Eric David

Eric David is a staff writer for SiliconANGLE, covering the latest trends in social media and gaming. He is an avid gamer and enjoys writing about innovations in the video game industry and gaming culture in general. Eric graduated from the University of Texas at Dallas, receiving major honors for his thesis "A Culture of Heresy: Explaining the Resiliency of Catharism and the Church's Response," which is every bit as exciting as it sounds. Eric lives in Dallas, Texas with his wife, dog and gaming PC.

Latest from Eric David

Microsoft pledges $50M more to its ‘AI for Earth’ climate change program

EMERGING TECH By ERIC DAVID9 YEARS AGO

Microsoft Corp. announced today that it will invest an additional $50 million into its AI for Earth program, which provides artificial intelligence and cloud services to organizations working to fight climate change with AI. The funding, which will be spread out over the next …

Apple reportedly may buy music identifying app Shazam for $400M

APPS By ERIC DAVID9 YEARS AGO

Apple Inc. is reportedly close to completing a $400 million acquisition of Shazam Entertainment Ltd., the London-based developer behind music identification app Shazam. According to a report by TechCrunch, sources say the deal could be signed as early as this week, with an official announcement planned for …

Google delays crackdown on Android accessibility apps

APPS By ERIC DAVID9 YEARS AGO

Google LLC wanted to crack down on apps that take advantage of Android’s accessibility features for unintended purposes, but a backlash from both developers and users has made the company reconsider its stance. The accessibility application programming interfaces allow developers to implement features that make their apps …

Hilton’s IoT-filled ‘Connected Room’ will be a treasure trove of guest data

EMERGING TECH By ERIC DAVID9 YEARS AGO

Hotel giant Hilton Worldwide Holdings Inc. is jumping on the “internet of things” bandwagon in 2018 with Connected Room, new hotel rooms that will come fully stocked with smart home devices that guests will control from their mobile phones. Hilton hotels have already offered guests a few smart …

Deja vu: Facebook might split Instagram messaging into a separate app

APPS By ERIC DAVID9 YEARS AGO

Facebook Inc. drew a lot of flak a few years ago when it moved all of its messaging features to Facebook Messenger. Now there’s a chance that the social media giant could do the same with Instagram. Instagram is now testing Direct, a standalone messaging app for …

DeepMind’s AlphaGo mastered chess in its spare time

EMERGING TECH By ERIC DAVID9 YEARS AGO

AlphaGo has come a long way since it became the first artificial intelligence to conquer the game of Go nearly two years ago, but creator DeepMind Technologies, Google LLC’s AI company, does not want AlphaGo to remain a one-trick pony. It looks like it …

Feuding with Amazon, Google pulls YouTube from Fire TV and Echo Show

APPS By ERIC DAVID9 YEARS AGO

Bad news for cord cutters: In a move that echoes contract spats between television networks and cable providers, Google LLC has announced that it will drop YouTube support for Amazon.com Inc.’s Fire TV and Echo Show media devices starting Jan. 1. Google had …

Kespry raises $33M to build smarter industrial drones for the enterprise

EMERGING TECH By ERIC DAVID9 YEARS AGO

Drones are becoming a hot commodity in the enterprise thanks to advancements in technology and reduced costs, and dozens of new companies are rushing to fill the demand for smarter drones that are tailored to meet business needs. Silicon Valley-based startup Kespry Inc. is one …

One year later, Apple agrees to pay Ireland $15B in back taxes

INFRA By ERIC DAVID9 YEARS AGO

Apple Inc. signed an agreement today to pay $15.38 billion (13 billion euros) in back taxes to the Republic of Ireland, complying with an order made by the European Union more than a year ago. Ireland has allowed Apple to pay lower …

Code.org raises $12M to help more kids learn computer science

PEOPLE By ERIC DAVID9 YEARS AGO

Code.org, a nonprofit dedicated to improving computer science education, announced today that it has raised $12 million in new funding. The money comes from previous donors The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and Infosys Foundation USA, as well as from new donor PricewaterhouseCoopers. The organization announced …

Eric David

Latest from Eric David

Microsoft pledges $50M more to its ‘AI for Earth’ climate change program

Apple reportedly may buy music identifying app Shazam for $400M

Google delays crackdown on Android accessibility apps

Hilton’s IoT-filled ‘Connected Room’ will be a treasure trove of guest data

DeepMind’s AlphaGo mastered chess in its spare time

Feuding with Amazon, Google pulls YouTube from Fire TV and Echo Show

Kespry raises $33M to build smarter industrial drones for the enterprise

One year later, Apple agrees to pay Ireland $15B in back taxes

Code.org raises $12M to help more kids learn computer science

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