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

Google launches new Destinations feature in mobile search to make holiday planning easier

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY11 YEARS AGO

Google, Inc. has launched a new feature in mobile search that makes planning your next holiday easier. Called Google Destinations, the new feature provides users with easy-to-browse travel information, including information on flights, accommodations, and things to see when they type “destination” …

Bitcoin Group scraps plan to go public following ASX liquidity demand

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY11 YEARS AGO

Australian Bitcoin mining firm Bitcoin Group Ltd has scrapped its attempt to become the world’s first listed Bitcoin miner, following a liquidity demand from the Australian Stock Exchange (ASX). The failed listing follows a long list of drama for the company, who …

Lollipop trumps KitKat in latest Android use stats, Marshmallow still lagging

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY11 YEARS AGO

New data published by Google Tuesday has revealed that Android Lollipop is now the most used version of the search giant’s mobile operating system. The stats show the combined share of Lollipop 5.0 and 5.1 (16.9 percent and 19.2 percent respectively) is 36.1 …

Twilio’s Interconnect offers a private connection between an enterprise and the Twilio Cloud

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY11 YEARS AGO

Cloud communications company Twilio Inc. has launched a new service that enables private connectivity between Twilio and an enterprise’s on-premise infrastructure and applications. Called Twilio Interconnect, the service allows enterprises deploying communications in the cloud to connect into Twilio’s communications platform while …

Bangladesh Bank claims $100m stolen via hack of its US Federal Reserve account

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY11 YEARS AGO

The Central Bank of Bangladesh has claimed it has had $100 million stolen through a hack of its account with the United States Federal Reserve. It’s believed that Chinese hackers were behind the hack and stole the money from the bank’s foreign …

Report claims Snapchat targeting $300-350m revenue in 2016, up from $50m in 2015

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY11 YEARS AGO

Messaging app maker Snapchat, Inc. may have finally turned the business around to the point it’s making decent money, at least according to one report Monday. Re/Code quotes multiple sources familiar with the company’s plans as saying they are targeting between $300 …

Blue moon: Medium is getting serious about monetization

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY11 YEARS AGO

Trendy blogging platform provider Medium (A Medium Corporation) looks set to finally adopt a business model and bring in much need revenue, after its founder said in an interview they were looking at monetization. Founder and Chief Executive Officer Evan Williams told …

4chan founder Christopher “Moot” Poole joins Google’s Photos and Streams team

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY11 YEARS AGO

Christopher “Moot” Poole, the founder of infamous image board 4chan, has popped up at one of the most unlikely places, and that place is Google. Poole said in a blog post he was excited to announce he’d joined Google, before waxing lyrical about …

Meerkat gives up the ghost on live streaming, pivoting to new video sharing social network

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY11 YEARS AGO

Live streaming app provider Meerkat, Inc. is soon to be a live streaming provider no longer with the startup having decided to become a video sharing social network instead. The news was disclosed in a note to investors (first discovered by Re/Code …

Email inventor Ray Tomlinson has passed into the eternal computer network in the sky aged 74

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY11 YEARS AGO

Email inventor Ray Tomlinson has passed into the eternal computer network in the sky, after a suspected heart attack at the age of 74. An American computer programmer, Tomlinson implemented the first email system on ARPANET, the first network to implement the …

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Duncan Riley

Latest from Duncan Riley

Google launches new Destinations feature in mobile search to make holiday planning easier

Bitcoin Group scraps plan to go public following ASX liquidity demand

Lollipop trumps KitKat in latest Android use stats, Marshmallow still lagging

Twilio’s Interconnect offers a private connection between an enterprise and the Twilio Cloud

Bangladesh Bank claims $100m stolen via hack of its US Federal Reserve account

Report claims Snapchat targeting $300-350m revenue in 2016, up from $50m in 2015

Blue moon: Medium is getting serious about monetization

4chan founder Christopher “Moot” Poole joins Google’s Photos and Streams team

Meerkat gives up the ghost on live streaming, pivoting to new video sharing social network

Email inventor Ray Tomlinson has passed into the eternal computer network in the sky aged 74

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