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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.

Latest from Eric David

Facebook is still king of social media—for now

NEWS By ERIC DAVID12 YEARS AGO

The latest social media study from the Pew Research Center shows that Facebook Inc. is still on top by a large margin, but its growth has slowed to a crawl as other services take up the slack. Social Media Update 2014 shows that Facebook …

New Baldur’s Gate confirmed using original game engine

NEWS By ERIC DAVID12 YEARS AGO

Usually, when a long-dead series gets new life with a modern sequel, the new game tries to recapture the feeling of the originals while still using the latest graphics and game engine, but for the now-confirmed next entry into the Baldur’s Gate …

Facebook buys yet another tech startup, this time for video

NEWS By ERIC DAVID12 YEARS AGO

Facebook Inc. has just bought video tech startup QuickFire Networks, adding the company to the social network’s growing army of technology assets, including the recently added voice recognition startup, Wit.ai. The startup designs technology that can be used to process and transcode video …

LinkedIn opens its publishing platform – wants more people writing

NEWS By ERIC DAVID12 YEARS AGO

The business-focused social network LinkedIn is expanding its publishing platform to include all English speaking countries, greatly increasing the potential contributors to the site’s longer form article posts. “Early last year, we gave every LinkedIn member in the U.S. the ability to …

Could a Yahoo! purchase be just what Twitter needs?

NEWS By ERIC DAVID12 YEARS AGO

Twitter Inc.’s stock has dwindled over the last year amidst staff shakeups, falling employee confidence and rumors of CEO Dick Costolo’s departure, but the microblog company saw a sudden spike in share prices yesterday over speculation that it should purchase search engine-relic Yahoo! …

EA Sports faces lawsuit from ex-NFL players over Madden games

NEWS By ERIC DAVID12 YEARS AGO

A federal appeals court has rejected requests made by Electronic Arts Inc. (EA) to dismiss a lawsuit by former NFL players claiming that the company used their likenesses in video games without the players’ permission. A 3-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit …

Facebook buys voice recognition company with Siri-like capabilities

NEWS By ERIC DAVID12 YEARS AGO

Facebook Inc. has added another tool to its growing arsenal of tech companies, this time with a focus on voice recognition AI. The social media giant has just acquired Wit.ai, an 18-month-old Palo Alto technology startup that designs natural language processing software. Wit.ai creates software …

PlayStation 4 reaches 18.4 million sales worldwide

NEWS By ERIC DAVID12 YEARS AGO

Sony Computer Entertainment closed out 2014 with a strong showing for the PlayStation 4, which has sold more than 18.4 million units worldwide in a little more than a year since its initial release in November 2013. Roughly 4.1 million PlayStation 4 …

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