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

Facebook opens Internet.org platform to developers after Net Neutrality criticisms

NEWS By ERIC DAVID11 YEARS AGO

Facebook, Inc.’s Internet.org initiative says its goal is to “connect the two-thirds of the world that doesn’t have Internet access,” but the program has not been without its critics. Most recently, several high-profile Indian businesses refused to support Internet.org’s platform because they argued …

Banjo-Kazooie successor Yooka-Laylee gets fully crowdfunded in 40 minutes

NEWS By ERIC DAVID11 YEARS AGO

Kickstarter seems to be the place to go if you want to breathe new life into dead video game genres, and games like Star Citizen have already proven that niche markets can still pay off in a big way. Now, the creators of …

Music streaming site Grooveshark finally shut down by legal troubles

NEWS By ERIC DAVID11 YEARS AGO

Popular music streaming site Grooveshark had somehow managed to offer thousands of free songs ranging from obscure Japanese bands to platinum-selling superstars, but the site’s recurring legal problems finally caught up with it. In a letter that sounds like something a …

Texas Senate axes failure-plagued Emerging Technology Fund for startups

NEWS By ERIC DAVID11 YEARS AGO

This week, the Texas Senate voted to cut former Governor Rick Perry’s Texas Emerging Technology Fund (TETF), a program that was intended to “make Texas the best place in the nation to pursue the next great idea” by helping startup companies get off …

Steam Community Market bug priced items at millions of dollars

NEWS By ERIC DAVID11 YEARS AGO

A little bug affecting exchange rates between Indonesian rupiahs and the U.S. dollar caused a bit of a problem early this morning on the Steam Community Market by causing some items to be priced at the equivalent of millions of dollars. …

Does Steam’s new game ban system give devs too much power?

NEWS By ERIC DAVID11 YEARS AGO

It looks like Valve Corp is not quite ready to get back on its users’ good side, as the Washington-based game studio has revealed a controversial new ban system that allows game developers to directly ban users from their games. Not …

Cost of acquiring mobile users is now over $3 each, says Fiksu

NEWS By ERIC DAVID11 YEARS AGO

Mobile marketing company Fiksu Inc has released a new report with its Cost per Loyal User index (CPLU), which “measures the cost of acquiring a loyal user for brands who actively market their apps,” and it found that the costs associated …

StepOne launches tools to unify the in-store experience with online support

NEWS By ERIC DAVID11 YEARS AGO

Retail stores have been working hard at improving their in-store experience – they would have to if they want to convince people to actually make the physical trip out to a brick-and-mortar store these days. But once customers buy their new phone, …

You can now embed classic MS-DOS games in tweets — here’s how

NEWS By ERIC DAVID11 YEARS AGO

Twitter, Inc.’s financials may not be looking great right now, but users are still discovering new ways to use the microblog service to slack off at work. Earlier this year, the Internet Archive launched a free library of classic MS-DOS games that could …

Relive gaming history thanks to Star Wars Day sales

NEWS By ERIC DAVID11 YEARS AGO

After the second teaser trailer for Star Wars: The Force Awakens at Star Wars Celebration earlier this month, interest in the nearly 40 year old mega franchise has suddenly spiked. While gamers are eagerly awaiting new Star Wars games like EA’s Star Wars: Battlefront reboot, …

Eric David

Latest from Eric David

Facebook opens Internet.org platform to developers after Net Neutrality criticisms

Banjo-Kazooie successor Yooka-Laylee gets fully crowdfunded in 40 minutes

Music streaming site Grooveshark finally shut down by legal troubles

Texas Senate axes failure-plagued Emerging Technology Fund for startups

Steam Community Market bug priced items at millions of dollars

Does Steam’s new game ban system give devs too much power?

Cost of acquiring mobile users is now over $3 each, says Fiksu

StepOne launches tools to unify the in-store experience with online support

You can now embed classic MS-DOS games in tweets — here’s how

Relive gaming history thanks to Star Wars Day sales

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