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

LINE to add streaming music in deal with Sony, Avex

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY12 YEARS AGO

Instant messaging giant LINE Corp. is expanding into streaming music with a new deal announced with Sony Music Entertainment Inc., and Japanese record label Avex Digital Inc. Joint venture company LINE MUSIC Corporation will offer streaming music to LINE’s 560 million users (170 …

Microsoft offers MSN apps for Android, iOS

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY12 YEARS AGO

Microsoft Corp’s MSN division is now offering a range of apps on both Android and iOS for the first time. The apps, available for download from the Apple App Store, Google Play Store, Windows and Windows Phone Stores, and the Amazon App Store …

Today’s legal action against Uber is proudly brought to you by Victoria, Australia

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY12 YEARS AGO

Another day, another set of legal issues for Uber Inc., with the Government of Victoria, Australia taking on Uber over the car service providing Uber X in the state without licensing. The Victorian Taxi Services Commission (TSC) has filed criminal charges against 12 UberX …

PetziConnect is such a stupid idea it might actually work

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY12 YEARS AGO

PetziConnect from Petzila Inc. is an interactive pet device that allows you to see, talk to and treat your pets when you’re away from home via your mobile. OK, so it’s basically a webcam and speaker in a box that dispenses dog …

Microsoft starts accepting Bitcoin for digital purchases

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY12 YEARS AGO

Microsoft Corp. has today quietly added support for payments in Bitcoin for digital purchases. The acceptance of Bitcoin means the cryptocurrency can be used to fund purchases in verticals including the XBox, Windows and Mobile stores. In its payment and billing section, the company …

Instagram passes Twitter with 300m users, adds verified accounts

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY12 YEARS AGO

Instagram has hit a new milestone today with the company announcing that it has hit 300 million users, passing Twitter’s user count of 284 million. The company, acquired by Facebook Inc. for $1 billion in April 2012, noted in a celebratory post …

Uber ignores ban in Thailand. Did we mention the country is under martial law and ruled by the military?

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY12 YEARS AGO

Uber Inc., has decided to play with fire in the Kingdom of Thailand by simply ignoring a ruling that it is no longer allowed to operate….while the country is under martial law. As we reported yesterday, the Thai Department of Land Transport said that …

Mappsafe is a crowd-sourced app aiming to make your journey safer

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY12 YEARS AGO

Mappsafe Pty. Ltd. is a new company seeking funding on Indegogo for an application that aims to make your journey safer. The Melbourne, Australia-based firm claims that the application is the world’s first crowd-sourced mobile app in this space, and that the it reduces violence …

HBO Online coming April, CTO quits as streaming outsourced to MLB Advanced

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY12 YEARS AGO

HBO Inc., will be launching its new online television streaming service HBO Online in April, with news that CTO Otto Berkes has resigned due to the company outsourcing the streaming technology for the service to MLB Advanced. The April launch date comes from an …

Uber mess: banned in Thailand, Spain, trouble in Vietnam & Indonesia, sued in California

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY12 YEARS AGO

There’s never a dull day for rideshare startup Uber Inc., and today is no different with news of a range of new bans, problems and legal suits. The first ban comes from military junta-ruled Thailand, where the Thai Department of Land Transport …

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Duncan Riley

Latest from Duncan Riley

LINE to add streaming music in deal with Sony, Avex

Microsoft offers MSN apps for Android, iOS

Today’s legal action against Uber is proudly brought to you by Victoria, Australia

PetziConnect is such a stupid idea it might actually work

Microsoft starts accepting Bitcoin for digital purchases

Instagram passes Twitter with 300m users, adds verified accounts

Uber ignores ban in Thailand. Did we mention the country is under martial law and ruled by the military?

Mappsafe is a crowd-sourced app aiming to make your journey safer

HBO Online coming April, CTO quits as streaming outsourced to MLB Advanced

Uber mess: banned in Thailand, Spain, trouble in Vietnam & Indonesia, sued in California

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