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

Mapbox raises $164M to help developers use location data for AR and connected cars

EMERGING TECH By ERIC DAVID9 YEARS AGO

Mapbox, a data startup that built a location-based platform for developers, announced today that it has raised $164 million in a late-stage financing. The Series C funding round was led by the SoftBank Vision Fund, and it also included participation from existing investors …

Google discovers it also sold political ads to Russian-backed groups

INFRA By ERIC DAVID9 YEARS AGO

It turns out that Facebook Inc. and Twitter Inc. were not the only tech giants that unknowingly sold political ads to Russian-backed groups during last year’s U.S. presidential election. The Washington Post reported today that Google LLC has discovered that Russian organizations spent tens of thousands of …

Facebook Workplace tests a desktop app with screen sharing

APPS By ERIC DAVID9 YEARS AGO

Facebook Inc. has released a new desktop chat app for for its enterprise focused Workplace platform, but so far the social media giant is not making a big deal out of it. The company did not make an official announcement about the …

Facebook tests out info button aimed at fighting fake news

APPS By ERIC DAVID9 YEARS AGO

Facebook Inc. has had problems with hoaxes and fake news throughout most of its history, but the social network is now under more scrutiny than ever before, especially after it recently came to light that Russian organizations bought political ads on Facebook during …

MessageBird, a European Twilio rival, raises $60M in early funding

CLOUD By ERIC DAVID9 YEARS AGO

Cloud company MessageBird announced today that it has raised an impressive $60 million in Series A financing. The funding round was led by Accel, and it also included investments from London-based venture capital firm Atomica as well as startup accelerator Y Combinator. …

Wal-Mart acquires same-day delivery startup Parcel to take on Amazon in NYC

INFRA By ERIC DAVID9 YEARS AGO

Wal-Mart Stores Inc. is dipping its toes into the same-day delivery market, as the retail giant announced today that it has acquired Brooklyn-based startup Parcel Inc. for an undisclosed amount. Founded in 2013, Parcel bills itself as a “last-mile delivery solution” that can integrate …

Unsealed documents poke holes in Uber’s defense against Waymo

INFRA By ERIC DAVID9 YEARS AGO

The due diligence report for Uber Technologies Inc.’s acquisition of autonomous vehicle startup Otto is now public, and the document does not bode well for the company’s ongoing trade theft battle with Waymo LLC and its parent company, Alphabet Inc. A judge …

Facebook is working on its own face recognition tech to speed account recovery

EMERGING TECH By ERIC DAVID9 YEARS AGO

Apple Inc. is not the only tech giant turning to facial recognition to streamline account security. Social media giant Facebook Inc. confirmed today that it is testing out its own Face ID-like program, which would be used to make it easier for users to recover …

Google ends ‘first click free’ program that let users bypass some paywalls

INFRA By ERIC DAVID9 YEARS AGO

Google LLC announced today that it will be ending its First Click Free program, which required subscription-based online publishers to provide users with free access to at least three free articles if they discovered them through Google Search or through Google News. According …

Uber CEO will meet with London’s transport head to ‘make things right’

INFRA By ERIC DAVID9 YEARS AGO

It has been barely a month since Dara Khosrowshahi joined Uber Technologies Inc. as the company’s new chief executive, and so far the job does not look like it is getting any easier. Last week, Uber lost its operating license for London, and now Khosrowshahi will be …

Eric David

Latest from Eric David

Mapbox raises $164M to help developers use location data for AR and connected cars

Google discovers it also sold political ads to Russian-backed groups

Facebook Workplace tests a desktop app with screen sharing

Facebook tests out info button aimed at fighting fake news

MessageBird, a European Twilio rival, raises $60M in early funding

Wal-Mart acquires same-day delivery startup Parcel to take on Amazon in NYC

Unsealed documents poke holes in Uber’s defense against Waymo

Facebook is working on its own face recognition tech to speed account recovery

Google ends ‘first click free’ program that let users bypass some paywalls

Uber CEO will meet with London’s transport head to ‘make things right’

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