Duncan Riley, Author at SiliconANGLE

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Feds arrest Silk Road fake coupon seller on fraud, counterfeit charges

By Duncan Riley May 29, 2015

A Louisiana man was arrested on Thursday on charges relating to his sale of fake coupons on the now defunct Dark web marketplaces Silk Road and Silk Road 2.0 According to the Department of Justice (DOJ,)…

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Apple acquires augmented reality company Metaio

By Duncan Riley May 29, 2015

In its first serious move into the augmented reality space, Apple, Inc. has acquired German startup Metaio GmbH. Founded in 2003 as a spin-off from car manufacturer Volkswagen AG, Metaio makes a number of SDKs and toolkits…

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Google announces Android Pay to take the good fight to Apple, Samsung

By Duncan Riley May 29, 2015

Google, Inc. officially announced Android Pay at the Google I/O conference Thursday, a service that will take the good fight to rival services from Apple, Inc. and Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. The new service,…

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Google Photos launches with unlimited storage, nifty new features

By Duncan Riley May 28, 2015

Google, Inc. has upped the ante in the photo storage space by launching Google Photos Thursday, complete with unlimited storage and some new, nifty features. The new service, which is a spin-off of the…

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Ellen Pao defends Reddit social justice agenda by citing user safety from being “attacked”

By Duncan Riley May 28, 2015

Ellen Pao confirmed Reddit’s intent to turn the site into a safe space Wednesday while using the argument that they don’t really want to censor users, but want to make sure people can post freely…

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Report: Comcast could buy Vox, who bought Re/Code, and they’re all interestingly linked

By Duncan Riley May 28, 2015

Amid an orgy of IPO’s and acquisitions that is so 1999esque it’s scary, the latest rumor/ report takes us into incestuous territory with a claim that Comcast Corp. is looking to acquire Vox Media,…

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Somebody think of the children! Twitch bans streaming of adult games

By Duncan Riley May 27, 2015

Amazon.com, Inc.’s video game streaming service Twitch has considered the statement “won’t somebody please think of the children” and decided to ban users from streaming any game that has an Adults Only (AO) rating. The…

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Clothing retailer Hot Topic acquires ThinkGeek for $122m

By Duncan Riley May 27, 2015

Clothing retailer Hot Topic, Inc. has acquired Geeknet, Inc., the company behind online retailer ThinkGeek for $122 million. ThinkGeek, for those not familiar with the store, is an online retailer that caters to, as the…

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Vox Media acquires tech blog Re/Code in an all-share deal

By Duncan Riley May 26, 2015

Vox Media, Inc., has acquired Revere Digital, Inc., the parent company behind tech blog Re/Code founded by The Wall Street Journal veterans Walt Mossberg and Kara Swisher. The price of the acquisition was not disclosed but…

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GigaOm acquired by company led by ex-Demand Media CIO Byron Reece

By Duncan Riley May 26, 2015

Pioneering tech website GigaOm may be set to rise from the dead come August with news today that the site had been acquired by Austin based startup Knowingly Corp, run by former Demand Media CIO Byron…

Duncan Riley

Feds arrest Silk Road fake coupon seller on fraud, counterfeit charges

Apple acquires augmented reality company Metaio

Google announces Android Pay to take the good fight to Apple, Samsung

Google Photos launches with unlimited storage, nifty new features

Report: Comcast could buy Vox, who bought Re/Code, and they’re all interestingly linked

Somebody think of the children! Twitch bans streaming of adult games

Clothing retailer Hot Topic acquires ThinkGeek for $122m

Vox Media acquires tech blog Re/Code in an all-share deal

GigaOm acquired by company led by ex-Demand Media CIO Byron Reece

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