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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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Amino raises $25M to make it easier to find the doctor you need

APPS By ERIC DAVID9 YEARS AGO

Companies such as IBM Corp. and Google Inc. have been working hard to bring the healthcare industry into the 21st century, but anyone who has struggled to find the right doctor or specialist knows that navigating healthcare databases can still feel like the Dark Ages. Digital health …

Controversial Oculus founder Palmer Luckey leaves Facebook

EMERGING TECH By ERIC DAVID9 YEARS AGO

Oculus founder Palmer Luckey virtually disappeared from the public eye last year after it came to light that he had donated $10,000 to Nimble America, a right-wing political nonprofit that ran inflammatory billboard campaigns against presidential candidate Hillary Clinton. Now, Luckey is leaving the company …

Facebook adds personal fundraisers that work like GoFundMe

APPS By ERIC DAVID9 YEARS AGO

Facebook Inc. today introduced a new feature called personal fundraisers, which will allow users of the social network to raise money for personal financial emergencies ranging from medical expenses to funeral costs. According to a blog post by Naomi Gleit, Facebook’s vice president …

Gamee raises $2.15M seed round to deliver games with chatbots

APPS By ERIC DAVID9 YEARS AGO

Gamee, a game platform for web and mobile, has raised an impressive €2 million ($2.15 million) to deliver casual games that do not require players to download anything. The funding came from Initial Capital, Credo Ventures, Index Ventures and several European entrepreneurs. Throughout the early …

Cognoa raises $11.6M to assess child development with machine learning

EMERGING TECH By ERIC DAVID9 YEARS AGO

Healthcare startup Cognoa Inc. has raised $11.6 million to expand its digital platform that helps parents screen for developmental delays and early signs of autism. Cognoa’s latest funding comes from its existing investor, Morningside Group, bringing the company’s total funding to date to more than …

Arable Labs raises $4.25M to bring the Internet of Things to farming

EMERGING TECH By ERIC DAVID9 YEARS AGO

Arable Labs has closed a $4.25 million Series A funding round to expand its predictive data business for farmers. The funding round was led by Middleland Capital’s agriculture technology fund and S2G Ventures. Other investors included Chase Field, Spark Labs and Cantos VC. Predicting …

Twitter considers paid TweetDeck subscriptions with more analytics

APPS By ERIC DAVID9 YEARS AGO

Twitter Inc. could soon introduce paid premium subscriptions for its TweetDeck social media dashboard, which would give users access to better analytics and more powerful account management features. TweetDeck, which was acquired by Twitter in 2011 for a respectable $40 million, offers a few …

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