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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

Harvard based XFund closes $100 million second fund

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY12 YEARS AGO

Harvard based Xfund, a venture group that focuses on graduate startups closed its $100 million second fund Thursday. The fund, previously known as the Harvard Experiment Fund, is a joint venture between NEA, Breyer Capital, Accel Partners and Polaris Partners, with advice but not …

Laptop, tablet and phone in one: the Dragonfly Futurefon

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY12 YEARS AGO

Ideal Lab Inc. is currently pitching its Dragonfly Futurefon on Indiegogo Inc.’s crowdfunding platform, an all-in-one device that is rather impressive. The Dragonfly combines a laptop, tablet and phone in one device, complete with two screens, a decently sized keyboard, a pop-out trackpad, built-in …

Going up: Yahoo use triples on Firefox 34

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY12 YEARS AGO

Yahoo! Inc.’s deal with Mozilla Corp. to become the default search engine in the Firefox browser is paying dividends with stats released showing that Yahoo usage has tripled in Firefox 34 vs. Firefox 33. Web metrics company StatCounter reported that Yahoo usage on …

Want to hack a RFID card? There’s an app for that

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY12 YEARS AGO

Hackers in Chile have created and distributed an Android app that allows for easy RFID card hacking. The application ANDROIDOS_STIP.A, said to be “the first android application designed to attack NFC devices,” has primarily been designed to hack public transport cards. TrendLabs notes …

Suspect investment? Indiegogo has insurance for that

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY12 YEARS AGO

Indiegogo Inc. is giving fans of crowd-funding some insurance…literally, by offering insurance for investors if their funded product of choice goes bust. According to reports, Indiegogo is testing an “Optional Insurance” fee that provides a refund if backers do not eventually receive the product …

MasterCard urges regulation of Bitcoin in Australia

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY12 YEARS AGO

MasterCard Inc. has set its sights on Bitcoin, telling the Australian Government to impose regulations against the anonymity of the digital currency. In a statement to the Australian Senate Economics References Committee’s inquiry into into digital currency, MasterCard argued that more must be …

Firefox wants in on iOS

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY12 YEARS AGO

Mozilla Corporation has expressed interest in bringing its Firefox browser to the iOS ecosystem. Mozilla’s Vice President of Firefox Jonathan Nightingale is reported to have made the disclosure to an audience at an internal Mozilla event, saying that “We need to be …

Cyber Monday spending up with big growth in mobile

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY12 YEARS AGO

IBM and comScore Inc. have released their annual reports on Cyber Monday, both stating that spending is up this year, with a big increase in mobile device ordering. The IBM study found that online sales on Cyber Monday grew 8.5 percent compared to 2013, …

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