Duncan Riley, Author at SiliconANGLE

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They’re back: Foursquare returns mayorships to its Swarm geolocation check-in app

By Duncan Riley Jun 23, 2015

Foursquare, Inc. announced Monday that mayorships are back in their geolocation check-in app Swarm. The feature, one of the original features of Foursquare before it pivoted into a places to visit recommendation app, allowed…

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Docker, CoreOS declare peace in the container wars and join the Open Container Project

By Duncan Riley Jun 22, 2015

The combatants in the “container wars” have declared peace with an announcement Monday that they are joining forces to create the Open Container Project (OCP), chartered to establish common standards for software containers. The…

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Bitcoin alt Trest takes off in Cameroon of all places after a successful pilot program

By Duncan Riley Jun 22, 2015

Indian cryptocurrency startup Trestor has completed a successful trial of its digital currency Trest in the African nation of Cameroon, demonstrating how altcoin can play a role within the third world. The pilot program…

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Google accused of spying on users with audio listener bundled with Chromium

By Duncan Riley Jun 22, 2015

Is Google spying on what you are saying via your computer’s microphone? They well could be if you use Chromium, and that’s the crux a new accusation from Rick Falkvinge, the founder of the…

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Taylor Swift takes on Apple Music and wins, but shows herself up as a hypocrite in the process

By Duncan Riley Jun 22, 2015

Haters gonna hate, hate, hate, hate, hate. Shakespeare, it isn’t, but whether you’re a fan of the music of Taylor Swift or not, no one can argue with the fact that she has become highly successful.…

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Bitcoin as a solution for Greece during the current crisis: what you need to know

By Duncan Riley Jun 19, 2015

Unless you ignore news reports, you’d know that Greece is in a spot of bother at the moment, and may default on its sovereign debt. Quite a few sites have suggested that Bitcoin could,…

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Moderated insanity: Fitbit shares close up 48% on their first day of trading

By Duncan Riley Jun 19, 2015

Fitness tracking maker Fitbit, Inc. went public Thursday to a positive response from Wall Street, closing its first day of trading up 48.4 percent at $29.68 from its original initial public offering price of…

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Twitter preparing its own curated news service under the running name of “Project Lightning”

By Duncan Riley Jun 18, 2015

A general meme around Twitter, Inc.’s microblogging come messaging service is that it’s difficult to discover or follow events of note; of course if you’re a regular Twitter user it’s not even remotely hard,…

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Peak unicorn: Airbnb trying to raise $1b Series E on a $24b valuation

By Duncan Riley Jun 18, 2015

Airbnb, Inc. is said to be doing the rounds looking to raise a $1 billion Series E round on a seriously high peak unicorn valuation of $24 billion. The Wall Street Journal says further…

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Fitbit to float on the NYSE Thursday with a $20 share price

By Duncan Riley Jun 18, 2015

Shares in fitness tracking startup Fitbit, Inc. will float Thursday morning at a starting price of $20 per share, the company revealed Wednesday. According to reports, the $20 price was well ahead of the…

Duncan Riley

They’re back: Foursquare returns mayorships to its Swarm geolocation check-in app

Docker, CoreOS declare peace in the container wars and join the Open Container Project

Bitcoin alt Trest takes off in Cameroon of all places after a successful pilot program

Google accused of spying on users with audio listener bundled with Chromium

Taylor Swift takes on Apple Music and wins, but shows herself up as a hypocrite in the process

Bitcoin as a solution for Greece during the current crisis: what you need to know

Moderated insanity: Fitbit shares close up 48% on their first day of trading

Twitter preparing its own curated news service under the running name of “Project Lightning”

Peak unicorn: Airbnb trying to raise $1b Series E on a $24b valuation

Fitbit to float on the NYSE Thursday with a $20 share price

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