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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Shares in Australian SaaS firm Atlassian surge 32.29% on debut to $28.21/ $5.74b market cap

Shares in SaaS enterprise solutions provider Atlassian Corporation PLC, Australia’s biggest tech company, surged on their NASDAQ debut Thursday. The stock, which floated at $21 a share, hit an intraday high of $28.21 per share before settling at $27.78 at the ring of the bell, up 32.29 percent. In after-hours trading Atlassian stock was up ...

Six team members from Rapid 7 share their cybersecurity predictions for 2016

What lies ahead for cybersecurity in 2016? For a different take in our series of 2016 predictions six members of the team at cybersecurity firm Rapid7 LLC have shared what they are predicting for the year ahead. IoT vendors will improve security Tod Beardsley, Security Research Manager Beardsley believes that the security issues dogging the ...

Australia’s biggest tech company Atlassian to float on NASDAQ at $21/ share on $4.38b valuation

SaaS enterprise solutions provider Atlassian Pty. Ltd., Australia’s biggest tech startup, lists Thursday morning local time on the NASDAQ with the company releasing details of the initial public offering price Wednesday evening. Atlassian’s initial public offering (IPO) ended up being priced at $21 per share, above a proposed $19 to $20 per share offering range, ...

Apple TV won’t be getting subscription television as legacy media won’t compromise on bundling

Negotiations to bring subscription television to Apple TV have come to a halt with a report Wednesday that Apple has walked away from the negotiating table. According to Re/Code talks between the tech giant and media companies broke down due to Apple’s desire to offer what is referred to as a “skinny bundle” of channels, ...

Augmented reality startup Magic Leap raises $827m Series C on $3.7b valuation

Google, Inc. backed augmented reality startup Magic Leap, Inc. has raised $827 million Series C on a $3.7 billion valuation. Details on the round were obtained by Forbes via a Delaware filing which did not include who the investors were. Founded in 2011, Magic Leap is attempting to bring to market an augmented reality product ...

Coupa’s Rob Bernshteyn predicts that with cloud and SaaS there’s a chance to get enterprise software right

With the adoption of cloud services continuing to grow apace, how will the enterprise software space change in 2016? Coupa Software, Inc. Chief Executive Officer Rob Bernshteyn believes that “with the cloud and Software-as-a-Service, we have a new chance to get enterprise software right. We saw signs of progress in 2015; in 2016 we’ll really ...

Spotify may cave into greedy musicians and withhold some music from free ad-support tier

Streaming music service provider Spotify AG may be about to back down on one of its founding principles, that all users of the service should have access to the same catalog of music, due to pressure by filthy rich, greedy musicians. The Wall Street Journal claims that Spotify has held private talks with music executives ...

Cord cutters delight: Amazon adds subscriptions to Showtime, Starz + others to Prime Video

Amazon.com, Inc. has announced a new offer for its Amazon Prime Video streaming service that allows customers to sign up to video on demand (VOD) services from a range of premium cable providers. The Streaming Partners Program sees Amazon Prime customers being able to obtain access to premium programming from 20 providers, the most prominent ...

Report claims Bitcoin founder Satoshi Nakamoto is Australian academic and entrepreneur Craig Wright

Who is Bitcoin founder Satoshi Nakamoto? That question has perplexed many since Bitcoin went live for the first time in 2009 but now we potentially have an answer to that question…perhaps. Wired is claiming that Satoshi Nakamoto is actually 44-year-old Australian academic and entrepreneur Craig Steve Wright on the basis of a number of blog ...

IBM snaps up cloud based video content management service provider Clearleap

International Business Machines Corporation (IBM) has acquired cloud based video content management service provider Clearleap, Inc. for an undisclosed price. Founded in 2007, Clearleap offers a platform that provides customers with multi-screen video processing and video asset management, along with an open API framework for building video into applications. The company’s streaming support services promise ...