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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.

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Prepare yourselves: Facebook now supports animated gifs

NEWS By ERIC DAVID11 YEARS AGO

Sharing pictures and videos is great and all, but everyone knows the real media supergiant of the internet is the humble gif. Short for “Graphics Interchange Format,” gifs are simple moving images with no sound that typically run for a few seconds …

Gearbox dropped from the Aliens: Colonial Marines lawsuit

NEWS By ERIC DAVID11 YEARS AGO

Saying that Aliens: Colonial Marines was received poorly by gamers is a bit of an understatement. The game was so reviled after its release in 2013 that a class action lawsuit was launched against its creators, claiming that Colonial Marines had been falsely advertised at trade …

GameStop’s earnings climb, beating earlier predictions

NEWS By ERIC DAVID11 YEARS AGO

Somehow GameStop Corp managed to pull through its weak final quarter from last year and beat expectations for its Q1 earnings of its fiscal 2016. Apparently someone out there still buys games in a store. According to the Dallas-based game seller’s most …

WildStar becomes the latest MMO to shift to free-to-play

NEWS By ERIC DAVID11 YEARS AGO

Subscription models just aren’t what they used to be. These days, unless your name is Blizzard Entertainment, requiring players to shell out $10-$15 every month is a laughably misguided way to monetize your game. NCSoft’s WildStar has finally learned this lesson, and the struggling MMO …

Facebook rolls out Messenger payments to NYC and adds new features

NEWS By ERIC DAVID11 YEARS AGO

Facebook Inc entered the complicated and highly regulated market of electronic payments earlier this year when it announced that Messenger would allow users to directly transfer money to one another through the app. The payment options have now expanded to New York City, and …

Twitter is now more popular than LinkedIn for salespeople

NEWS By ERIC DAVID11 YEARS AGO

LinkedIn is considered by many to be the “professional” social networking site, but it looks like Twitter has quietly become the go-to platform for salespeople looking for connections and clients. According to a recent study by sales consulting and data research firm KiteDesk, …

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