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

Volvo connected safety tech aims to prevent car/ cyclist accidents

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY12 YEARS AGO

Volvo Personvagnar AB, in collaboration with sports gear maker POC Sweden AB and Telefonaktiebolaget L. M. Ericsson have announced a new connected safety technology that connects drivers and cyclists. The technology, to be formally unveiled at CES Las Vegas in January, consists of …

First world problems: users whine after Instagram purges spam accounts

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY12 YEARS AGO

A purge of spam accounts on Instagram has resulted in not only millions of accounts disappearing, but a surge of complaints from celebrities and teens alike. The company announced December 9th that it would start to permanently ban spam accounts versus their …

Uber suspends Portland operations as it tries to play nice with city lawmakers

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY12 YEARS AGO

Uber Inc. has suspended its service in Portland, Oregon for three months as part of a deal with city lawmakers to eventually make the service legal. Portland sued Uber December 8th after the ridesharing operator launched in the city the week before. In …

Chinese phone maker Coolpad caught building backdoors into its phones

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY12 YEARS AGO

Phones from Chinese maker Coolpad Group Ltd. have been found to have a backdoor manufactured into them. A report from Palo Alto Networks Inc.’s Unit 42 found that the phones, popular in China and Taiwan but sold globally, contained a backdoor dubbed “CoolReaper” that …

Uber to implement biometric background screening as another driver accused of rape

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY12 YEARS AGO

Uber Inc. has announced that it will implement biometric scanning to screen the backgrounds of its drivers following a number of high profile incidents of its drivers attacking passengers, including a rape in India and a new alleged rape case in Boston. …

Sony cans release of The Interview as North Korea hack rumors to be confirmed by Government

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY12 YEARS AGO

Sony Corp. has cancelled the release of movie The Interview following threats from hackers that are set to be confirmed by the United States Government as being sponsored by North Korea. The Seth Rogen/ James Franco comedy portrays two hapless journalists who are recruited …

Sony reveals smart glass clip-on to take on Google Glass

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY12 YEARS AGO

Sony Corp. has revealed a new display module that clips on to your existing glasses, turning them into something similar to Google Glass. The single-lens display module is powered by an ARM Cortex-A7 processor and sports a 640×400 OLED micro-display, giving a display field of …

Email newsletter provider theSkimm raises $6.25 million Series A

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY12 YEARS AGO

Email newsletter provider theSkimm Inc. has closed a Series A round of $6.25 million led by RRE Ventures LLC, Homebrew Management LLC and Greycroft Partners LLC. Also participating in the round were Chelsea Handler and Irving Azoff. The New York-based startup was founded by former NBC …

Time Inc. teams with Coinbase to accept Bitcoin payments for magazines

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY12 YEARS AGO

Time Inc. has started to accept payments in Bitcoin for a number of its magazines in a deal with Bitcoin payment provider Coinbase Inc. The deal, which Time suggests makes them “the first major magazine publisher to accept Bitcoin payments,” will see Bitcoin …

Apple suspends sales in Russia due to wildly fluctuating ruble

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY12 YEARS AGO

Apple Inc. has suspended sales in Russia due to wild fluctuations in the value of the ruble, as the impact of declining world oil prices and Western sanctions continue to destabilize the currency. The Russian ruble dropped 19 percent in market trading Tuesday, …

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Duncan Riley

Latest from Duncan Riley

Volvo connected safety tech aims to prevent car/ cyclist accidents

First world problems: users whine after Instagram purges spam accounts

Uber suspends Portland operations as it tries to play nice with city lawmakers

Chinese phone maker Coolpad caught building backdoors into its phones

Uber to implement biometric background screening as another driver accused of rape

Sony cans release of The Interview as North Korea hack rumors to be confirmed by Government

Sony reveals smart glass clip-on to take on Google Glass

Email newsletter provider theSkimm raises $6.25 million Series A

Time Inc. teams with Coinbase to accept Bitcoin payments for magazines

Apple suspends sales in Russia due to wildly fluctuating ruble

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