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

Samsung acquires Viv Labs, the AI startup from Siri’s creators

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY10 YEARS AGO

Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. has acquired Viv Labs Inc., the high-profile makers of an artificially intelligent virtual assistant that was founded by the creators of Apple Inc.’s Siri. The price of the acquisition was not disclosed. Founded in 2012, Viv offers an open …

Bill Gross: Bitcoin may be a better investment than shares

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY10 YEARS AGO

Billionaire bond manager Bill Gross has claimed that people may be better off investing in bitcoin and gold rather than shares, due to the current low interest rate policies of global banks. Gross, who manages the $1.5 billion Janus Global Unconstrained Bond …

Criteo acquires performance marketing exchange firm HookLogic for $250M

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY10 YEARS AGO

Marketing technology firm Criteo Inc. has acquired performance marketing exchange firm HookLogic Inc. for $250 million. Founded in 2004, HookLogic provides closed-loop marketing for brand advertisers through partnerships with leading retailers and travel companies, with their platform connecting large retail e-commerce sites …

VM startup Paperspace raises $4 million to take on VMware, Citrix

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY10 YEARS AGO

Virtual desktop startup Paperspace Inc. has raised a $4 million seed round from Ludlow Ventures, Data Collective, Initialized Capital and a number of individual investors. Founded in 2014, Paperspace is aiming to disrupt the virtual desktop market currently dominated by VMware, Citrix …

DressCode Trojan malware discovered in over 400 Google Play Android apps

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY10 YEARS AGO

New research has discovered more than 400 apps available on the Google Play Android app store that are infected with a DressCode Trojan malware. Trend Micro Inc. said the malware, also detected as ANDROIDOS_SOCKSBOT.A, was found in over 3,000 Android apps outside …

J.P. Morgan building transactions platform based on Ethereum blockchain code

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY10 YEARS AGO

J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. is building its own private blockchain-based transactions platform using the code behind the Ethereum network. Called Quorum, the platform would allow the bank to use a publicly available system for confidential transactions, including the ability to limit …

Report: Yahoo hack may have compromised up to 3B accounts

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY10 YEARS AGO

Yahoo Inc. may have under-reported the number of users hacked in its now infamous 2014 data breach, according to a report Monday. Business Insider quotes “a former Yahoo executive familiar with its security practices” as saying that, given the way Yahoo’s data …

California passes law to allow operator free self-driving vehicles on public roads

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY10 YEARS AGO

California has become the first state to allow self-driving vehicles to operate on public roads without having an operator inside. The new law, approved by California Governor Jerry Brown, was created to allow a project at the Bishop Ranch office park in …

Velocity debuts demo of blockchain smart contracts platform

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY10 YEARS AGO

Distributed derivatives startup Velocity has debuted a demo of their new blockchain smart contract on price feeds platform. Built using blockchain technology and Ethereum smart contracts, the platform aims to make derivatives trading more transparent, accessible and secure. The decentralized options platform provides …

Bitscan, Waves join to build blockchain-based loyalty network

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY10 YEARS AGO

Australian cryptocurrency directory and merchant hub BitScan Pty. Ltd. has partnered with custom blockchain token platform Waves to create a new blockchain-based, merchant-defined loyalty and rewards network. Called the Incent Loyalty Network, the platform is being designed to be transportable between brands …

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Duncan Riley

Latest from Duncan Riley

Samsung acquires Viv Labs, the AI startup from Siri’s creators

Bill Gross: Bitcoin may be a better investment than shares

Criteo acquires performance marketing exchange firm HookLogic for $250M

VM startup Paperspace raises $4 million to take on VMware, Citrix

DressCode Trojan malware discovered in over 400 Google Play Android apps

J.P. Morgan building transactions platform based on Ethereum blockchain code

Report: Yahoo hack may have compromised up to 3B accounts

California passes law to allow operator free self-driving vehicles on public roads

Velocity debuts demo of blockchain smart contracts platform

Bitscan, Waves join to build blockchain-based loyalty network

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