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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.

Internet of Things vs. The Industrial Internet: What’s the Difference?

By Mike Wheatley Jun 4, 2013

Once a trend, now fast becoming a reality, the Internet of Things (IoT) is the buzzword for a concept that’s rapidly changing the world in which we live. But as with all buzzwords, confusion…

IBM Snaps Up SoftLayer, Eyes Public Cloud Domination

By Mike Wheatley Jun 4, 2013

IBM has just confirmed its intention to buy up cloud computing infrastructure provider SoftLayer in an acquisition said to be worth around $2 billion, according to the Wall Street Journal. IBM stated that its…

Gmail Gets an Update on Android

By Mike Wheatley Jun 4, 2013

After previewing a redesigned Gmail experience on the desktop last week, Google has quietly gone and made the same features available for its Android app. Those who can download the updated app – Google…

Steve Ballmer Planning “Significant Restructing” of Microsoft Leadership

By Mike Wheatley Jun 3, 2013

The winds of change are blowing at Microsoft this morning, with reports suggesting that we could be about to see a big shakeup in the upper echelons of the company’s management. Nothing is guaranteed,…

Mozilla Plans Radical Overhaul of Firefox, Makes It More Chrome-Like

By Mike Wheatley Jun 3, 2013

Mozilla is said to be preparing a radical design overhaul of its popular Firefox browser, which will eventually lead to a new and (we hope) improved browsing experience for all of its users. TechCrunch…

Yahoo Mail Update Kills Off User Privacy: Don’t Like It? Tough Luck

By Mike Wheatley Jun 3, 2013

As of tomorrow Yahoo will be discontinuing its old Mail Classic email service, automatically switching all existing Mail users to a newly updated version and simultaneously forcing them to agree to a new privacy…

Anonymous Reveals News Site Plans; Launches #OpTurkey

By Mike Wheatley Jun 3, 2013

Almost six weeks after the hacktivist group Anonymous announced that it had raised some $55,000 on Indiegogo to fund its own independent news site, the group has finally given some details about what we…

The Future is the Internet of Things, and it’s Already Here

By Mike Wheatley May 31, 2013

Last year, a new internet was born. No doubt you were totally unaware it happened, because engineers had spent years working to ensure that when Internet Protocol Version 6, or IPv6, was finally switched…

Google Gives Companies Just Seven Days to Fix Security Exploits

By Mike Wheatley May 31, 2013

Being the all-powerful internet behemoth that it is, Google is often the first to stumble across security risks and vulnerabilities in other companies’ systems. When it does so, it tries to help, making them…

Big Data: Today’s Reality, Not Tomorrow’s

By Mike Wheatley May 31, 2013

Big Data’s one of the hottest topics of discussion in the tech world at the moment, what with all the hype about its potential and its problems, and how its going to transform our…