Mike Wheatley

Mike Wheatley is a senior staff writer at SiliconANGLE. He loves to write about Big Data and the Internet of Things, and explore how these technologies are evolving and helping businesses to become more agile.

Before joining SiliconANGLE, Mike was an editor at Argophilia Travel News, an occassional contributer to The Epoch Times, and has also dabbled in SEO and social media marketing. He usually bases himself in Bangkok, Thailand, though he can often be found roaming through the jungles or chilling on a beach.

Got a news story or tip? Email Mike@SiliconANGLE.com.

Latest from Mike Wheatley

Facebook To Announce News Reader on June 20?

NEWS By MIKE WHEATLEY13 YEARS AGO

Facebook already kicks ass in the world of social media, and now it’s setting its site on dominating news consumption as well. Various reports over the weekend suggest that Facebook is now developing its own RSS service, presumably with half an eye …

PRISM Scandal Rumbles On: Facebook, Microsoft & Apple Come Clean Over Data Requests

NEWS By MIKE WHEATLEY13 YEARS AGO

And so the drama over the NSAgate scandal rumbles on. This weekend, three technology companies implicated in the so-called PRISM spying program released limited information about the number of surveillance requests they had received over the course of the last year, in …

Google Announces Big Data Plan To Eradicate Child Porn

NEWS By MIKE WHEATLEY13 YEARS AGO

For all the benefits it brings to the world, the internet also has a much darker side to it that only causes harm. And of these shady corners of the world wide web, few will disagree that none are more abhorrent than …

Hats Off to Edward Snowden: His Sacrifice Gives You A Choice

NEWS By MIKE WHEATLEY13 YEARS AGO

A lot has been said about Edward Snowden, the NSA whistleblower who revealed its secret PRISM spying program to The Guardian newspaper last week. Some have praised the guy as a hero for exposing what really is an outrageous beach of web …

DuckDuckGo, The PRISM-Proof Search Engine That the NSA Just Can’t Track

NEWS By MIKE WHEATLEY13 YEARS AGO

In the wake of the NSA’s spying revelations, a golden opportunity has arisen for lesser known web services that offer guarantees against government snooping. Admittedly, a large number of web users will probably never leave the likes of Google and Microsoft simply …

EU To Investigate Claims Google Unfairly Licenses Android

NEWS By MIKE WHEATLEY13 YEARS AGO

Just weeks after Google reached a legally-binding agreement with the EU following a long-winded antitrust case, the company is now reported to be facing a new investigation by European authorities into allegations surrounding its Android smartphone operating system. Rivals of Google, including …

US Government Spying Extends Far Beyond PRISM

NEWS By MIKE WHEATLEY13 YEARS AGO

Just when we thought these spying shenanigans couldn’t get any worse, well… They just did. A report by Michael Riley in Bloomberg today suggests that the nine technology firms supplying the NSA’s PRISM program with data are in fact just the tip …

Facebook Opens a REALLY COLD New Data Center in Sweden

NEWS By MIKE WHEATLEY13 YEARS AGO

Facebook has just announced the opening of a new data center in the frosty climes of Lulea, in Northern Sweden, right on the edge of the Arctic Circle, as it looks for novel ways to reduce operating costs whilst boosting its environmental …

Crowdsourcing Takes Off in China with Danger Maps & More

NEWS By MIKE WHEATLEY13 YEARS AGO

Not to be outdone by our own crowdsourcing efforts recently, Chinese netizens are getting in on the act as well. A new project called Danger Maps that taps on the knowledge of China’s 564 million web users is helping to draw attention …

It’s Not Just US: Google Says That Iran Spies On its Citizens Too

NEWS By MIKE WHEATLEY13 YEARS AGO

Google may or may not be spying on its users, but it certainly knows what’s going on elsewhere around the world wide web. In an announcement yesterday, the company’s security division revealed the existence of a vast Iranian government spying campaign that’s …

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Mike Wheatley

Latest from Mike Wheatley

Facebook To Announce News Reader on June 20?

PRISM Scandal Rumbles On: Facebook, Microsoft & Apple Come Clean Over Data Requests

Google Announces Big Data Plan To Eradicate Child Porn

Hats Off to Edward Snowden: His Sacrifice Gives You A Choice

DuckDuckGo, The PRISM-Proof Search Engine That the NSA Just Can’t Track

EU To Investigate Claims Google Unfairly Licenses Android

US Government Spying Extends Far Beyond PRISM

Facebook Opens a REALLY COLD New Data Center in Sweden

Crowdsourcing Takes Off in China with Danger Maps & More

It’s Not Just US: Google Says That Iran Spies On its Citizens Too

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