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

Edward Snowden: Bitcoin is flawed but the basic principles combined with tokenization are interesting

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY11 YEARS AGO

Fugitive former NSA contractor and accused traitor Edward Snowden has an opinion on the cryptocurrency Bitcoin, and while some of it is positive, his views aren’t all a bed of roses either. Speaking in an interview with The Internet Engineering Task Force …

Drool: Samsung takes world’s largest hard drive mantle with new 16TB SSD beauty

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY11 YEARS AGO

While most eyes were drawn to Samsung Electronic Co. Ltd.’s launch of new phones Thursday, the company also announced to less fanfare a possibly far more import new product: the world’s largest hard drive. The unexcitedly named PM1633a is reported to offer …

Hybrid community come eCommerce startup Massdrop raises $40m Series B

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY11 YEARS AGO

Hybrid community come eCommerce startup Massdrop, Inc. has raised $40 million Series B in a round led by August Capital that included First Round Capital, Mayfield Fund, and Cowboy Ventures. Founded in 2012, Massdrop offers a social come community forums service as a tool to support what is …

Apple live TV service delayed until 2016, but by then will many still care about live TV?

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY11 YEARS AGO

Apple’s live streaming television service has been delayed again, with a report Thursday that the tech giant has been unable to come to an agreement with the large television networks. Bloomberg Business quotes sources saying that the long-mooted service, Apple’s alleged attempt …

Bitcoin merchant services provider Coinify picks up competitor Coinzone in PSP play

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY11 YEARS AGO

Bitcoin merchant services and exchange provider Coinify ApS has acquired Bitcoin solutions provider Coinzone B.V. The price of the acquisition was not disclosed. Founded in March 2014, Coinzone has been building a full stack Bitcoin solution with a focus on the European …

LOL cat gif: Comcast via NBCU just acquired large chunks of both Buzzfeed and Vox Media

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY11 YEARS AGO

This gallery of cat gifs is proudly presented by BuzzFeed and Vox Media owner Comcast Corp., America’s favorite cable company. That may be a slight exaggeration at this point, but Comcast, America’s most hated company, is now in part powering the gifs …

Cloud SaaS firm SunGard acquired by Fidelity for $9.1b in cash and stock deal

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY11 YEARS AGO

Cloud Software as a Service (SaaS) firm SunGard Data Systems, Inc. has been acquired by Fidelity National Information Services, Inc. for $9.1 billion including debt. According to reports, the deal consists of 45 percent cash and 55 percent stock, and would create …

Clowns: SMS Bitcoin wallet service 37coins closes due to absolutely no understanding of their market

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY11 YEARS AGO

Bitcoin wallet service provider 37coins, Inc. has decided to shut down operations after failing to gain traction in the marketplace. Founded in 2013, 37coins provided a SMS based Bitcoin wallet service for people they condescendingly referred to (seriously) as the “unbanked” and …

Nine charged with hacking into newswire services to obtain info prior to it hitting the market

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY11 YEARS AGO

Nine people were charged on Tuesday with various offenses related to the hacking of various newswire services to obtain information from unpublished press releases to use to their advantage in share trades. The U.S. Attorney’s Office, District of New Jersey, said in …

Report: Facebook testing Twitter like breaking news app

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY11 YEARS AGO

Facebook, Inc. is reported to be working on a breaking news application that has been compared to being some what like that provided by Twitter, Inc. According to Business Insider who claims to have seen screenshots and spoken to a “source,” the …

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Duncan Riley

Latest from Duncan Riley

Edward Snowden: Bitcoin is flawed but the basic principles combined with tokenization are interesting

Drool: Samsung takes world’s largest hard drive mantle with new 16TB SSD beauty

Hybrid community come eCommerce startup Massdrop raises $40m Series B

Apple live TV service delayed until 2016, but by then will many still care about live TV?

Bitcoin merchant services provider Coinify picks up competitor Coinzone in PSP play

LOL cat gif: Comcast via NBCU just acquired large chunks of both Buzzfeed and Vox Media

Cloud SaaS firm SunGard acquired by Fidelity for $9.1b in cash and stock deal

Clowns: SMS Bitcoin wallet service 37coins closes due to absolutely no understanding of their market

Nine charged with hacking into newswire services to obtain info prior to it hitting the market

Report: Facebook testing Twitter like breaking news app

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