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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.

Factual Pushes Targeted Mobile Ads with Location-Based Big Data

By Mike Wheatley Jul 9, 2013

Big Data company Factual has just rolled out two new products that should helps its clients to extract even greater insights from the location-based data it specialized in. The five-year old Los Angeles-based company…

What Chance a Nikon Smartphone?

By Mike Wheatley Jul 8, 2013

More than a few consumers these days are content to give up on the idea of buying a camera, instead settling for whatever happens to be built into their smartphones, especially now that the…

Don’t Stuff your Big Data in a Woman’s Handbag

By Mike Wheatley Jul 8, 2013

All kinds of businesses are looking to get into the Big Data game, but a worryingly high number of them are doing so without fully understanding what they’re getting themselves into. It’s one thing…

Your Metadata: Here’s What It Can Reveal About You

By Mike Wheatley Jul 8, 2013

One of the most oft-heard claims to come out of officials mouths since this whole NSA-PRISM thing first became public knowledge is that the spooks are ‘only’ collecting metadata, rather than reading the content…

AT&T Wants To Sell Everything It Knows About You

By Mike Wheatley Jul 5, 2013

In a glorious example of spectacular bad timing (or should we say, arrogance), AT&T has just gone and updated its privacy policy, noting that it plans to start selling its customer’s data to marketers…

Dell Reveals Designs On Wearable Tech – Good Luck With That

By Mike Wheatley Jul 5, 2013

So now’s probably as good a time for a quick recap as any. Unless you’ve been living under a rock for the past few months, you’re probably familiar by now with what’s soon-to-be the…

Scared of PRISM, US Firms Bank on Swiss Data Centers

By Mike Wheatley Jul 5, 2013

Switzerland has a well deserved reputation for secrecy when it comes to banking, and now its hoping to ‘cash in’ on that legacy by providing a similar refuge for something that some say is…

“Restore the Fourth” PRISM Protest Set for Independence Day

By Mike Wheatley Jul 4, 2013

While most of America will be celebrating with apple pies and fireworks this Independence Day, a number of high-profile web companies and activists have something else in store. Mozilla, Reddit, WordPress and others are…

Android Security Flaw Puts 99% Of All Devices At Risk

By Mike Wheatley Jul 4, 2013

A security vulnerability that could endanger up to 99% of all Android devices has been unearthed by a security firm. What with more than 900 million Android devices said to have been activated, the…