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

Despite being as guilty as sin, Apple is appealing the e-book price fixing ruling on “disruption” grounds

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY11 YEARS AGO

Apple surprised pundits and fanboys alike Thursday by announcing it will be appealing the e-book price-fixing case in the Supreme Court. The original ruling in 2013, subsequently appealed by Apple earlier this year with no success, found that the tech giant had …

IBM using the Bitcoin Blockchain as the base for a new smart contract platform

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY11 YEARS AGO

IBM is embracing the Bitcoin Blockchain by utilizing the technology to power smart contracts. According to The Wall Street Journal Big Blue’s research arm is using the code that powers the Blockchain to create a new derivative system that would be used to …

Anti-Uber polyamory as Lyft-Didi Kuaidi hookup and talk to Ola and GrabTaxi about a global alliance

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY11 YEARS AGO

Global competition to ride sharing service Uber, Inc. may be set to ratchet up a notch with the company’s main competitors in Asia and North America in talks to form a global alliance. Heavily venture capital funded, and China’s largest taxi hailing …

Little engine that could: News Corp acquires video ad tech firm Unruly for up to $176m

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY11 YEARS AGO

Global media giant News Corp. has acquired video advertising come “viral video” firm Unruly Media Ltd. for up to $176 million. The purchase price for the acquisition is reported to consist of a cash payment £58 million ($90 million), subject to certain …

Apple said to have acquired mapping visualization startup Mapsense for $25-30m

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY11 YEARS AGO

Mapping visualization startup Mapsense, Inc. is said to have been acquired by Apple, according to one unconfirmed report Wednesday. Re/Code claims the company was acquired for a figure around $25 million to $30 million, not a bad pay day for a company …

Major banks line up with fintech startup R3 to develop Blockchain framework for financial markets

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY11 YEARS AGO

Nine major banks have joined with fintech startup R3CEV LLC (R3) to develop a framework for using Blockchain technology in financial markets. The announcement of the partnership to design and deliver advanced distributed/shared ledger technologies to global financial markets includes some of …

Morons reporting Facebook is getting a dislike button are wrong, but it is getting something new

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY11 YEARS AGO

Baaa! Shaun the Sheep Demonstrating once again the pathetic nature of many “journalists” in not even attempting to confirm a story, various media outlets (including respected ones) reported Tuesday that Facebook was getting a dislike button. While a feature that has been …

Apple building a unified platform for its web services based on the infrastructure that powers Siri

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY11 YEARS AGO

Would you like to rule the world, Siri? The question may be somewhat facetious, but the underlying infrastructure that currently runs the Apple-owned Siri artificial intelligence (AI) product could soon be powering the Apple cloud with a report Tuesday that the tech giant …

Kill me now: One product beauty subscription service Ipsy raises $100m Series B

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY11 YEARS AGO

Online makeup beauty subscription service Ipsy (Personalized Beauty Discovery, Inc.) has raised $100 million Series B in a round led by TPG Growth and Sherpa Capital. Founded in 2011 by “YouTube star” Michelle Phan, Ipsy offers one product: a $10 per month …

Good news: VLC and Plex coming to the Apple TV

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY11 YEARS AGO

Despite some setbacks in terms of what apps it may support, the forthcoming Apple TV received a boost Monday with news that both VLC and Plex will be coming to the new set top box. The developers behind VLC announced that they …

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Duncan Riley

Latest from Duncan Riley

Despite being as guilty as sin, Apple is appealing the e-book price fixing ruling on “disruption” grounds

IBM using the Bitcoin Blockchain as the base for a new smart contract platform

Little engine that could: News Corp acquires video ad tech firm Unruly for up to $176m

Apple said to have acquired mapping visualization startup Mapsense for $25-30m

Major banks line up with fintech startup R3 to develop Blockchain framework for financial markets

Morons reporting Facebook is getting a dislike button are wrong, but it is getting something new

Apple building a unified platform for its web services based on the infrastructure that powers Siri

Kill me now: One product beauty subscription service Ipsy raises $100m Series B

Good news: VLC and Plex coming to the Apple TV

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