Eric David, Author at SiliconANGLE

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Facebook’s LiveRail platform will expand advertisers’ access to user data

By Eric David Mar 26, 2015

Very few companies can claim to match anything close to the level of data Facebook has on its 1.4 billion users. In fact, Facebook’s total user base accounts for nearly half of the entire world’s Internet…

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Northern Ireland gives out free copies of Minecraft to all secondary schools

By Eric David Mar 25, 2015

Even among its early adopters, few could have imagined the powerhouse phenomenon Minecraft would become, eventually leading to its developer, Mojang AB, being bought for $2 billion by Microsoft Corp. While plenty of players can zone…

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Build games in a remote cabin with a Swedish accelerator and its top game dev mentors

By Eric David Mar 25, 2015

While Japanese and American game developers such as Nintendo and Electronic Arts have largely dominated the video game industry for most of its short history, there are some interesting things happening in Europe now. There are…

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YouTube reportedly going after Twitch by rebranding its live service

By Eric David Mar 25, 2015

Last year, Google Inc. tried and failed to purchase the popular video game livestreaming service Twitch.tv, and the site ultimately went to Amazon Inc. for a $970 million deal. Now, Google is fighting back by reportedly…

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Facebook’s “On This Day” ads Timehop-like features to the site

By Eric David Mar 25, 2015

If you can’t beat them, clone them. That seems to be Facebook’s motto anyway, as the social media giant bakes in more features that originally became popular through third-party apps. The latest addition to…

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Clash of Clans dev Supercell tripled its earnings in 2014 thanks to F2P model

By Eric David Mar 24, 2015

It is no surprise to learn that the company behind the popular free-to-play (F2P) mobile game Clash of Clans is doing ok—they were able to afford a several-million dollar ad starring Academy Award nominee Liam Neeson…

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Multi-gaming and the argument for “boring” games

By Eric David Mar 24, 2015

Who would want to play a boring game? With the video game industry becoming more and more competitive, you might think that any gameplay that is even remotely boring would be stripped out so that only…

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Facebook may soon host news content for New York Times and others

By Eric David Mar 24, 2015

Facebook has long been positioning itself as a personalized newspaper for its users — it is even right there in the name “News Feed.” Now, the social networking giant might be taking that claim…

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Instagram introduces a collage-building app called Layout

By Eric David Mar 24, 2015

If you were tired of people complaining about the flood of Instagram pictures using one of the app’s many different filters, get ready for a new trend to take over your Facebook and Twitter feeds.…

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Twitch warns users of possible hack, all passwords and stream keys reset

By Eric David Mar 23, 2015

Popular livestreaming service Twitch.tv has confirmed that a number of user accounts may have been compromised, forcing the site to reset thousands of passwords and automatically expiring stream keys on the network. Twitch is currently requiring…

Eric David

Facebook’s LiveRail platform will expand advertisers’ access to user data

Northern Ireland gives out free copies of Minecraft to all secondary schools

Build games in a remote cabin with a Swedish accelerator and its top game dev mentors

YouTube reportedly going after Twitch by rebranding its live service

Clash of Clans dev Supercell tripled its earnings in 2014 thanks to F2P model

Multi-gaming and the argument for “boring” games

Facebook may soon host news content for New York Times and others

Instagram introduces a collage-building app called Layout

Twitch warns users of possible hack, all passwords and stream keys reset

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