Duncan Riley, Author at SiliconANGLE

Nuts: Animal blog The Dodo raises $11.5m Series B

By Duncan Riley Nov 10, 2015

Animal blog The Dodo.com, Inc. has raised $11.5 million Series B in a round led by Discovery Communications that included Softbank, SBNY, Berggruen Holdings, Lerer Hippeau Ventures, Greycroft Partners and NBA commissioner David Stern.…

Blue Coat acquires data science-powered SaaS cloud security firm Elastica for $280m

By Duncan Riley Nov 9, 2015

Enterprise security firm Blue Coat Systems, Inc. has acquired data science-powered Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) app/cloud security firm Elastica, Inc. for $280 million. Founded in 2012, Elastica claims to be the leader in data science-powered cloud…

ProtonMail pays Bitcoin ransom to stop DDoS attack, then is attacked further

By Duncan Riley Nov 9, 2015

Distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks with extortion demands for payments in Bitcoin cryptocurrency to stop them are becoming more and more popular in 2015, but what happens if you give in and pay…

Alibaba has acquired China’s version of YouTube Youku Tudou for $3.9b

By Duncan Riley Nov 8, 2015

Chinese eCommerce giant Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. has acquired Youku Tudou, Inc., China’s version of YouTube, for around $3.9 billion. Alibaba already owned shares in the company prior to acquisition, with The Wall Street…

MMM Ponzi scam may be main reason behind Bitcoin price fluctuations

By Duncan Riley Nov 6, 2015

The price of Bitcoin has been on a rollercoaster ride this week with the cryptocurrency hitting a 12 month high of $490 until settling back down to its current price (at the time of…

Old school fiat currency bankers say Bitcoin is doomed

By Duncan Riley Nov 5, 2015

Despite the ongoing embrace of Bitcoin by investors and even some banks in the past year, not everyone in the fiat money financial industry has gotten on board yet, and this week was no…

Microsoft acquires the company behind popular smart mileage tracking app MileIQ

By Duncan Riley Nov 5, 2015

Microsoft has acquired Mobile Data Labs, Inc., the company behind the smart mileage tracking app MilesIQ for an undisclosed sum. Founded in 2012, MilesIQ offers a service that claims to take the hassle out…

Facebook’s new Music Share feature supports embedding of Apple Music and Spotify previews

By Duncan Riley Nov 5, 2015

Social networking giant Facebook, Inc. has continued its ongoing push to keep users on the site with a new service that delivers inline music support. Called “Music Stories,” the new feature allows users to…

Checkmarx mobile security report finds iOS apps have more critical vulnerabilities than Android ones

By Duncan Riley Nov 5, 2015

Application security firm Checkmarx, Inc. have released a new mobile security report that throws a common misconception about mobile security on its head. The State of Mobile Application Security 2014-2015 report, published in conjunction with…

Rapidly growing photo sharing and video streaming app maker 17 Media raises $10m Series A

By Duncan Riley Nov 5, 2015

Photo sharing and live video streaming app maker 17 Media, LLC has raised $10 million Series A in a round that included Infinity Venture Partners and Prometheus Capital. Co-founded by Taiwanese rapper-turned-entrepreneur Jeff Huang…

Duncan Riley

Nuts: Animal blog The Dodo raises $11.5m Series B

ProtonMail pays Bitcoin ransom to stop DDoS attack, then is attacked further

Alibaba has acquired China’s version of YouTube Youku Tudou for $3.9b

MMM Ponzi scam may be main reason behind Bitcoin price fluctuations

Old school fiat currency bankers say Bitcoin is doomed

Microsoft acquires the company behind popular smart mileage tracking app MileIQ

Checkmarx mobile security report finds iOS apps have more critical vulnerabilities than Android ones

Rapidly growing photo sharing and video streaming app maker 17 Media raises $10m Series A

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