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

FiveAI raises $18M to build a self-driving taxi service in London

EMERGING TECH By ERIC DAVID9 YEARS AGO

U.K.-based autonomous vehicle startup FiveAI Inc. announced today that it has raised an additional $18 million to develop a self-driving taxi service using its technology. The Series A financing is in addition to the $17 million grant the company already received as …

Straight out of ‘Star Trek’: Orion Labs raises $18.25M for a real-time translation device

EMERGING TECH By ERIC DAVID9 YEARS AGO

The Internet may have made the world smaller, but major companies in nearly every industry still have to deal with language barriers that make work harder, even within the same country. Communication startup Orion Labs Inc. is looking to solve that problem with …

Report: Facebook offers up hundreds of millions to buy music rights for videos

INFRA By ERIC DAVID9 YEARS AGO

Facebook Inc. is out for blood in its efforts to challenge YouTube’s dominance over the web video market, and now the social network is reportedly trying to solve one of the most common problems faced by the average user who uploads videos: music …

WhatsApp announces free customer service app for small businesses

APPS By ERIC DAVID9 YEARS AGO

Popular messaging platform WhatsApp announced today that it will be launching a new customer service app that will make it easier for businesses to chat directly with their customers. WhatsApp, which is owned by Facebook Inc., has announced that it will soon …

Failed Lily drone is back, but it’s missing all the coolest features

EMERGING TECH By ERIC DAVID9 YEARS AGO

It looks like the cancelled Lily camera drone might be hitting the market after all, but this is not the flying GoPro alternative originally promised. Lily Robotics emerged from a successful crowdfunding campaign in 2015 on the promise of a small yet durable drone that could be …

Apple confirms major iPhone reveal for Sept. 12

EMERGING TECH By ERIC DAVID9 YEARS AGO

Apple Inc. has sent out an invitation to the media saying “let’s meet at our place” for what is expected to be the company’s big iPhone 8 reveal on Sept. 12, confirming rumors that circulated earlier this week. Celebrating 10 years of Apple’s …

Kik raises $50M in presale round for its new cryptocurrency tokens

EMERGING TECH By ERIC DAVID9 YEARS AGO

Kik Interactive Inc., the creator of the Kik Messenger chat app, announced today that it has secured $50 million in funding during a presale round of its new cryptocurrency, Kin. The token distribution event will start at 9 a.m. EDT Tuesday, Sept. 12. Several accredited …

Amazon Alexa and Microsoft Cortana are about to become best friends

EMERGING TECH By ERIC DAVID9 YEARS AGO

Amazon.com Inc. and Microsoft Corp. announced a major partnership today that will integrate Alexa and Cortana, giving the two virtual assistants complete access to each other’s tools. Once the integration is complete, Alexa users will be able to access Cortana by saying “Alexa, …

Intel wants to win over VR and AI developers with its new Xeon workstation chips

EMERGING TECH By ERIC DAVID9 YEARS AGO

Chip maker Intel Corp. says its new Xeon W processors announced today are going to change the game for workstations, because they’re designed specifically to handle the massive processing requirements of artificial intelligence and virtual reality development. Intel announced its Skylake-based Scalable Xeon …

Facebook blocks pages from advertising if they repeatedly spread fake news

INFRA By ERIC DAVID9 YEARS AGO

Facebook Inc. is still waging a difficult war against fake news on its social network, and today the company announced that it will take a tougher stance on pages that repeatedly spread “false news and hoaxes.” Facebook product managers Satwik Shukla and Tessa Lyons …

Eric David

Latest from Eric David

FiveAI raises $18M to build a self-driving taxi service in London

Straight out of ‘Star Trek’: Orion Labs raises $18.25M for a real-time translation device

Report: Facebook offers up hundreds of millions to buy music rights for videos

WhatsApp announces free customer service app for small businesses

Failed Lily drone is back, but it’s missing all the coolest features

Apple confirms major iPhone reveal for Sept. 12

Kik raises $50M in presale round for its new cryptocurrency tokens

Amazon Alexa and Microsoft Cortana are about to become best friends

Intel wants to win over VR and AI developers with its new Xeon workstation chips

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