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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.

SmartThings – The Easy Way To Automate Your Home & Office

By Mike Wheatley Aug 22, 2013

Lots has been written about what the Internet of Things will mean, with visions of smart office buildings equipped with sensors that track activity, responding by turning things on and off automatically, regulating the…

Can US Cloud Companies Can Put A Stop To The NSA’s Spying?

By Mike Wheatley Aug 21, 2013

Yet more evidence has emerged about how damaging the NSA’s PRISM program has been for US tech firms since Ed Snowden first revealed its existence, but the question is now, do these same corporations…

Facebook’s Mission To Connect The World: Noble, But It’s All About The Money

By Mike Wheatley Aug 21, 2013

Facebook stole the headlines this morning with the announcement of its new master plan to connect the more than five billion people living in the world who’re stil unable to access, or only have…

How The Gambling Industry Is Betting On Big Data

By Mike Wheatley Aug 20, 2013

Banks, retailers, Google, the NSA, they all lover their data. But one of the more intriguing use cases for Big Data involves the gambling industry, a sector that’s so reliant on number crunching and…

Groklaw Shuts Down As True Cost of NSA Spying Mounts

By Mike Wheatley Aug 20, 2013

And so the fallout from the PRISM leaks continues. As of today, Groklaw, one of the most highly regarded blogs in the techsphere that shot to fame with its coverage of SCO intellectual property…

Google vs Microsoft: When Tech Giants Fight Dirty

By Mike Wheatley Aug 19, 2013

Google and Microsoft have been embroiled in an ugly and protracted war of words for some time, and the rift between the two companies widened last week when the search giant moved to block…

Why Your Emails Will Never Be 100% Secure

By Mike Wheatley Aug 19, 2013

Just days after the supposedly ‘secure’ email provider Lavabit, famously used by NSA whistleblower Ed Snowden, shut down its operations, a similar service going by the name of Silent Circle also decided to shut…

NSA Audit Shows Government Illegally Spies On US Citizens

By Mike Wheatley Aug 16, 2013

There’s no end in sight to the leak on US government surveillance programs by Edward Snowden, even as the whistleblower has sought asylum in Russia after promising that he wouldn’t continue to harm US…

Vietnam’s Cities Use Big Data To Ward Off Traffic & Pollution

By Mike Wheatley Aug 16, 2013

If you want to see how ‘Smart Cities’ are evolving and taking shape, look no further than the Vietnamese city of Da Nang, which has just signed an agreement with IBM to intelligently manage…

Facebook To Rival PayPal With Mobile Payments Service

By Mike Wheatley Aug 15, 2013

Facebook has just hit upon yet another money making scheme, with a report in AllThingsD claiming that the social media network is set to take on payment processing giant PayPal in the ecommerce industry.…