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[mer-i-tok-ruh-see]: An elite group of people whose progress is based on ability and talent rather than on class privilege or wealth.

It’s a meritocracy. I have no doubt that there are pockets of issues. I can only speak about Sequoia, we have quite a few women partners.

– Sequoia Capital partner Greg McAdoo, answering a panel questions at TechCrunch Disrupt about whether there’s sexism in the venture capital industry

Apple Grabs Yahoo Exec in Charge of Shine, Women’s Lifestyles and Health Content

Kara Swisher in Media on April 29 at 12:00 pm PT

Yahoo loses Jessica Jensen, who was in charge of its critical women’s audience.

Exclusive: BermanBraun Buys Most of Shelby Bonnie’s Whiskey Media

Kara Swisher in Media on March 15 at 9:30 am PT

Can’t we all just get along? Yes! Hollywood grabs a piece of Silicon Valley content tech.

Sisterhood Is Powerful

The Internet is how we cut through the noise and come together. The first key to organizing is trust, and women want to know how they are powerful — the Internet is how they are powerful.

– Shelby Knox, director of women’s rights site Change.org, on a panel this Saturday called “The Digital Lives of Girls,” moderated by Chelsea Clinton

Hey Ladies! Guess Who Loves Web Video?

Peter Kafka in Media on February 24 at 8:59 am PT

(Sort of) surprising statistics from Nielsen.

Voices

California Pension Fund Challenges Facebook Over Board

John Letzing and Joann S. Lublin, Reporters, The Wall Street Journal in Social on February 7 at 4:25 pm PT

A large California pension fund has challenged Facebook Inc. over what it sees as a lack of diversity on the company’s board of directors, just days after the social-networking firm filed papers to go public in a closely watched IPO.

Tobii’s Eye-Tracking Tech Knows What You’re Eyeing on Dating Sites

Lauren Goode in Commerce on February 6 at 8:00 am PT

Men like pictures; women like text. You don’t say.

Hot-Button Topic: Do Women Buy More Consumer Tech Than Men?

Lauren Goode in Commerce on January 17 at 3:12 pm PT

Women spend more than men on consumer electronics. And men spend more than women on consumer electronics. Confused yet? Here’s a different way of looking at it.

In the 1986 movie "Ferris Bueller's Day Off", Ferris got a computer, while Jeannie got a car.

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A Start-Up Program for Women in Mobile Tech

Emily Glazer, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in News on December 21, 2011 at 1:14 pm PT

When it comes to programs that nurture new start-ups, women often don’t make the cut. A new “start-up accelerator” hopes to combat that gender disparity in at least one booming market: Mobile technology.

Sheryl Sandberg: “I Have Never Worked for a Woman”

Liz Gannes in Social on November 10, 2011 at 11:41 am PT

Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg is famously outspoken about women and their ambition gap. She delivered a speech on the topic today at the Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing.