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

ROFL: Twitter apologizes to developers, says it wants them back

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY11 YEARS AGO

Piss-take: “an unpleasant situation that is comparable to a parody.” Wikitionary. In what has to be one of the biggest jokes in recent history, Twitter Chief Executive Office Jack Dorsey is appealing to developers to return to the service, despite the fact …

Official: Western Digital acquires SanDisk for a whopping $19b

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY11 YEARS AGO

Western Digital Corp. has acquired rival SanDisk Corp. for a whopping $19 billion. According to The Wall Street Journal, the deal values SanDisk at $86.50 a share, a 15% premium over Tuesday’s close; of note SanDisk traded at less than $60 a …

Google enters the paid video subscription market with new service YouTube Red

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY11 YEARS AGO

Following rumors going back over 6 months, Google has finally entered the paid video subscription market with a new service called YouTube Red. The new service is said to deliver users the ability to view videos across all of YouTube without ads, …

Defying expectations, Google has a hit product with Google Photos reaching 100m users

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY11 YEARS AGO

Can Google launch a new product and not see it sink like a mafia victim thrown into the sea with a concrete block tethered to their ankles? Bad analogies aside, the answer is surprisingly yes, with the search giant announcing Tuesday that …

Back to the future: Yahoo returns to Google’s loving embrace with new search and ad deal

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY11 YEARS AGO

Yahoo, Inc. is returning home with an announcement Tuesday that they have signed a deal with Google to provide search results and advertising. According to reports the deal will see Google will provide web search results, search ads and image search services …

What’s the best way to disclose a data breach? Atlassian’s Daniel Grzelak shares his thoughts

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY11 YEARS AGO

What’s the best way for a startup or enterprise to disclose a data breach? It’s sadly a question more and more companies are faced with in 2015 as various bad actors, some even state sponsored, hack into more and more user databases, …

Bitcoin karma: Former DEA agent gets 78 months for stealing during Silk Road investigation

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY11 YEARS AGO

A now former U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) agent has been sent to prison for 78 months after pleading guilty to stealing Bitcoins during the Federal investigation that brought down notorious drug marketplace Silk Road. According to reports Carl Force, the former …

Google takes the SaaS fight to Microsoft with free Apps for Work when an EA is already in place

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY11 YEARS AGO

Google is taking the SaaS fight to rivals Microsoft and IBM with a new offer that provides its Google Apps for Work for free when a company has an existing enterprise agreement (EA) with another provider. Google to its credit didn’t name …

Time snaps up women-focused lifestyle site Hello Giggles for $20-$30m

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY11 YEARS AGO

Time, Inc. has acquired women-focused lifestyle site Hello Giggles, Inc. for a figure around $20-$30 million. The terms of the deal were not officially disclosed, however, The Wall Street Journal puts the figure at “in the range of $20 million” whereas The …

McAfee Labs Hidden Data Economy report prices how much stolen data is being sold for

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY11 YEARS AGO

McAfee Labs (a division of Intel Security) has released a new report that provides a fascinating insight into how different types of stolen data are being packaged and sold online. The Hidden Data Economy report (pdf) examined pricing for stolen credit and …

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Duncan Riley

Latest from Duncan Riley

ROFL: Twitter apologizes to developers, says it wants them back

Official: Western Digital acquires SanDisk for a whopping $19b

Google enters the paid video subscription market with new service YouTube Red

Defying expectations, Google has a hit product with Google Photos reaching 100m users

Back to the future: Yahoo returns to Google’s loving embrace with new search and ad deal

What’s the best way to disclose a data breach? Atlassian’s Daniel Grzelak shares his thoughts

Bitcoin karma: Former DEA agent gets 78 months for stealing during Silk Road investigation

Google takes the SaaS fight to Microsoft with free Apps for Work when an EA is already in place

Time snaps up women-focused lifestyle site Hello Giggles for $20-$30m

McAfee Labs Hidden Data Economy report prices how much stolen data is being sold for

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