Duncan Riley, Author at SiliconANGLE

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Vivendi acquires YouTube competitor Dailymotion for $242m

By Duncan Riley Jun 30, 2015

French multinational mass media company Vivendi SA has acquired French video site Dailymotion for $242 million. The price was less than the $273 million mentioned when details of an offer of acquisition first surfaced…

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Apple loses appeal in e-book price fixing case, $450m fine stands

By Duncan Riley Jun 30, 2015

Apple’s attempt to overturn an anti-trust finding that it colluded to fix the price of e-books failed Tuesday with the Federal Appeals Court upholding the original 2013 decision. The appeals court, in what was…

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Cisco snaps up SaaS cloud-based security firm OpenDNS for a cool $635m

By Duncan Riley Jun 30, 2015

Cisco Systems, Inc. has acquired software-as-a-service (SaaS) cloud-based security firm OpenDNS, Inc. for $635 million in a cash and assumed equity deal. Found in 2005, OpenDNS offers cloud security by extending the Domain Name…

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Satellite powered data company Spire raises $40m Series B

By Duncan Riley Jun 30, 2015

Satellite powered data company Spire Global, Inc. has raised $40 million Series B in a round led by Promus Ventures that included existing investors RRE Ventures and Lemnos Labs, along with new investors Bessemer…

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Bitcoin equity crowdfunding site BnkToTheFuture passes the $10m funds raised mark

By Duncan Riley Jun 30, 2015

Bitcoin and Blockchain equity crowdfunding site Bnk To The Future Ltd. (BnkToTheFuture) has passed the $10 million mark in funds raised as the site continues to attract both investors, and companies looking to raise…

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Ghost of Ballmer purged: AOL takes over Microsoft’s display advertising business

By Duncan Riley Jun 30, 2015

Microsoft’s Ballmer era effort to take on Google in display advertising came to an abrupt end Monday with the company handing over the entire business, employees and all, to AOL, Inc. The deal will…

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Australian real estate agent comparison site OpenAgent raises $4.6m Series A

By Duncan Riley Jun 29, 2015

Australian real estate agent comparison site OpenAgent Pty. Ltd. has raised AU$6 million ($4.6 million) Series A in a round led by Hollard Investments. Founded in 2012 and often described at a “TripAdvisor of…

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Chinese taxi hailing app Didi Kuaidi may raise new round to $2b after $1.5b oversubscribed

By Duncan Riley Jun 29, 2015

Chinese taxi hailing app Didi Kuaidi (Xiaoju Kuaizhi Inc.) looks set to increase its current funding round of $1.5 billion with news that it is already oversubscribed. The news of a possible increase in…

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Facebook testing Snapchat style photo editing

By Duncan Riley Jun 29, 2015

Facebook may soon be giving users the ability to “enhance” (the word is used lightly) the photos they upload with a new feature in its core app that allows users to add captions and…

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To the stars! HoloLens is heading to the ISS to assist astronauts in undertaking tasks

By Duncan Riley Jun 26, 2015

Augmented reality is headed to the stars with an announcement from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and Microsoft Thursday that astronauts on the International Space Station (ISS) would be provided with Microsoft’s…

Duncan Riley

Vivendi acquires YouTube competitor Dailymotion for $242m

Apple loses appeal in e-book price fixing case, $450m fine stands

Cisco snaps up SaaS cloud-based security firm OpenDNS for a cool $635m

Satellite powered data company Spire raises $40m Series B

Bitcoin equity crowdfunding site BnkToTheFuture passes the $10m funds raised mark

Ghost of Ballmer purged: AOL takes over Microsoft’s display advertising business

Australian real estate agent comparison site OpenAgent raises $4.6m Series A

Chinese taxi hailing app Didi Kuaidi may raise new round to $2b after $1.5b oversubscribed

Facebook testing Snapchat style photo editing

To the stars! HoloLens is heading to the ISS to assist astronauts in undertaking tasks

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