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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.

Google Wants To Cheat Death With Big Data

By Mike Wheatley Sep 20, 2013

In a surprise announcement yesterday, Google’s CEO Larry Page lifted the lid on what may well be the search engine-cum-everything giant’s most audacious project yet – a new life science startup named Calico that’s…

Big, Messy Data & The Internet Of Things

By Mike Wheatley Sep 19, 2013

The concept of the Internet of Things isn’t nearly as futuristic as some might have you believe, in fact its dead simple. Take an object, stick on some sensors and Wi-Fi capability, and there…

Salesforce Cozies Up To Workday in Cloud Alliance

By Mike Wheatley Sep 19, 2013

This morning Salesforce.com and Workday announced the beginning of a closer relationship that’ll see the two enterprise software providers step up integration between some of their key cloud offerings. The announcement, which can be…

NSA Keeps Its Hands Clean, Buys Zero-Day Vulnerabilities From French Firm Vupen

By Mike Wheatley Sep 18, 2013

So it seems the NSA doesn’t do all of its own dirty work after all. On occasion, it’s also prepared to stump up a fair bit of cash to get its hands on so-called…

Google’s Secret Plan To Ditch Cookies & Track EVERYONE With AdIDs

By Mike Wheatley Sep 18, 2013

When it comes to online advertising firms, they don’t get much bigger than Google. And so when Google decides that it’s going to make fundamental changes to the way netizens are tracked online, the…

How Facebook Plans To Get The Whole World Online: Cheaper, Bigger Data

By Mike Wheatley Sep 17, 2013

Facebook, which recently teamed up with the likes of Nokia, Qualcomm, Samsung, MediaTek, Opera and others to launch the Internet.org initiative a few weeks ago, has just published a white paper that outlines its…

Jolla’s Sailfish OS Gets Android Apps & Hardware Compatible

By Mike Wheatley Sep 17, 2013

Finnish mobile startup Jolla has big plans for its nascent Sailfish mobile OS to emerge as a genuine rival to the likes of Android and iOS, and now it’s taken a massive step in…

Vultures Circling Over BlackBerry: Patents + OS Most-Valued Assets

By Mike Wheatley Sep 16, 2013

There’s been no word yet on the identity of any of the likely bidders that BlackBerry sounded so confident about just a week ago, but one thing seems clear – whatever does happen, BlackBerry…

So The NSA “Follow’s The Money”, Who Cares? It’s Not News

By Mike Wheatley Sep 16, 2013

This morning we saw yet another leak from the infamous whistleblower/traitor Ed Snowden, with German website Der Spiegal reporting that the NSA is gathering data on millions of financial transactions across the world. This…

Twitter IPO Means More Ads, Not That You’ll Notice

By Mike Wheatley Sep 13, 2013

With Twitter finally announcing its public IPO last night, many users will be wondering how this development is going to affect them. While it’s unlikely to change anything about the way the site works,…