Duncan Riley, Author at SiliconANGLE

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Bye bye plastic, hello Gorilla Glass: Samsung launches its new flagship Galaxy S6

By Duncan Riley Mar 1, 2015

Samsung Co. Ltd. launched its new flagship smart phone the Galaxy S6 Sunday and as rumored the phone comes in two versions: a standard S6 and the S6 Edge, with the Edge supporting edges…

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In a backflip worthy of a gold medal, Google abandons plans to ban nudity, sex on Blogger

By Duncan Riley Feb 27, 2015

Google Inc. has backflipped on its decision to ban publicly viewable sexually explicit material and graphic nudity on its blogging service Blogger. The decision to implement the ban, despite sexually explicit material and graphic nudity being…

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Deep-linking startup Branch Metrics takes $15 million Series A

By Duncan Riley Feb 26, 2015

Deep-linking startup Branch Metrics Inc. has raised $15 million Series A in a round co-led by New Enterprise Associates (NEA) and Ben Narasin, that included Pejman Mar Ventures, Zach Coelius, Cowboy Ventures and TriplePoint Capital. The company…

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Email fraud prevention startup Emailage raises $3.8 million

By Duncan Riley Feb 26, 2015

Email fraud prevention startup Emailage Corp. has raised $3.8 million in a new round led by Felicis Ventures that included Double M Partners and Mucker Capital. Emailage helps customers world wide to predict fraud risk before a…

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Mobile stock photography startup Twenty20 raises $8 million Series A

By Duncan Riley Feb 26, 2015

Mobile stock photography startup Twenty20 Inc. has raised $8 million Series A in a round led by Canaan Partners that included First Round Capital, Bullpen Capital and VersionOne Ventures. Along with the new round Twenty20 have announced that…

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Coinalytics launches Bitcoin blockchain querying API

By Duncan Riley Feb 26, 2015

Real-time Bitcoin analytics startup Coinalytics have launched Blockstem API, a service which allows customers to query the Bitcoin blockchain and unveil hidden relationships. While open to everyone, the API will be particularly appealing to…

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Awww: Buzzfeed launches Tinder-like Cute or Not app for rating pet pictures

By Duncan Riley Feb 25, 2015

Buzzfeed Inc. has launched a new app for rating pet pictures called Cute or Not. The app offers Tinder-like functionality for voting for pet pictures: you swipe right if the animal is cute, or swipe left…

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Lizard Squad hacks Lenovo.com, replaces site with High School Musical tune and emo kid pics

By Duncan Riley Feb 25, 2015

Notorious hacking group Lizard Squad is being blamed for a hack of Lenovo Group Ltd.’s main group site at Lenovo.com According to reports the hack went live around 4pm EST Wednesday when users visiting…

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Another one for the list: Bitcoin miner Aquifer files for bankruptcy

By Duncan Riley Feb 25, 2015

California based Bitcoin miner Aquifer LLC has filled for Chapter 11 bankruptcy as the continuing low price of Bitcoin makes it difficult for large scale mining operations to produce a profit. In a filing to…

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SaaS accounting firm Xero raises $110.8 million in post IPO funding

By Duncan Riley Feb 24, 2015

Cloud accounting software and services company Xero Ltd. has raised $110.8 million in post IPO funding in a round led by Accel Partners that included current investor Matrix Capital Management. Listed on the New Zealand Stock…

Duncan Riley

Bye bye plastic, hello Gorilla Glass: Samsung launches its new flagship Galaxy S6

In a backflip worthy of a gold medal, Google abandons plans to ban nudity, sex on Blogger

Deep-linking startup Branch Metrics takes $15 million Series A

Email fraud prevention startup Emailage raises $3.8 million

Mobile stock photography startup Twenty20 raises $8 million Series A

Coinalytics launches Bitcoin blockchain querying API

Awww: Buzzfeed launches Tinder-like Cute or Not app for rating pet pictures

Lizard Squad hacks Lenovo.com, replaces site with High School Musical tune and emo kid pics

Another one for the list: Bitcoin miner Aquifer files for bankruptcy

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