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

Bitcoin & Blockchain incubator Digital Currency Group raises capital from Mastercard & others

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY11 YEARS AGO

Bitcoin and Blockchain incubator Digital Currency Group, Inc. (DCG) has raised an undisclosed amount of capital in a round that included Bain Capital Ventures, Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CIBC), CME Ventures, FirstMark Capital, MasterCard, New York Life, Novel TMT, Oak HC/FT, …

Sports data tech firm Sportradar raises $44m in a round that includes Michael Jordan

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY11 YEARS AGO

Sports data tech firm Sportradar AG has raised $44 million in venture capital in a round led by Revolution Growth that included Michael Jordan (yes, that Michael Jordan) and Mark Cuban. Founded in 2003, Sportradar claims to be the world’s leading supplier …

Apple books record Q4 profit of $11.1b off the back of the iPhone’s growth in China

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY11 YEARS AGO

Apple continues to ride the wave of the growing middle class in China with the tech giant posting a new record quarterly profit. Revenue for Apple’s fourth quarter came in at $51.5 billion with a net profit of $11.1 billion, up from …

Bitfinex and Blade Payments deal delivers Bitcoin debit card with no exchange requirement

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY11 YEARS AGO

Bitcoin exchange Bitfinex (iFinex, Inc.) has announced a new partnership with Blade Payments (Blade Data Ltd.) to provide real-time debit cards to Bitfinex customers. The cards will support payments through Bitcoin by allowing the use of the card without preloading a fiat …

Time acquires xoJane.com & xoVain.com from Say Media for an undisclosed price

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY11 YEARS AGO

Time, Inc. has continued its buying spree of online media properties with the acquisition of sites xoJane.com and xoVain.com from Say Media, Inc. According to The Wall Street Journal, terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. xoJane.com was launched in 2011 by Sassy …

15-year-old script kiddie arrested in TalkTalk hacking investigation

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY11 YEARS AGO

An unnamed 15-year-old boy has been arrested in relation to the massive hack and subsequent data breach of United Kingdom telco TalkTalk Telecom Group PLC. The boy, a resident of County Antrim, Northern Ireland was arrested on suspicion of breaching the Computer …

Facebook copies Google Now with new mobile notifications tab

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY11 YEARS AGO

Facebook, Inc. has announced a major upgrade to the notifications tab in its mobile app that will see the feature become more than simply one that informs users when others have liked or commented on posts. The new notifications tab combines the …

Cheers: This 3D printer filament is entirely made out of beer dregs

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY11 YEARS AGO

Greek philosopher Plato may have famously said “he was a wise man who invented beer,” but is a man or startup who has found a use for the dregs smarter again? That’s a question to be asked of 3D printing supply company …

UK telco TalkTalk hacked, hackers demand Bitcoin ransom but user data is already out there

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY11 YEARS AGO

British communications company TalkTalk Telecom Group PLC has experienced a serious data breach with the alleged hackers behind the hack demanding a ransom in Bitcoin. The breaches (there were remarkably three over 8 months) were first disclosed Friday and are believed to …

These morons just blew $35m on an app with 15m installs because they never had a business model

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY11 YEARS AGO

A somewhat common concept that has gripped the tech startup scene in recent years is the idea that you build a startup without any clear idea how you’re going to make money from it, then presuming you’re not acquired in the meantime …

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Duncan Riley

Latest from Duncan Riley

Bitcoin & Blockchain incubator Digital Currency Group raises capital from Mastercard & others

Sports data tech firm Sportradar raises $44m in a round that includes Michael Jordan

Apple books record Q4 profit of $11.1b off the back of the iPhone’s growth in China

Bitfinex and Blade Payments deal delivers Bitcoin debit card with no exchange requirement

Time acquires xoJane.com & xoVain.com from Say Media for an undisclosed price

15-year-old script kiddie arrested in TalkTalk hacking investigation

Facebook copies Google Now with new mobile notifications tab

Cheers: This 3D printer filament is entirely made out of beer dregs

UK telco TalkTalk hacked, hackers demand Bitcoin ransom but user data is already out there

These morons just blew $35m on an app with 15m installs because they never had a business model

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