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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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Firefox will say goodbye to Flash next month

NEWS By ERIC DAVID10 YEARS AGO

Mozilla Firefox, one of the most popular internet browsers in the world, is about to give Flash the boot, making Firefox yet another in a long line of platforms seeking to ditch Adobe’s notoriously unstable and insecure multimedia plugin. According to Mozilla, …

Google doesn’t have to censor torrent searches, says French court

NEWS By ERIC DAVID10 YEARS AGO

A French high court has shot down a requested court order that would have forced search engines like Google and Bing to remove search results that include the word “torrent.” The order was requested by Syndicat national de l’édition phonographique (SNEP), a French music industry organization …

Netflix shares tank after disappointing Q2 results

NEWS By ERIC DAVID10 YEARS AGO

Stagnant subscriber growth and disappointing earnings have led to a sharp 15 percent drop in the value of Netflix’s shares in after hours trading. According to the company’s recent Q2 earnings report, its subscriber base increased by only 1.7 million users, far lower than its …

Google reportedly working on Hololens-like VR/AR hybrid

NEWS By ERIC DAVID10 YEARS AGO

Google was one of the first major companies to jump on the augmented reality bandwagon when it first unveiled Google Glass several years ago, and it has dipped its toes into virtual reality with Google Cardboard. Now, according to a report by Engadget, …

Twitch finally prepares to ditch Flash for HTML5

NEWS By ERIC DAVID10 YEARS AGO

Amazon’s popular video game livestreaming platform, Twitch Interactive (Amazon.com, Inc.), has had its sights on switching to HTML5 for some time, and now it looks like the service is finally getting ready to make the transition. “Starting today, the HTML5 Player Beta …

Google ads under fire in EU for alleged antitrust breaches

NEWS By ERIC DAVID10 YEARS AGO

Antitrust regulators in the European Union have leveled several new charges against Google’s advertising business, claiming that Google is guilty of anti-competitive practices. The EU antitrust commission says that market dominance is not a problem under EU law, but it noted in …

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