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

Visa and Epiphyte team for Blockchain proof-of-concept testing for fintech payments

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY11 YEARS AGO

Visa, Inc. wants a part of the future in fintech payment solutions with an announcement it is working on a proof-of-concept for a Blockchain-based remittance service. Working with distributed ledger specialist Epiphyte Ltd. through its Visa Europe Collab innovation hub, the project …

Google self-driving car pulled over for driving too slowly, manages to avoid getting a ticket

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY11 YEARS AGO

One of Google’s cute, little self-driving cars had a run-in with the law Thursday, with a test vehicle being pulled over by an Officer in Mountain View. While the notion of a self-driving car being pulled over for a traffic infringement it …

Google launches a dedicated YouTube Music app because you can never have enough apps

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY11 YEARS AGO

Google has finally released its YouTube Music app to market with a streaming app that offers a service for both free and paying users. Available on both Android and iOS, YouTube Music is being pitched as a way to do even more …

Samsung is first to market with the Gear VR shipping November 20 for $99

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY11 YEARS AGO

Despite the hype around the second coming of virtual reality (90’s kids will understand the reference), much of it has sounded like vaporware…until now. Tech and consumer giant Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. is going first to market with their new Gear VR …

EMC acquisition deal may be in doubt with a report the IRS may slug Dell with a $9b tax bill

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY11 YEARS AGO

The highly publicized and mostly popular news that Dell, Inc. will be acquiring rival cloud computing company EMC Corp. for $67 billion may be in doubt with a report Tuesday that the takeover may result in an insanely crazy tax bill. Re/Code …

Nuts: Animal blog The Dodo raises $11.5m Series B

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY11 YEARS AGO

Animal blog The Dodo.com, Inc. has raised $11.5 million Series B in a round led by Discovery Communications that included Softbank, SBNY, Berggruen Holdings, Lerer Hippeau Ventures, Greycroft Partners and NBA commissioner David Stern. Founded in 2014, The Dodo claims to be …

Blue Coat acquires data science-powered SaaS cloud security firm Elastica for $280m

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY11 YEARS AGO

Enterprise security firm Blue Coat Systems, Inc. has acquired data science-powered Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) app/cloud security firm Elastica, Inc. for $280 million. Founded in 2012, Elastica claims to be the leader in data science-powered cloud application security with services through its Elastica CloudSOC …

ProtonMail pays Bitcoin ransom to stop DDoS attack, then is attacked further

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY11 YEARS AGO

Distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks with extortion demands for payments in Bitcoin cryptocurrency to stop them are becoming more and more popular in 2015, but what happens if you give in and pay the ransom? Switzerland-based email service provider ProntonMail (Proton …

Alibaba has acquired China’s version of YouTube Youku Tudou for $3.9b

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY11 YEARS AGO

Chinese eCommerce giant Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. has acquired Youku Tudou, Inc., China’s version of YouTube, for around $3.9 billion. Alibaba already owned shares in the company prior to acquisition, with The Wall Street Journal reporting that the deal priced the company …

MMM Ponzi scam may be main reason behind Bitcoin price fluctuations

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY11 YEARS AGO

The price of Bitcoin has been on a rollercoaster ride this week with the cryptocurrency hitting a 12 month high of $490 until settling back down to its current price (at the time of writing) of $360. We’ve discussed the possible reasons …

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Duncan Riley

Latest from Duncan Riley

Visa and Epiphyte team for Blockchain proof-of-concept testing for fintech payments

Google self-driving car pulled over for driving too slowly, manages to avoid getting a ticket

Google launches a dedicated YouTube Music app because you can never have enough apps

Samsung is first to market with the Gear VR shipping November 20 for $99

EMC acquisition deal may be in doubt with a report the IRS may slug Dell with a $9b tax bill

Nuts: Animal blog The Dodo raises $11.5m Series B

ProtonMail pays Bitcoin ransom to stop DDoS attack, then is attacked further

Alibaba has acquired China’s version of YouTube Youku Tudou for $3.9b

MMM Ponzi scam may be main reason behind Bitcoin price fluctuations

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