Eric David, Author at SiliconANGLE

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Claiming it’s ‘double the scale’ of Apple Music, Spotify files to go public

By Eric David Feb 28, 2018

Music streaming company Spotify Technology SA officially announced its plans to go public today, and the company’s paperwork confirmed last month’s rumors that Spotify is not taking the usual initial public offering route. Rather than raising funds through…

NEWS

Facebook rolls out job search to more than 40 new countries

By Eric David Feb 28, 2018

Facebook Inc. added its first job search features more than a year ago, but so far they have been available only in the U.S. and Canada. That changed today, as Facebook announced that it…

Emerging Tech

Self-driving car startup Aurora raises $90M to work with, not against, big automakers

By Eric David Feb 28, 2018

Silicon Valley has almost as many self-driving cars companies as it does actual self-driving cars, but there still seems to be plenty of funding to go around — at least for now. Palo Alto-based startup Aurora Innovation Inc. is the…

NEWS

Facebook launches $3M accelerator to help newspapers sell more digital subscriptions

By Eric David Feb 27, 2018

Facebook Inc. announced today that it has launched the Facebook Journalism Project: Local News Subscriptions Accelerator, a $3 million pilot program that will teach local news outlets how to grow their digital subscriber numbers. Campbell Brown,…

NEWS

Why Google rejects half of all ‘right to be forgotten’ requests

By Eric David Feb 27, 2018

Google LLC has received more than 2.4 million “Right to be Forgotten” requests since the EU passed the digital privacy laws in 2014, but the search giant revealed today that it has denied more than half…

Infra

Cybersecurity firm PhishMe acquired at $400M valuation, rebrands as Cofense

By Eric David Feb 26, 2018

PhishMe Inc., a security startup that protects businesses from phishing attacks and other cyberthreats, announced today that it has been acquired by private equity consortium at a valuation of $400 million. According to Fortune, the…

Apps

Airbnb Plus targets wealthy guests with higher standards

By Eric David Feb 22, 2018

Airbnb Inc. celebrated its 10-year anniversary today by announcing some new changes coming to its vacation rental platform. The company is adding a few new property types like bed-and-breakfasts and vacation homes, and it is also…

NEWS

Facebook mentors seven UK startups at its first in-house incubator

By Eric David Feb 22, 2018

Facebook Inc. announced in December that it would be launching its own in-house incubator to help mentor promising U.K.-based tech startups, and now the company’s LDN_LAB has officially opened its doors for its first cohort. LDN_LAB …

Infra

Worried about shortages, Apple may buy battery minerals directly from miners

By Eric David Feb 21, 2018

Apple Inc. is in talks with mining companies to secure a direct supply of minerals before demand from the booming electric car industry causes a shortage. According to sources familiar with the matter, Bloomberg reported today, Apple is hoping to buy…

Infra

Samsung crammed 30TB of storage into a palm-sized SSD

By Eric David Feb 20, 2018

It has been a little over two years since Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. bragged about having the world’s highest-capacity solid-state drive, which had an impressive 15.36 terabytes of storage. The company seems intent on keeping that…

Eric David

Claiming it’s ‘double the scale’ of Apple Music, Spotify files to go public

Self-driving car startup Aurora raises $90M to work with, not against, big automakers

Facebook launches $3M accelerator to help newspapers sell more digital subscriptions

Why Google rejects half of all ‘right to be forgotten’ requests

Cybersecurity firm PhishMe acquired at $400M valuation, rebrands as Cofense

Airbnb Plus targets wealthy guests with higher standards

Worried about shortages, Apple may buy battery minerals directly from miners

Samsung crammed 30TB of storage into a palm-sized SSD

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