Duncan Riley, Author at SiliconANGLE

Twilio to offer 10m shares in IPO at $12-$14 per share

By Duncan Riley Jun 20, 2016

Cloud communications company Twilio, Inc. announced the terms of its forthcoming initial public offering (IPO) Monday. The company said in a filing that it plans to offer 10 million shares priced between $12 and…

Bank of Canada and R3 experimenting with Blockchain based payment transfers

By Duncan Riley Jun 16, 2016

Bank backed Blockchain fintech development consortium R3 (R3CEV LLC) is working with the Bank of Canada and the Canadian Payments Association on a Blockchain powered payment transfer system, it was revealed Thursday. The Bank…

Even more money: Airbnb raises $1b in debt financing from big banks

By Duncan Riley Jun 16, 2016

Online accommodation marketplace Airbnb, Inc. has raised even more money, this time in the form of $1 billion in debt financing. JPMorgan, Citigroup Inc, Morgan Stanley and Bank of America Corp are said to…

Lucasfilm and Magic Leap sign deal that will bring Star Wars characters to augmented reality

By Duncan Riley Jun 16, 2016

Google-backed augmented reality startup Magic Leap, Inc. has signed a deal with the Walt Disney Company owned Lucasfilm Ltd. to bring Star Wars characters to Magic Leap’s yet to be launched augmented reality headset.…

Twitter, Facebook & Google sued for providing material support to ISIS

By Duncan Riley Jun 16, 2016

Twitter, Inc., Google, Inc., and Facebook, Inc. are being sued by the father of a victim of the Paris Islamic terrorist attacks in November 2015 on the basis that the companies “provided material support”…

Online bank WB21 now accepts Bitcoin for transfers and deposits

By Duncan Riley Jun 15, 2016

Online bank WB21 Group Holdings SA has announced that it has added Bitcoin as a method for its customers to transfer and deposit funds to their checking accounts, making them the first registered bank…

Facebook spammer Sanford “Spam King” Wallace given 30 months in jail

By Duncan Riley Jun 15, 2016

Notorious spammer Sanford Wallace, better known by his self-proclaimed nickname of “spam king,” is going to jail after being found guilty of electronic mail fraud and criminal contempt of court. Wallace was sentenced to…

Chinese Uber rival Didi Chuxing raises $7b including $1b from Apple

By Duncan Riley Jun 15, 2016

Chinese ridesharing service and Uber, Inc. rival Didi Chuxing Technology Co. (formerly Didi Kuaidi) has raised $7 billion in new capital that included $4.5 billion in traditional fundraising and a debt facility of $2.5…

Adiós Flash: Apple to disable plugins in Safari 10 in favor of HTML 5

By Duncan Riley Jun 15, 2016

Apple, Inc.’s latest web browser Safari 10, which will ship later this year with macOS Sierra, will disable common plug-ins and preference HTML 5 content in an effort to improve the web browsing experience.…

In memoriam: Yahoo to shut down legacy Messenger app August 5

By Duncan Riley Jun 15, 2016

Remember dial-up modems and Yahoo Messenger? The first is a long gone memory, but the original Yahoo Messenger, launched in 1998, has somehow managed to keep going, that is until now with Yahoo, Inc.…

Duncan Riley

Twilio to offer 10m shares in IPO at $12-$14 per share

Bank of Canada and R3 experimenting with Blockchain based payment transfers

Even more money: Airbnb raises $1b in debt financing from big banks

Lucasfilm and Magic Leap sign deal that will bring Star Wars characters to augmented reality

Twitter, Facebook & Google sued for providing material support to ISIS

Online bank WB21 now accepts Bitcoin for transfers and deposits

Facebook spammer Sanford “Spam King” Wallace given 30 months in jail

Adiós Flash: Apple to disable plugins in Safari 10 in favor of HTML 5

In memoriam: Yahoo to shut down legacy Messenger app August 5

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