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

Activision Blizzard has acquired Candy Crush Saga maker King Digital for a cool $5.9b

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY11 YEARS AGO

Mega games company Activision Blizzard, Inc. has acquired Candy Crush Saga maker King Digital Entertainment PLC for a cool $5.9 billion. According to The Financial Times, the acquisition is the biggest takeover of a UK-based tech company since HP acquired Autonomy for …

Warning: Miners Center Bitcoin to fiat currency premium payment service is a scam

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY11 YEARS AGO

If an offer is too good to be true it usually is, and in the case of a new Bitcoin offering it screams scam from the rooftops. Called Miners Center, the site offers to buy Bitcoin at a 10 percent premium as …

Cyber Threat Alliance report finds Cryptowall 3.0 ransomware has raked in $325m

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY11 YEARS AGO

A new report has found that Cryptowall 3.0 ransomware operators have raked in around $325 million in ransom income for the malware developers since version 3.0 was first detected in the wild in January this year. The report comes from the Cyber …

Poor taste? New Oculus Rift VR game recreates 9/11 from the North Tower of the WTC

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY11 YEARS AGO

A new game for the as-yet-to-be-released to the public Oculus Rift virtual reality headset is causing controversy, as it recreates the dark day that was 9/11 from a victim’s viewpoint. Titled 8:46 after the time American Airlines Flight 11 slammed into the …

Twitter’s new TV commercial is what happens when you take too many drugs

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY11 YEARS AGO

Twitter, Inc. has taken to legacy broadcast media for the first time with a new television commercial that allegedly is meant to highlight their new Moments feature. Allegedly is the key word, because the ad channels the spirit of Hunter S. Thompson …

Mark Karpeles spent missing Bitcoin from Mt Gox on prostitutes

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY11 YEARS AGO

Disgraced former Mt Gox Chief Executive Officer Mark Karpeles was rearrested on fresh charges in Japan Wednesday with reports that that at least some of the stolen Bitcoin from the exchange was spent on hiring prostitutes. Karpeles had been previously arrested by …

Australia to trial Cloud Passports to take international travel into the digital age

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY11 YEARS AGO

We live in a digital age where our data can cross borders in the blink of an eye, but little has changed when it comes to doing the same in person in a century; to cross most country borders we require a physical …

LinkedIn beats analysts again with record Q3 financials

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY11 YEARS AGO

LinkedIn, Inc. continued its market-beating run in the third quarter with the business-oriented social network provider once again surpassing analyst predictions. The company booked $780 million for the third quarter on earnings of 78 cents per share, a 37 percent increase over …

It’s happening: Report claims Google will merge ChromeOS into Android

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY11 YEARS AGO

A long-rumored merger may finally be happening with a report Thursday that Google is looking to merge its Android and ChromeOS operating systems. The Wall Street Journal quotes the proverbial “people familiar with the matter” as saying that ChromeOS will be folded …

Microsoft and Consensys sign deal for Ethereum Blockchain implementation on Azure

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY11 YEARS AGO

Microsoft has signed a deal with Consensys (Consensus Systems, Inc.) to develop new Ethereum Blockchain-as-a-service products and new tools for its cloud-based service platform Azure. The Ethereum based service will officially be launched at the Ethereum developer conference, DΞVCON1, in London on 10th …

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Duncan Riley

Latest from Duncan Riley

Warning: Miners Center Bitcoin to fiat currency premium payment service is a scam

Cyber Threat Alliance report finds Cryptowall 3.0 ransomware has raked in $325m

Poor taste? New Oculus Rift VR game recreates 9/11 from the North Tower of the WTC

Twitter’s new TV commercial is what happens when you take too many drugs

Mark Karpeles spent missing Bitcoin from Mt Gox on prostitutes

Australia to trial Cloud Passports to take international travel into the digital age

LinkedIn beats analysts again with record Q3 financials

It’s happening: Report claims Google will merge ChromeOS into Android

Microsoft and Consensys sign deal for Ethereum Blockchain implementation on Azure

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