Duncan Riley, Author at SiliconANGLE

Digg 2.0 raises Series C round from USA Today parent company Gannett

By Duncan Riley Sep 13, 2016

The born-again version of the once great social sharing site Digg Inc. has raised a Series C round from Gannett Co. Inc., the parent company of USA Today. Although the amount of the round…

YouTube launches closed beta of Community social networking service

By Duncan Riley Sep 13, 2016

Google-owned video hosting site YouTube has entered the social networking space with a new product called YouTube Community. The new service is being pitched as a way to help “strengthen the bond” between creators…

Verizon has acquired smart lighting startup Sensity Systems

By Duncan Riley Sep 13, 2016

Verizon Communications Inc. has acquired smart lighting startup Sensity Systems Inc. for an undisclosed sum. Founded in 2010, Sensity offers a high-speed, sensor-based, multiservice, open networking platform known as a Light Sensory Network (LSN)…

Samsung may brick Note7 devices to force users to comply with the recall

By Duncan Riley Sep 13, 2016

Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. may be planning to brick its Note7 smartphones that have not been returned following the recall of the device earlier this month. The source of the potential decision is unclear, with…

Apple cuts cryptocurrency exchange app ShapeShift from App Store

By Duncan Riley Sep 12, 2016

Cryptocurrency exchange service ShapeShift AG has disappeared from Apple’s App Store, with some suggesting the removal may be due to Apple restricting what sort of cryptocurrencies are permitted to be supported by apps in…

New Twitter alternative Gab grows rapidly with a promise of free speech

By Duncan Riley Sep 11, 2016

A new social service that promises a free speech alternative to Facebook Inc. and Twitter Inc. is starting to gather steam off the back of a number of high-profile conservative endorsements. Called Gab, the…

EU court rules linking to infringing material violates copyright

By Duncan Riley Sep 11, 2016

In a case that could have chilling effects on the open Internet, a European court has ruled that linking to copyright infringing material is itself a copyright infringement. The case was brought by Sanoma…

Apple lays off dozens of employees as car project hits serious pothole

By Duncan Riley Sep 11, 2016

Apple’s efforts to deliver its long-rumored iCar may have hit a rather serious pothole with recent news that the company has laid off dozens of employees as part of a “reboot” of the project.…

Twitter adds new feature to its direct-messaging

By Duncan Riley Sep 9, 2016

Twitter Inc. has seemingly not completely forgotten its core microblogging come messaging service as it tries to reinvent itself as a live online sports broadcaster. On Thursday, the company announced upgrades to its direct…

Tasty open standards: Pornhub to dump Flash in favor of HTML5

By Duncan Riley Sep 9, 2016

The march of HTML 5 dominance across the web has received an arousing boost with the news that popular porn site Pornhub is dumping flash in favor of the open web standard. Whereas porn usually…

Duncan Riley

Digg 2.0 raises Series C round from USA Today parent company Gannett

YouTube launches closed beta of Community social networking service

Verizon has acquired smart lighting startup Sensity Systems

Samsung may brick Note7 devices to force users to comply with the recall

Apple cuts cryptocurrency exchange app ShapeShift from App Store

New Twitter alternative Gab grows rapidly with a promise of free speech

EU court rules linking to infringing material violates copyright

Apple lays off dozens of employees as car project hits serious pothole

Twitter adds new feature to its direct-messaging

Tasty open standards: Pornhub to dump Flash in favor of HTML5

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