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

Google flogs a dead horse with new design for little used Google+

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY11 YEARS AGO

Google has unveiled a new design for Google+ that sees the little used and regularly maligned social network shift its emphasis to “Collections and Communities.” The move, described by Google as making it much easier for users to post, search, connect and …

Bitcoin mining firm BTCS counts its days as SEC filing shows it’s nearly run out of money

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY11 YEARS AGO

Bitcoin mining outfit BTCS, Inc. is counting its days with the company disclosing in a Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filing that it has nearly run out of money. The filing, required as BTCS is listed on the OTC (over the counter) …

Twitter is secretly testing emoji based responses to tweets in place of the heart button

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY11 YEARS AGO

Twitter’s much-derided decision to switch from a star based favorite button to a heart shaped like button may be short lived with the messaging come microblogging provider reported to be testing multiple emoji based support options instead. Discovered by Twitter user @_Ninji …

Let the battle begin: Anonymous declares war on ISIS over Paris terrorist attacks

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY11 YEARS AGO

Members of the hacking collective Anonymous have responded to the terrorist attacks in Paris by openly declaring war on the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIS). The declaration of war came by a video posted to YouTube and includes a …

Rdio gives up the ghost, files for bankruptcy and sells core assets to Pandora for $75m

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY11 YEARS AGO

Streaming music company Rdio, Inc. is no longer with the company Monday both filing for bankruptcy and announcing it had sold its core assets to Pandora, Inc. The deal will see Pandora pick up technology and intellectual property from the failed music …

Case involving Bitcoin considered by Judge Judy

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY11 YEARS AGO

Judith Sheindlin, better known to millions of fans as Judge Judy, had an interesting case last week when she was forced to try to understand what Bitcoin was. The episode, which went to air November 12, saw the good judge preside over …

Group claims Bitcoin may have been used to fund Paris terrorist attacks

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY11 YEARS AGO

Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIS or ISIL) may have channeled funds used to set up Friday’s terrorist attacks in Paris by using Bitcoin according to a group monitoring the organization. The report comes from the Ghost Security Group, an …

Facebook sides with terrorists against group who wanted to report ISIS accounts

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY11 YEARS AGO

Social media giant Facebook, Inc.’s commitment to being against terrorism after the horrific attacks that occurred in Paris Friday has been called into doubt, with the company apparently taking sides with ISIS instead of the voice of those opposed to the group. …

Miracle in Paris as Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge saves man from suicide bomber

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY11 YEARS AGO

Is the Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge so good it can save a life? It turns out the answer to that question is yes, with one man crediting his life to Samsung Electronic Co. Ltd.’s flagship device during the horror which was the …

VC redux: the born-again Digg raises $4m Series A… Yes, that Digg

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY11 YEARS AGO

The born-again version of once great social sharing site Digg, Inc. has taken the venture capital path with the company taking $4 million Series A (apparently you start again when you’re reborn) in a round from DG Incubation, the Tokyo-based investment subsidiary …

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Duncan Riley

Latest from Duncan Riley

Google flogs a dead horse with new design for little used Google+

Bitcoin mining firm BTCS counts its days as SEC filing shows it’s nearly run out of money

Twitter is secretly testing emoji based responses to tweets in place of the heart button

Let the battle begin: Anonymous declares war on ISIS over Paris terrorist attacks

Rdio gives up the ghost, files for bankruptcy and sells core assets to Pandora for $75m

Case involving Bitcoin considered by Judge Judy

Group claims Bitcoin may have been used to fund Paris terrorist attacks

Miracle in Paris as Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge saves man from suicide bomber

VC redux: the born-again Digg raises $4m Series A… Yes, that Digg

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