California Pension Fund Challenges Facebook Over Board

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

Men like pictures; women like text. You don’t say.
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Hot-Button Topic: Do Women Buy More Consumer Tech Than Men?

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.
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A Start-Up Program for Women in Mobile Tech

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”

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.
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Tech Is Glamour-ous: Mag Hosts Panel on Women in Tech (Video)

What’s the state of women in tech? Click in to find out.
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Snapette Aims at Women Shoppers With Social Photo and Shopping App

A little bit Instagram and a little bit Yelp, Snapette is a social shopping app for women that wants to tackle one of the biggest gorillas of online commerce: It’s a sector built by men who shop like men.
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Facebook’s Sheryl Sandberg, the New Yorker and Women in Silicon Valley

Well-known New Yorker writer Ken Auletta has taken on Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg in the magazine, with a largely glowing profile titled provocatively: “A Woman’s Place: Can Sheryl Sandberg Upend Silicon Valley’s Male-Dominated Culture?” My short answer is: No, she can’t. But good for anyone for trying!
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Viral Video: “Brave” Finally Gives a Princess a Job

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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An Unlikely Pair (Me and Glamour Magazine, That Is) Tackle Women in Tech Conundrum This Fall

As readers of mine know, I write a semi-ranty post now and again about the lack of women in high-level tech jobs and on the boards of its major companies. This fall, Glamour magazine and I will be asking about that lack of women. And — fair warning — we have a lot of questions.
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Viral Video: James Bond As a Lady

Viral Video: Happy 100th Birthday to IBM!