Duncan Riley

Duncan Riley is a senior writer at SiliconANGLE covering Startups, Bitcoin, and the Internet of Things.

Duncan is a co-founder of VC funded media company B5Media and founder of news site The Inquisitr, and was a senior writer at TechCrunch in its earlier days.

Tips? Press releases? Intersting startup? email: duncan@nichenet.com.au or contact Duncan on Twitter @duncanriley

Latest from Duncan Riley

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

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY12 YEARS AGO

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 on Blogger going back to before Google acquired the …

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

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY12 YEARS AGO

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 offers a solution that promises to make app installs, …

Email fraud prevention startup Emailage raises $3.8 million

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY12 YEARS AGO

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 transaction happens, and promises to be the next …

Mobile stock photography startup Twenty20 raises $8 million Series A

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY12 YEARS AGO

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 it’s officially launching out of beta. Twenty20 offers …

Coinalytics launches Bitcoin blockchain querying API

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY12 YEARS AGO

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 companies and organizations looking to find ways to …

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

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY12 YEARS AGO

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 if the dog or cat you’re viewing doesn’t …

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

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY12 YEARS AGO

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 the site saw a carousel of pictures featuring various snaps of …

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

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY12 YEARS AGO

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 the US Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District …

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

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY12 YEARS AGO

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 Exchange, Xero offers software as a service (SaaS) …

Google acquires Facebook marketing company Toro, but we’re not quite sure why

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY12 YEARS AGO

Google Inc. has acquired Facebook marketing company Toro (Red Hot Labs Inc.) for an undisclosed price. Based in San Francisco, Toro claims its services offers the best way to run high performance Facebook campaigns for mobile apps. Their service offers split testing …

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Duncan Riley

Latest from Duncan Riley

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

Google acquires Facebook marketing company Toro, but we’re not quite sure why

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