6 posts and columns on female

Viral Video: “Brave” Finally Gives a Princess a Job

in Media on June 29, 2011 at 3:35 am PT

Disney animated movie unit Pixar finally comes out with a film in which a female character is at its center and actually has something to do.
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Twitter Is So Mainstream Now: Eight Percent of Online Americans Use It

in Social on December 9, 2010 at 12:20 am PT

Young, urban, minority, women, well-educated. What do these demographic factors spell out? The categories of American Internet users who are most likely to use Twitter. That’s according to a new survey by the Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project.

Facebook Engineering Director Aditya Agarwal Departs

in Social on November 30, 2010 at 5:27 pm PT

Facebook director of engineering and very early employee Aditya Agarwal is leaving the company after more than five years.

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A New Role at Google for Marissa Mayer: Location, Local Services

in News on October 12, 2010 at 11:00 am PT

Marissa Mayer, designer and developer of Google’s iconic search product–and, as its first female engineer, an icon herself–will be taking a new role overseeing location and local services for the company, according to an email statement. As vice president of search products, Mayer introduced more than 100 products and features, and expanded the site to over 100 languages.

Rubinstein and McNamee: Remaking Palm

in D7 on May 28, 2009 at 12:14 pm PT

What a wonderful curative the Palm Pre has proven to be for Palm. Especially considering that the device has yet to ship. In early January of this year, the company’s shares were trading below $3, having been dragged deep into the mud by a string of nasty quarterly losses. Five months later, after the Pre’s announcement at CES, they’re trading at over $10.
Palm's Jon Rubinstein and Roger McNamee

The Naked VC: Tim Draper Unveils His Investing Secrets for Astia

in News on November 21, 2008 at 7:27 pm PT

Last night, I was the master of ceremonies, as I have been for several years, at the laudable annual Astia Awards Dinner, which celebrated venture firms that support women-led companies. And VC Tim Draper really went above and beyond in showing–quite literally–his support.