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

The WikiLeaks Show Is Back On The Road Again, But For How Long?

WikiLeaks is back in business and once again accepting donations to its cause, thanks to a new partnership with the Freedom of the Press Foundation, a brand new organization that’s been set up to channel much-needed funds to the whistle blowing site and other worthy causes. A post titled “WikiLeaks Declares War on Banking” informs ...

Cisco To Dump Linksys; Sights Firmly Set on Enterprise

A report by Bloomberg this morning has revealed that Cisco is looking to offload its home networking company Linksys as part of a broader strategy aimed at dumping consumer markets altogether and focusing entirely on its higher-margin enterprise products. Cisco has reportedly hired the services of Barclays to find a buyer for its Linksys division, ...

IBM and its “Sense-ational” Future Computer Predictions

If you’re lucky enough to be the proud owner of a shiny new smartphone, tablet or PC, you’re probably feeling pretty pleased with its capabilities. We like to think that today’s modern devices can do pretty much everything – for example, paying our bills, plotting our route to work, and telling us what the weather ...

Google Likely To Wriggle Out Of Anti-Trust Probe

Google is believed to be close to reaching a settlement with US anti-trust investigators that would allow the search engine to escape heavy punishment in return for an agreement not to scrape content for its own sites and indexes, and to operate more “transparently”. The agreement, which was revealed this weekend by Bloomberg and reflects ...

Big Data Takes Us One Step Closer To A Big Brother State

A major investigation by the Wall Street Journal has revealed how the National Counterterrorism Center (NCTC) has been given permission to access a vast database containing thousands of US citizen’s personal information, raising concerns that the country has just taken another huge step towards becoming a total big brother state. You can read the article ...

US Votes “No” To UN Internet Treaty

The US government has stated that it will not endorse the UN’s telecommunications treaty due to the inclusion of provisions related to internet regulation. “It is with a heavy heart and a sense of missed opportunities that the U.S. must communicate that it is not able to sign the agreement in the current form,” U.S. ...

New Mac Malware Disguises Itself as OS X Installer, Targets Cellphones

You might’ve thought that by owning an Apple Mac your chances of being infected by malware are pretty low. Well, sorry to disappoint all you fanbois out there, but it would seem that this particular threat has reared its ugly head on the Apple machine for the first time. The Russian security vendor Doctor Web ...

Juniper Snatches Up SDN Startup Contrail Systems for $176M

Juniper has disclosed its plans to acquire Contrail Systems, a software-defined networking (SDN) startup, for a deal worth around $176 million in cash and stocks. The move was revealed in an SEC filing made by Juniper, followed by a short blog post confirming it. Juniper says that it should close on the deal by the ...

Google Zeitgeist and Facebook ‘Year In Review” Show Top Web Trends For 2012

We’ve already seen Twitter coming out early with its own list of top trends, and now both Google and Facebook have come up with their own takes on our online activity over the last 12 months, with the release of this year’s Google Zeitgeist and Facebook’s new ‘Year in Review’ feature. Google’s 12th Annual Zeitgeist ...

Would You Buy A Russian-Made, Dual-Screen Smartphone?

Let’s be honest here, smartphone innovation has become a bit stale in recent months. Granted, we’ve seen lots of new devices with new ideas in recent months, including Windows 8 phones, larger displays, edge-to-edge screens, LTE, bla bla bla… but aside from these new features, they all look and feel pretty much the same. So ...