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

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Bitcoin reputation startup Bonafide ceases operations after failing to make any money

Bitcoin reputation startup Bonafide IO, Inc. is no longer of this world, with the company having decided to cease operations. Founded in 2013, Bonafide offered a trust platform that allowed Bitcoin users to promote their community and identify. The general aim of the service was to provide a way for merchants and others dealing with Bitcoin ...

Bad to worse: VTech hack data includes kids pictures and chat logs

The news for children’s toy maker VTech Holdings Ltd. went from bad to worse Monday with the disclosure that a data breach included photos of children and their chat logs. Disclosure of the hack of VTech’s Learning Lodge, its app store for its range of electronic children’s products catering to infants through preschoolers, first came to light ...

Amazon demonstrates its latest delivery drone in new ad narrated by Jeremy Clarkson

Former Top Gear host Jeremy Clarkson isn’t just bringing a new show to Amazon.com, Inc., but has also taken on the role as company spokesman in a new video showing the company’s latest delivery drone. The ad for the new Amazon Prime Air delivery drone shows a new, more powerful hybrid drone design along with ...

Kids toy maker VTech hacked with details of 5m parents and kids exposed

Children’s toy maker VTech Holdings Ltd. has been hacked, with the details of some 5 million users, consisting of parents and children, being stolen. The company, which sells electronic learning products for children from infancy to preschool, confirmed the hack and said in an email that there was “unauthorized access” to its database on November 14. ...

Use Purse.io’s Bitcoin special to save an extra 10% off on Amazon Black Friday specials

With Black Friday only now one day away nearly every company has published their lists of what gleeful shoppers can acquire, but what is there was a way to save 10 percent on top of those purchases again? Bitcoin shopping service PurseIO, Inc. (Purse.io) is offering just that service if you make your Amazon Black ...

Apple acquires Faceshift, the company behind the motion capture tech used in Star Wars

A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away, a man of pure genius created the biggest technology company in the history of man…. OK, so maybe the time frame might be somewhat off but those words now have a link to the company Steve Jobs founded with Apple, Inc. reported to have acquired ...

Amazon Cyber Monday specials include discounts on the Echo, Kindle, Fire and more

Amazon.com, Inc.’s follow-up to its great list of Amazon Black Friday specials comes Sunday when the e-commerce giant goes to market with its Cyber Monday specials. Topping a potential early Christmas wish list this year is the Amazon Echo, Amazon’s smart home device and one of the most surprising hits from the company in 2015, ...

Bitcoin exchange Coinizy launches Bitcoin to PayPal redemption service

Bitcoin exchange Coinizy Financial Services, Inc. has launched what it claims to be the world’s first one way Bitcoin to PayPal redemption service. The service allows users to redeem their Bitcoin into a payment via PayPal, Inc.’s payment service whereas traditionally Bitcoin exchanges have primarily only offered redemption services via wire transfer, although as we’ve ...

Report finds 80 percent of e-commerce sites these holidays fail a password security test

A new report from password management firm Dashline, Inc. has found that a majority of America’s most popular e-commerce sites these holidays fail a basic password security test. The report named the Ecommerce Security Roundup, examined the password security policies of 25 of the most popular online retailers in the United States on 22 criteria ...

Google teams with DonorsChoose.org to donate $1 for every Android Pay transaction

Tap. Pay. Give. That’s the slogan Google, Inc. is using with its new holiday season giving program that will see donations made to children in need. The partnership involves Android Pay and Google.org teaming up with DonorsChoose.org, a 501 nonprofit organization that supports 6.4 million children in the US education system with special needs. Under the ...