Duncan Riley

Duncan Riley is a senior writer at SiliconANGLE covering Startups, Bitcoin, and the Internet of Things. Duncan is a co-founder of VC funded media company B5Media and founder of news site The Inquisitr, and was a senior writer at TechCrunch in its earlier days. Tips? Press releases? Intersting startup? email: duncan@nichenet.com.au or contact Duncan on Twitter @duncanriley

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Ta-da! Google releases preview version of Android N unexpectedly early

Those waiting to take a look at the newest version of Google’s Android mobile operating system have to wait no longer, with the company surprising many by releasing a preview version Wednesday, months before it was expected. The new version of Android, currently dubbed Android N but likely to change names before a final release, ...

Google launches new Destinations feature in mobile search to make holiday planning easier

Google, Inc. has launched a new feature in mobile search that makes planning your next holiday easier. Called Google Destinations, the new feature provides users with easy-to-browse travel information, including information on flights, accommodations, and things to see when they type “destination”  after a location, such as a continent, country, or specific location, or alternatively ...

Bitcoin Group scraps plan to go public following ASX liquidity demand

Australian Bitcoin mining firm Bitcoin Group Ltd has scrapped its attempt to become the world’s first listed Bitcoin miner, following a liquidity demand from the Australian Stock Exchange (ASX). The failed listing follows a long list of drama for the company, who originally floated the idea of listing in 2014. Three failed attempts at listing ...

Lollipop trumps KitKat in latest Android use stats, Marshmallow still lagging

New data published by Google Tuesday has revealed that Android Lollipop is now the most used version of the search giant’s mobile operating system. The stats show the combined share of Lollipop 5.0 and 5.1 (16.9 percent and 19.2 percent respectively) is 36.1 percent in early March, passing the previously most used version, Android KitKat (4.4), at 34.3 ...

Twilio’s Interconnect offers a private connection between an enterprise and the Twilio Cloud

Cloud communications company Twilio Inc. has launched a new service that enables private connectivity between Twilio and an enterprise’s on-premise infrastructure and applications. Called Twilio Interconnect, the service allows enterprises deploying communications in the cloud to connect into Twilio’s communications platform while still meeting stringent network requirements for controlling quality and security. Enterprises are now ...

Bangladesh Bank claims $100m stolen via hack of its US Federal Reserve account

The Central Bank of Bangladesh has claimed it has had $100 million stolen through a hack of its account with the United States Federal Reserve. It’s believed that Chinese hackers were behind the hack and stole the money from the bank’s foreign exchange account at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York on February 5, ...

Report claims Snapchat targeting $300-350m revenue in 2016, up from $50m in 2015

Messaging app maker Snapchat, Inc. may have finally turned the business around to the point it’s making decent money, at least according to one report Monday. Re/Code quotes multiple sources familiar with the company’s plans as saying they are targeting between $300 million and $350 million in revenue in 2016, up from $50 million in ...

Blue moon: Medium is getting serious about monetization

Trendy blogging platform provider Medium (A Medium Corporation) looks set to finally adopt a business model and bring in much need revenue, after its founder said in an interview they were looking at monetization. Founder and Chief Executive Officer Evan Williams told the BBC in an interview “we’re building monetization into the product right now,” before ...

4chan founder Christopher “Moot” Poole joins Google’s Photos and Streams team

Christopher “Moot” Poole, the founder of infamous image board 4chan, has popped up at one of the most unlikely places, and that place is Google. Poole said in a blog post he was excited to announce he’d joined Google, before waxing lyrical about how wonderful the company is: When meeting with current and former Googlers, I ...

Meerkat gives up the ghost on live streaming, pivoting to new video sharing social network

Live streaming app provider Meerkat, Inc. is soon to be a live streaming provider no longer with the startup having decided to become a video sharing social network instead. The news was disclosed in a note to investors (first discovered by Re/Code but since published by Chief Executive Officer Ben Rubin) where Rubin explained that ...