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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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Wearables banned from movie theaters by MPAA

NEWS By ERIC DAVID12 YEARS AGO

In an attempt to stave off shaky, poor-quality piracy of new films, the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) and the National Association of Theater Owners (the other NATO) decided that “wearable devices” will no longer be allowed during movies. An update …

Suicide watch for your Twitter friends with Samaritan Radar

NEWS By ERIC DAVID12 YEARS AGO

U.K.-based charity Samaritans launched a new web app called Samaritans Radar that notifies users if their friends have made any worrying tweets that could indicate depression or a risk of suicide. The app is free to use, and once activated will scan users’ Twitter …

Twitter shares plan for world domination as user growth slows

NEWS By ERIC DAVID12 YEARS AGO

Twitter is doing well financially, but their current growth in registered users has been a bit disappointing. That’s according to Twitter’s Q3 Earning Report, which shows that the social network has seen less than 5 percent growth in new users in the last …

No shoes, no shirt, no Twitch streaming

NEWS By ERIC DAVID12 YEARS AGO

In a move to improve its reputation, popular video game live-streaming service Twitch.tv updated its rules to include a dress code that effectively bans streamers who dress provocatively. Twitch explains the new dress code on its Rules of Conduct page, saying: Nerds are sexy, and …

Amazon’s Kindle Scout publishes books by vote

NEWS By ERIC DAVID12 YEARS AGO

The newly launched Kindle Scout service from Amazon.com Inc. gives readers the power to decide what books get published, while also giving new authors the exposure they need. The service allows readers to view samples of unpublished books and vote for three of their favorites …

Be careful what you say online—it could turn into a TV series

NEWS By ERIC DAVID12 YEARS AGO

In case you hadn’t heard, the things you say online could have real-life consequences. But for one user on the public Q&A forum Quora Inc., that consequence could be a television series. The show’s premise came out of a simple question: “If every state of the USA declared …

The Queen tweets her first and last?

NEWS By ERIC DAVID12 YEARS AGO

Today, Queen Elizabeth II set the Twitter world afire when she became the first British monarch to send a tweet out to the masses.The queen sent the historic tweet this morning when she visited London’s science museum, and within the first hour, it had …

Uber worth fighting for: Here’s 3 reasons for the protest

NEWS By ERIC DAVID12 YEARS AGO

Uber Inc. may be pushing its way into new markets every day with its popular ride-sharing mobile app, but many of its drivers are not happy with the direction in which the San Francisco-based company is heading. Uber drivers staged protests in several cities …

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