Duncan Riley, Author at SiliconANGLE

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Google rebrands enterprise Hangouts services as Google Meet and Google Chat

By Duncan Riley Apr 9, 2020

Hangouts Chat and Hangouts Meet are no longer. Google LLC has rebranded the enterprise chat and meeting services in G Suite as Google Chat and Google Meet, amid surging use of them during the…

Cloud

Microsoft Teams books 2.7B meeting minutes in one day amid COVID-19 pandemic

By Duncan Riley Apr 9, 2020

Microsoft Corp.’s Teams has broken a new record during the coronavirus pandemic with 2.7 billion meeting minutes in one day. The figure is said to be an increase of 200% from 900 million meeting…

NEWS

Report: Travelex paid $2.3M to ransomware attackers to restore its network

By Duncan Riley Apr 9, 2020

Foreign currency exchange provider Travelex is reported to have paid $2.3 million in bitcoin to restore its network after hackers launched a ransomware attack against the company Dec. 31. The Wall Street Journal reported today that…

Security

Crowdsourced cybersecurity platform startup Bugcrowd raises $30M

By Duncan Riley Apr 9, 2020

Crowdsourced cybersecurity platform startup Bugcrowd Inc. today announced it has raised $30 million in new funding to accelerate the expansion of its platform. The Series D round was led by Rally Ventures and included unnamed new…

NEWS

95M records exposed on database belonging to marketing firm Maropost

By Duncan Riley Apr 8, 2020

A database belonging to marketing automation platform provider Maropost Inc. has been found exposed online, complete with 95 million individual customer email records and email logs. Discovered by researchers at Cybernews, the database included…

Security

Accenture acquires cybersecurity firm Revolutionary Security

By Duncan Riley Apr 8, 2020

Accenture plc today said it has acquired the privately held cybersecurity firm Revolutionary Security for an undisclosed price. The company had raised a single round of $2.5 million prior to acquisition. Founded in 2016, Revolutionary Security offers…

Blockchain

Blockchain banking and payments startup Sila raises $7.7M

By Duncan Riley Apr 8, 2020

Blockchain banking and payments startup Sila Inc. today announced that it has raised $7.7 million in new funding that will be used to introduce new product features that provide software developers with easier access to…

Cloud

No-code automation platform provider Tonkean raises $24M

By Duncan Riley Apr 8, 2020

No-code automation platform provider Tonkean Inc. said today it has raised $24 million in new funding to allow it to scale up its “adaptive business operations” technology. Founded in 2015, Tonkean offers a “human in…

Apps

WeWork Special Committee sues SoftBank over terminated $3B share acquisition

By Duncan Riley Apr 7, 2020

A Special Committee of We Co., the parent company of troubled workplace provider WeWork, today filed a lawsuit against SoftBank Group Corp. after SoftBank terminated its offer to buy $3 billion in WeWork shares April 2.…

Apps

Twitter and Square CEO Jack Dorsey donates $1B in equity to coronavirus relief

By Duncan Riley Apr 7, 2020

Twitter Inc. and Square Inc. Chief Executive Officer Jack Dorsey has donated $1 billion in equity from his Square shares to fund COVID-19 relief around the world. Dorsey (pictured) said on Twitter today that the donation will…

Duncan Riley

Google rebrands enterprise Hangouts services as Google Meet and Google Chat

Microsoft Teams books 2.7B meeting minutes in one day amid COVID-19 pandemic

Report: Travelex paid $2.3M to ransomware attackers to restore its network

Crowdsourced cybersecurity platform startup Bugcrowd raises $30M

95M records exposed on database belonging to marketing firm Maropost

Accenture acquires cybersecurity firm Revolutionary Security

Blockchain banking and payments startup Sila raises $7.7M

No-code automation platform provider Tonkean raises $24M

WeWork Special Committee sues SoftBank over terminated $3B share acquisition

Twitter and Square CEO Jack Dorsey donates $1B in equity to coronavirus relief

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