterWorks takes $20m Series B

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY10 YEARS AGO

Enterprise goal planning firm BetterWorks, Inc. has raised $20 million Series B in a round led by Emergence Capital that included Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, 8VC, AME Cloud Ventures, Bing Gordon, ff Venture Capital, John Doerr and Pejman Mar Ventures. Founded …

Man the torpedoes: Google said to be taking on Periscope, FB Live with new YouTube service

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY10 YEARS AGO

Google, Inc. want’s a slice of the live streaming video market and is said to be building a new service to take on the likes of the Twitter, Inc. owned Periscope and Facebook Live, according to multiple reports. VentureBeat claims the new …

Smartwatch maker Pebble laying off 25% of staff due to VC fundraising shortage

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY10 YEARS AGO

Smartwatch maker Pebble Technology Corp. is laying off 25 percent of its workforce in an attempt to control how much money it spends, according to a report Wednesday. In an interview with Tech Insider, Pebble Chief Executive Officer Eric Migicovsky said that …

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Duncan Riley

Latest from Duncan Riley

KGI report claims Apple will release a 5.8″ AMOLED iPhone this year

New Bitcoin NFC mobile payments provider Shake launches alpha test

Apple is developing a TV show about apps to be fronted by Will.i.am

Snapchat buys comic and emoji maker Bitstrips for $100m

Report: Google is building an Amazon Echo rival without involving a dysfunctional Nest

Good news as victim has money returned from scam Bitcoin exchange igot

Pornhub raises interest in market by launching a new dedicated VR category

Enterprise goal planning startup BetterWorks takes $20m Series B

Man the torpedoes: Google said to be taking on Periscope, FB Live with new YouTube service

Smartwatch maker Pebble laying off 25% of staff due to VC fundraising shortage

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