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

Verizon has acquired smart lighting startup Sensity Systems

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY10 YEARS AGO

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) that is designed to help lighting owners improve …

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

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY10 YEARS AGO

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 some sites attributing it to a subsequently deleted …

Apple cuts cryptocurrency exchange app ShapeShift from App Store

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY10 YEARS AGO

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 its market. ShapeShift’s iOS app, launched in June …

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

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY10 YEARS AGO

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 service is probably closer to Twitter than any …

EU court rules linking to infringing material violates copyright

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY10 YEARS AGO

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 Oyj, the company that publishes the Dutch edition …

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

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY10 YEARS AGO

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. The New York Times claims that the reboot …

Twitter adds new feature to its direct-messaging

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY10 YEARS AGO

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 messaging. Top of the list is the addition …

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

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY10 YEARS AGO

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 leads when it comes to embracing new technologies, …

Online sales marketplace OfferUp raises $119m Series C on $1b+ valuation

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY10 YEARS AGO

Online sales marketplace OfferUp Inc. has raised $119 million Series C in a round led by Warburg Pincus and including GGV Capital and Altimeter Capital. According to reports, the valuation on the round was $1 billion-plus, giving the company unicorn status for …

Digital ID verification firm Jumio raises $15m in new round

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY10 YEARS AGO

Digital ID verification firm Jumio Corp. has raised $15 million in a new round that included Centana Growth Partners LP and Millennium Technology Value Partners. Founded in 2010, Jumio offers next-generation digital ID verification that is claimed to enable businesses to reduce …

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Duncan Riley

Latest from Duncan Riley

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

Online sales marketplace OfferUp raises $119m Series C on $1b+ valuation

Digital ID verification firm Jumio raises $15m in new round

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