Duncan Riley, Author at SiliconANGLE

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Meh: Google launches disappointing Project Fi MVNO

By Duncan Riley Apr 23, 2015

Google Inc. Wednesday launched Project Fi, its long expected wireless service, but despite the hype leading prior to launch, it’s fairly disappointing. First with the basics: as rumored Project Fi customers will access the…

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Apple Watch default app creator Belle Gibson confesses: I never had cancer

By Duncan Riley Apr 22, 2015

Belle Gibson, the disgraced creator of the default Apple Watch app The Whole Pantry has finally confessed publicly that her various cancer stories were complete works of fiction. Gibson, who we first covered back in March,…

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Fintech startup CompareAsiaGroup raises $40 million Series A in a round led by Goldman Sachs

By Duncan Riley Apr 22, 2015

Financial comparison startup CompareAsiaGroup Ltd. has raised $40 million Series A in a round led by Goldman Sachs that included Jardine Pacific, ACE & Company, and Mark Pincus, the founder of Zynga. Based in Hong…

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Community fashion marketplace Poshmark raises $25 million Series C

By Duncan Riley Apr 22, 2015

Community fashion marketplace Poshmark Inc. has raised $25 million Series C in a round that included Mayfield, Menlo Ventures, Inventus Capital, Union Grove Venture Partners, Shea Ventures, and SoftTech VC. Founded in 2011, the company primarily…

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SaaSy buy: Atlassian acquires the company behind chat & video conferencing service Jitsi

By Duncan Riley Apr 21, 2015

SaaS enterprise solutions provider Atlassian Pty. Ltd. has acquired Blue Jimp SA, the makers of the open-source chat and video conferencing service Jitsi. The price of the acquisition was not disclosed. Based in Strasbourg, France,…

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Facebook changes content mix in news feed to make it more usable and less rubbish

By Duncan Riley Apr 21, 2015

In a surprise about-face today Facebook Inc., has announced changes to the way content is displayed in its news feed, in an attempt to make it more usable and less rubbish than it has…

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Spammy: Twitter now allows users to accept DMs from anyone

By Duncan Riley Apr 21, 2015

Twitter Inc. has changed the way its direct messaging (DM) service works by introducing the ability to receive DM’s from anyone. Previously users could only receive DM’s from people they were following, although as TechCrunch…

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SaaS customer support startup Freshdesk raises $50 million Series E

By Duncan Riley Apr 20, 2015

SaaS customer support startup Freshdesk Inc. has raised $50 million Series E in a round led by Tiger Global that included Accel Partners and Google Capital. Founded in 2010, Freshdesk offers a customer support solution…

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Mobilegeddon: Google to boot non-mobile friendly sites from mobile search results

By Duncan Riley Apr 20, 2015

Google Inc., is about to change the way it ranks sites, and if your website isn’t mobile friendly you may be about to lose a pile of search engine referred traffic. Dubbed Mobilegeddon and…

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Raytheon acquires infosec firm Websense for $1.9 billion

By Duncan Riley Apr 20, 2015

Raytheon Co. is said to have acquired information security firm Websense Inc. for a figure believed to be $1.9 billion including debt. The deal will see Raytheon take an 80 percent stake in the…

Duncan Riley

Meh: Google launches disappointing Project Fi MVNO

Apple Watch default app creator Belle Gibson confesses: I never had cancer

Fintech startup CompareAsiaGroup raises $40 million Series A in a round led by Goldman Sachs

Community fashion marketplace Poshmark raises $25 million Series C

SaaSy buy: Atlassian acquires the company behind chat & video conferencing service Jitsi

Facebook changes content mix in news feed to make it more usable and less rubbish

Spammy: Twitter now allows users to accept DMs from anyone

Mobilegeddon: Google to boot non-mobile friendly sites from mobile search results

Raytheon acquires infosec firm Websense for $1.9 billion

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