Mike Wheatley

Mike Wheatley is a senior staff writer at SiliconANGLE. He loves to write about Big Data and the Internet of Things, and explore how these technologies are evolving and helping businesses to become more agile. Before joining SiliconANGLE, Mike was an editor at Argophilia Travel News, an occassional contributer to The Epoch Times, and has also dabbled in SEO and social media marketing. He usually bases himself in Bangkok, Thailand, though he can often be found roaming through the jungles or chilling on a beach. Got a news story or tip? Email Mike@SiliconANGLE.com.

Latest from Mike Wheatley

Mt. Gox at Death’s Door? Bitcoin price slips below $100, before rebounding slightly

The problems continue to pile up for the beleaguered Mt. Gox, where the price of a single Bitcoin briefly plummeted to below $100 after the exchange claimed that “security issues” were the reason it’s unable to resume withdrawal capability to its customers as planned, reports CoinDesk. Mt. Gox posted a note on its website, stating ...

Nokia considers major acquistion of Juniper Networks

Nokia might have sold off its handset business to Microsoft, but the Finnish firm is still in business and now – flush with cash – is rumored to be considering the acquisition of network gear maker Juniper Networks in order to merge it with its Nokia Siemens Networks (NSN) division, according to German website Manager ...

Google launches visual maps to help save the world’s trees

For all of its faults there’s no denying that Google likes to give a little bit back now and again, particularly in the form of humanitarian work. Now, it’s just begun a new effort to help us all keep an unflinching eye on the rampant deforestation in the world. Google has just launched a new ...

Glow wants your boss to help you get pregnant

Glow, the data science app that aims to help women get pregnant, has just gone and launched a new offering aimed at employers. Yes, that’s right, Glow thinks employers might want to help their workers have more babies, and to do so its come up with “Glow for Enterprise”, a program that aims to help ...

Microsoft Office is now ‘Online’

Just 24 hours after launching OneDrive as a replacement for SkyDrive, Microsoft has announced a major rebranding of its cloud-based productivity tools line up. Say hello to Office Online, Microsoft’s reinvented Office Web Apps, which has been redesigned so its easier to find, and comes with a bunch of new features to boot. The biggest ...

WhatsApp will open the door to Facebook’s next wave of expansion

So Facebook has just shelled out a jaw-dropping $19 billion on WhatsApp, a seemingly insane price when you think another popular messaging app called Viber was acquired for a ‘measly’ $900 millin by Japan’s Rakuten just one week ago. For sure, $19 billion is a massive amount of cash, but when you think about the ...

FCC tries to reimpose net neutrality by rewriting the rules

Rather than try to drag things out in the courts even further, the FCC has decide against appealing the recent net neutrality ruling. Instead, it’s going to do something far sneakier altogether – and simply write another, fresh set of rules governing the entire issue. The idea is that the new regulations will still ensure ...

Yandex fires up its own flavor of Android so everyone can ditch Google

Thanks to its open-source nature pretty much anyone can build a basic Android phone, and they don’t need Google’s permission to do so. But of course, not asking Google also means forsaking all of the apps and services that’ve become such a vital part of the Android OS – things such as Gmail, Maps and ...

IBM teams up with AT&T to rule the Internet of Things

Can you imagine a city which never has traffic problems, and where all the buses and trains run on time, with hardly any crime on the streets? Well, this is exactly the kind of vision that IBM and AT&T have in mind. To bring their plans to fruition, the two companies have just announced a ...

Hackers snatch $2.7M worth of Bitcoin in raid on Silk Road 2.0

The reincarnation of the Silk Road website has apparently been rinsed dry by hackers, who made off with 4474.26 Bitcoins worth around $2.7 million from its user’s accounts, according to a report in Forbes. Silk Road 2.0 administrator Defcon broke the news via a forum post, saying that the attackers took advantage of Bitcoin’s recently ...