http://s.huffpost.com/images/HuffingtonPost_250x20.png tag:www.huffingtonpost.com,2012:/tag/women-in-tech Huffington Post http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/06/01/carolyn-everson-facebook_n_1562150.html 2012-06-01T12:39:26Z 2012-06-01T12:39:32Z The Huffington Post News Team http://www.huffingtonpost.com/the-news/ Facebook is facing intense pressure to turn its enormous userbase into enormous sums of money. And leading that charge is Carolyn Everson, the most p... <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/women-in-tech">Women in Tech</a>, <a href="/tag/carolyn-everson">Carolyn Everson</a>, <a href="/tag/facebook">Facebook</a>, <a href="/tag/carolyn-everson-facebook">Carolyn Everson Facebook</a>, <a href="/technology">Technology News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/emma-gray/sheryl-sandberg-tells-women-its-ok-to-cry-at-work_b_1557532.html 2012-05-30T18:27:32Z 2012-05-30T19:42:51Z Emma Gray http://www.huffingtonpost.com/emma-gray/ Sandberg's point that we should (somewhat) blur the lines between our "professional selves" and our "authentic selves" seems relevant to Americans in a whole variety of fields. <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/women-in-the-workplace">Women in the Workplace</a>, <a href="/tag/sheryl-sandberg-cry">Sheryl Sandberg Cry</a>, <a href="/tag/career--money">Career &amp; Money</a>, <a href="/tag/sheryl-sandberg-work-advice">Sheryl Sandberg Work Advice</a>, <a href="/tag/sheryl-sandberg-facebook-coo">Sheryl Sandberg Facebook Coo</a>, <a href="/tag/sheryl-sandberg-crying-at-work">Sheryl Sandberg Crying at Work</a>, <a href="/tag/crying-at-work">Crying at Work</a>, <a href="/tag/sheryl-sandberg-crying">Sheryl Sandberg Crying</a>, <a href="/tag/sheryl-sandberg">Sheryl Sandberg</a>, <a href="/tag/facebook">Facebook</a>, <a href="/tag/women-and-work">Women and Work</a>, <a href="/tag/women-in-tech">Women in Tech</a>, <a href="/tag/sheryl-sandberg-speech">Sheryl Sandberg Speech</a>, <a href="/tag/sheryl-sandberg-cried-at-work">Sheryl Sandberg Cried at Work</a>, <a href="/tag/sheryl-sandberg-speech-at-hbs">Sheryl Sandberg Speech at Hbs</a>, <a href="/tag/sheryl-sandberg-emotions-in-the-workplace">Sheryl Sandberg Emotions in the Workplace</a>, <a href="/tag/sheryl-sandbergs-friends">Sheryl Sandbergs Friends</a>, <a href="/tag/workplace">Workplace</a>, <a href="/tag/sheryl-sandberg-news">Sheryl Sandberg News</a>, <a href="/women">Women News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/30/women-in-technology-kara-swisher_n_1519806.html 2012-05-30T13:42:51Z 2012-05-30T13:43:00Z The Huffington Post News Team http://www.huffingtonpost.com/the-news/ SAN FRANCISCO -- "I'm not going to give a whiny speech about how few women there are in tech," Kara Swisher, legendary technology journalist and found... <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/anita-borg-women-of-vision">Anita Borg Women of Vision</a>, <a href="/tag/anita-borg-women-of-vision-awards">Anita Borg Women of Vision Awards</a>, <a href="/tag/sarita-adve">Sarita Adve</a>, <a href="/tag/slideexpand">Slideexpand</a>, <a href="/tag/anita-borg-institute">Anita Borg Institute</a>, <a href="/tag/anita-borg">Anita Borg</a>, <a href="/tag/sarah-revi-sterling">Sarah Revi Sterling</a>, <a href="/tag/kara-swisher-women-in-technology">Kara Swisher Women in Technology</a>, <a href="/tag/anita-borg-women-of-vision-awards-2012">Anita Borg Women of Vision Awards 2012</a>, <a href="/tag/jennifer-chayes">Jennifer Chayes</a>, <a href="/tag/women-in-technology">Women in Technology</a>, <a href="/tag/anita-borg-awards">Anita Borg Awards</a>, <a href="/tag/kara-swisher">Kara Swisher</a>, <a href="/tag/women-in-tech">Women in Tech</a>, <a href="/tag/kara-swisher-all-things-d">Kara Swisher All Things D</a>, <a href="/san-francisco">San Francisco News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/christel-quek/gina-romero_b_1551959.html 2012-05-30T11:38:42Z 2012-05-30T11:44:15Z Christel Quek http://www.huffingtonpost.com/christel-quek/ The Athena Network Singapore & Asia-Pacific and Women@Google have created "Women Entrepreneurs on the Web" (WeOW) to provide training and education to women entrepreneurs. <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/women-entrepreneurs">Women Entrepreneurs</a>, <a href="/tag/google">Google</a>, <a href="/tag/small-business">Small Business</a>, <a href="/tag/women-in-technology">Women in Technology</a>, <a href="/tag/women-in-business">Women in Business</a>, <a href="/tag/asia">Asia</a>, <a href="/tag/women-in-tech">Women in Tech</a>, <a href="/tag/gina-romero">Gina Romero</a>, <a href="/women">Women News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/susan-feldman-ali-pincus/small-business-entrepreneur-advice-one-kings-lane-_b_1535911.html 2012-05-22T14:56:18Z 2012-05-22T14:57:02Z Susan Feldman & Alison Pincus http://www.huffingtonpost.com/susan-feldman-ali-pincus/ Despite starting a new business during the worst economic downturn of our lifetime, our passion consumed us and we forged ahead. Good times or bad, an innovative business can prevail. <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/start-up-business">Start Up Business</a>, <a href="/tag/small-business-planning">Small Business Planning</a>, <a href="/tag/small-business">Small Business</a>, <a href="/tag/entrepreneurship">Entrepreneurship</a>, <a href="/tag/starting-a-business">Starting a Business</a>, <a href="/tag/one-kings-lane-small-business">One Kings Lane Small Business</a>, <a href="/tag/entrepreneur-small-business">Entrepreneur Small Business</a>, <a href="/tag/women-in-tech">Women in Tech</a>, <a href="/technology">Technology News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/women-20/women-engineers_b_1523304.html 2012-05-21T17:51:10Z 2012-05-21T17:51:52Z Women 2.0 http://www.huffingtonpost.com/women-20/ The timer had started running 30 minutes ago. I was sweating from the exertion of rigging up a 500-pound tool string with my crew and the nervousness of being responsible of running a $2 million exploration job in an offshore oil platform in Africa. <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/women-engineers">Women Engineers</a>, <a href="/tag/women-and-technology">Women and Technology</a>, <a href="/tag/female-engineers">Female Engineers</a>, <a href="/tag/women-tech-jobs">Women Tech Jobs</a>, <a href="/tag/women-in-technology">Women in Technology</a>, <a href="/tag/tech-jobs">Tech Jobs</a>, <a href="/tag/women-in-tech">Women in Tech</a>, <a href="/tag/field-engineers">Field Engineers</a>, <a href="/technology">Technology News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/18/the-top-7-women-on-youtube-female-stars_n_1528314.html 2012-05-18T15:33:04Z 2012-05-21T15:22:17Z The Huffington Post News Team http://www.huffingtonpost.com/the-news/ YouTube celebrates its seventh birthday today, and in the seven years it's been around, the video-sharing site YouTube has enabled everyone from buddi... <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/top-women-on-youtube">Top Women on Youtube</a>, <a href="/tag/video">Video</a>, <a href="/tag/top-7-women-on-youtube">Top 7 Women on Youtube</a>, <a href="/tag/youtube-birthday">Youtube Birthday</a>, <a href="/tag/youtube">Youtube</a>, <a href="/tag/women-in-tech">Women in Tech</a>, <a href="/tag/slideexpand">Slideexpand</a>, <a href="/tag/youtube-women">Youtube Women</a>, <a href="/tag/women-youtube">Women Youtube</a>, <a href="/technology">Technology News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/clara-shih/facebook-ipo_b_1515910.html 2012-05-14T17:55:11Z 2012-05-14T17:55:10Z Clara Shih http://www.huffingtonpost.com/clara-shih/ It's electrifying here in Silicon Valley this week, even more so than usual. Normally, many of us are heads down, focused on our own companies, but right now, even in the land of "what's next?" all anyone can talk about is the Facebook IPO. <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/facebook-revenue">Facebook Revenue</a>, <a href="/tag/facebook">Facebook</a>, <a href="/tag/facebook-public">Facebook Public</a>, <a href="/tag/facebook-ipo-2012">Facebook IPO 2012</a>, <a href="/tag/facebook-ipo">Facebook IPO</a>, <a href="/tag/facebook-goes-public">Facebook-Goes-Public</a>, <a href="/tag/women-in-tech">Women in Tech</a>, <a href="/tag/women-and-technology">Women and Technology</a>, <a href="/tag/women-in-technology">Women in Technology</a>, <a href="/tag/women-and-tech">Women and Tech</a>, <a href="/technology">Technology News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/14/fewer-women-in-top-us-tech-jobs_n_1514196.html 2012-05-14T08:01:00Z 2012-05-14T08:01:00Z The Huffington Post News Team http://www.huffingtonpost.com/the-news/ By Nick Zieminski NEW YORK (Reuters) - The number of women in senior technology positions at U.S. companies is down for the second year... <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/women-technology-positions">Women Technology Positions</a>, <a href="/tag/video">Video</a>, <a href="/tag/women-technology">Women Technology</a>, <a href="/tag/women-in-tech">Women in Tech</a>, <a href="/tag/women-in-tech-stats">Women in Tech Stats</a>, <a href="/tag/reuters">Reuters</a>, <a href="/technology">Technology News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/bianca-bosker/mom-myth-tech_b_1507633.html 2012-05-10T16:50:01Z 2012-05-11T10:04:36Z Bianca Bosker http://www.huffingtonpost.com/bianca-bosker/ I'm told at least weekly how an entrepreneur's website is "so simple even your mom could figure it out," a comment usually followed by a sarcastic eye roll and wry smile. (Well, har har. I'll have you know my mom is a Skype master, inseparable from her iPad, and a digital-photo editing savante.) <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/moms-social-media">Moms Social Media</a>, <a href="/tag/moms-tech">Moms Tech</a>, <a href="/tag/social-media">Social Media</a>, <a href="/tag/women-social-media">Women Social Media</a>, <a href="/tag/women-in-tech">Women in Tech</a>, <a href="/tag/moms-online">Moms Online</a>, <a href="/technology">Technology News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/adda-birnir/lilypad-arduino_b_1507486.html 2012-05-10T17:17:49Z 2012-05-10T17:17:54Z Adda Birnir http://www.huffingtonpost.com/adda-birnir/ When I tell people that one of my personal goals is to bring more women into tech, and that I plan to do so by making tech learning fun and accessible, a lot of people -- usually men -- worry that what I am doing is patronizing. <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/women-and-technology">Women and Technology</a>, <a href="/tag/women-in-tech">Women in Tech</a>, <a href="/tag/women-in-technology">Women in Technology</a>, <a href="/tag/women-and-tech">Women and Tech</a>, <a href="/tag/computer-programming">Computer Programming</a>, <a href="/tag/lilypad-arduino">Lilypad Arduino</a>, <a href="/technology">Technology News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/women-20/hammer-up_b_1503753.html 2012-05-10T11:35:23Z 2012-05-10T11:35:21Z Women 2.0 http://www.huffingtonpost.com/women-20/ Since winning the first Technovation Challenge, Emilie Robert Wong has developed three more apps (two for Michelle Obama's Healthy Kids initiative and... <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/stem">Stem</a>, <a href="/tag/emilie-robert-wong">Emilie Robert Wong</a>, <a href="/tag/technovation">Technovation</a>, <a href="/tag/ncwit">Ncwit</a>, <a href="/tag/startups">Startups</a>, <a href="/tag/high-school-girls">High School Girls</a>, <a href="/tag/san-francisco">San Francisco</a>, <a href="/tag/technovation-challenge">Technovation Challenge</a>, <a href="/tag/entrepreneurship">Entrepreneurship</a>, <a href="/tag/silicon-valley">Silicon Valley</a>, <a href="/tag/iridescent-learning">Iridescent Learning</a>, <a href="/tag/women-in-tech">Women in Tech</a>, <a href="/tag/video">Video</a>, <a href="/technology">Technology News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/marie-wilson/mothers-day_b_1505742.html 2012-05-10T09:01:12Z 2012-05-10T09:02:09Z Marie Wilson http://www.huffingtonpost.com/marie-wilson/ I say, God bless the Internet. Truth be told, technology is one of the greatest gifts for today's mother. <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/women-mothers-day">Women Mothers Day</a>, <a href="/tag/women-technology">Women Technology</a>, <a href="/tag/mothers-day">Mothers Day</a>, <a href="/tag/mothers-day-tech">Mothers Day Tech</a>, <a href="/tag/skype-parents-children">Skype Parents Children</a>, <a href="/tag/women-in-tech">Women in Tech</a>, <a href="/technology">Technology News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/09/investors-less-likely-to-back-women-led-ventures_n_1503515.html 2012-05-09T13:22:11Z 2012-05-09T15:30:47Z The Huffington Post News Team http://www.huffingtonpost.com/the-news/ Businesses trying to raise money by going public may have a tough time finding investors if a woman is at the helm, a new study shows. Researchers a... <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/female-ceos">Female CEOs</a>, <a href="/tag/investing">Investing</a>, <a href="/tag/women-led-businesses">Women Led Businesses</a>, <a href="/tag/female-ventures">Female Ventures</a>, <a href="/tag/women-in-business">Women in Business</a>, <a href="/tag/female-executives">Female Executives</a>, <a href="/tag/business">Business</a>, <a href="/tag/women-in-tech">Women in Tech</a>, <a href="/tag/women-led-companies">Women Led Companies</a>, <a href="/women">Women News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/madeleine-m-kunin/why-girls-should-create-v_b_1501601.html 2012-05-08T21:21:47Z 2012-05-08T21:21:48Z Madeleine M. Kunin http://www.huffingtonpost.com/madeleine-m-kunin/ Why is computer science a good field for women? For one thing, that's where the jobs are, and for another, the pay is better than for many jobs, and finally, it's easier to combine career and family. But that's not all. <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/women-in-tech">Women in Tech</a>, <a href="/tag/computer-science">Computer Science</a>, <a href="/tag/violence-in-video-games">Violence in Video Games</a>, <a href="/tag/women-computer-science">Women Computer Science</a>, <a href="/tag/science-education">Science Education</a>, <a href="/technology">Technology News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/women-20/sun-protective-technology_b_1494293.html 2012-05-07T16:14:02Z 2012-05-07T16:14:20Z Women 2.0 http://www.huffingtonpost.com/women-20/ Our initial idea was to cure skin cancer, but realizing that this is very complex, the aim and driving force of our project became to prevent skin cancer. <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/women-entrepreneurs">Women Entrepreneurs</a>, <a href="/tag/young-entrepreneurs">Young Entrepreneurs</a>, <a href="/tag/skin-cancer">Skin Cancer</a>, <a href="/tag/inventors">Inventors</a>, <a href="/tag/entrepreneurs">Entrepreneurs</a>, <a href="/tag/women-in-tech">Women in Tech</a>, <a href="/tag/sun-protection">Sun Protection</a>, <a href="/technology">Technology News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/07/fortune-500-female-ceos_n_1495734.html 2012-05-07T12:34:22Z 2012-05-07T12:34:10Z The Huffington Post News Team http://www.huffingtonpost.com/the-news/ This year's Fortune 500 has made history with the female 18.<br /> <br /> The 2012 ranking of the 500 largest corporations in the United States includes a recor... <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/female-ceos">Female CEOs</a>, <a href="/tag/fortune-500-list">Fortune 500 List</a>, <a href="/tag/fortune-500">Fortune 500</a>, <a href="/tag/fortune-500-2012">Fortune 500 2012</a>, <a href="/tag/fortune-500-women">Fortune 500 Women</a>, <a href="/tag/women-in-tech">Women in Tech</a>, <a href="/technology">Technology News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/theresa-payton/when-security-and-privacy_b_1456994.html 2012-04-26T17:46:22Z 2012-04-26T17:47:11Z Theresa Payton http://www.huffingtonpost.com/theresa-payton/ There is a fight going on between security and privacy and it is your personal data and communications at stake. <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/cispa-bill">Cispa Bill</a>, <a href="/tag/online-security">Online Security</a>, <a href="/tag/cispa-legislation">Cispa Legislation</a>, <a href="/tag/web-security">Web Security</a>, <a href="/tag/acta">Acta</a>, <a href="/tag/sopa">Sopa</a>, <a href="/tag/pipa">Pipa</a>, <a href="/tag/cispa">Cispa</a>, <a href="/tag/internet-security">Internet Security</a>, <a href="/tag/intellectual-property">Intellectual Property</a>, <a href="/tag/women-in-tech">Women in Tech</a>, <a href="/technology">Technology News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/04/26/gangbang-interviews-and-b_n_1456501.html 2012-04-26T14:08:39Z 2012-04-26T14:08:39Z The Huffington Post News Team http://www.huffingtonpost.com/the-news/ Many of the dozen or so people I interviewed for this story pointed to the rise of the brogrammer--a term that seeks to recast the geek identity with ... <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/women-in-tech">Women in Tech</a>, <a href="/technology">Technology News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/julia-landauer/female-racing-engineers_b_1450909.html 2012-04-25T15:40:26Z 2012-04-25T15:32:01Z Julia Landauer http://www.huffingtonpost.com/julia-landauer/ Once you recognize your passion, grab it by the horns and make it happen. There's no reason that women shouldn't do what they love, and what they're good at, because it's currently in a male-dominated field. <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/gender-equality">Gender Equality</a>, <a href="/tag/female-engineers">Female Engineers</a>, <a href="/tag/sheryl-sandberg">Sheryl Sandberg</a>, <a href="/tag/nascar-drive-for-diversity">NASCAR Drive for Diversity</a>, <a href="/tag/marissa-mayer">Marissa Mayer</a>, <a href="/tag/role-models">Role Models</a>, <a href="/tag/women-in-tech">Women in Tech</a>, <a href="/tag/auto-industry">Auto Industry</a>, <a href="/tag/feminism">Feminism</a>, <a href="/tag/silicon-valley">Silicon Valley</a>, <a href="/tag/female-empowerment">Female Empowerment</a>, <a href="/tag/facebook">Facebook</a>, <a href="/technology">Technology News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/04/25/facebook-protesters-all-male-board_n_1453267.html 2012-04-25T15:30:20Z 2012-04-25T15:30:26Z The Huffington Post News Team http://www.huffingtonpost.com/the-news/ NEW YORK -- Protesters swarmed the entrance to Facebook’s Madison Avenue offices in New York City on Wednesday to deliver a petition with 53,000 sig... <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/mark-zuckerberg">Mark Zuckerberg</a>, <a href="/tag/women-in-tech">Women in Tech</a>, <a href="/tag/facebook">Facebook</a>, <a href="/tag/facebook-board">Facebook Board</a>, <a href="/tag/facebook-women-board">Facebook Women Board</a>, <a href="/tag/facebook-women">Facebook Women</a>, <a href="/technology">Technology News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/penny-herscher/advice-for-women-in-business_b_1441600.html 2012-04-20T16:26:42Z 2012-04-20T16:26:54Z Penny Herscher http://www.huffingtonpost.com/penny-herscher/ You don't have to be masculine, but you do need to be understood. If you went to France to work on a team of French people, you would learn French. If you work in a world of all men, you need to learn how to talk Man. <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/you-just-dont-understand">You Just Don&#039;t Understand</a>, <a href="/tag/womens-rights">Women&#039;s Rights</a>, <a href="/tag/women">Women</a>, <a href="/tag/deborah-tannen">Deborah Tannen</a>, <a href="/tag/women-in-tech">Women in Tech</a>, <a href="/tag/technology">Technology</a>, <a href="/tag/gender-roles">Gender Roles</a>, <a href="/business">Business News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/04/19/the-worrying-consequences_n_1437196.html 2012-04-19T09:24:54Z 2012-04-19T09:35:00Z The Huffington Post News Team http://www.huffingtonpost.com/the-news/ So what's wrong with Wikipedia? Last year, the New York Times pointed out that women make up just 13 per cent of those who contribute to Wikipedia, de... <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/wikipedia">Wikipedia</a>, <a href="/tag/internet">Internet</a>, <a href="/tag/women-in-tech">Women in Tech</a>, <a href="/technology">Technology News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/ellie-cachette/girl-scouts_b_1435286.html 2012-04-18T15:07:32Z 2012-04-18T18:14:04Z Ellie Cachette http://www.huffingtonpost.com/ellie-cachette/ New York City: Top leaders in PR, writers for tech, founders, executives and scientists came together for Fast Company's Innovation Uncensored to brai... <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/girl-scouts">Girl Scouts</a>, <a href="/tag/women-in-business">Women in Business</a>, <a href="/tag/innovation-uncensored">Innovation Uncensored</a>, <a href="/tag/women-in-tech">Women in Tech</a>, <a href="/tag/carol-cone">Carol Cone</a>, <a href="/tag/ellie-cachette">Ellie Cachette</a>, <a href="/tag/fast-companys-innovation-uncensored">Fast COmpany&#039;s INnovation Uncensored</a>, <a href="/tag/fast-company">Fast Company</a>, <a href="/tag/anna-maria-chavez">Anna Maria Chavez</a>, <a href="/tag/video">Video</a>, <a href="/women">Women News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/04/13/startups-women-new-york_n_1423567.html 2012-04-13T11:00:00Z 2012-04-13T11:13:15Z The Huffington Post News Team http://www.huffingtonpost.com/the-news/ Another win for Silicon Alley. Women are twice as likely to start new companies in New York than they are in Silicon Valley, America's largest startup... <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/women-startups">Women Startups</a>, <a href="/tag/new-york-startups">New York Startups</a>, <a href="/tag/small-business-news-and-trends">Small Business News and Trends</a>, <a href="/tag/startups">Startups</a>, <a href="/tag/startup-genome">Startup Genome</a>, <a href="/tag/silicon-alley">Silicon Alley</a>, <a href="/tag/startup-trends">Startup Trends</a>, <a href="/tag/women-in-tech">Women in Tech</a>, <a href="/tag/silicon-valley">Silicon Valley</a>, <a href="/tag/silicon-valley-startups">Silicon Valley Startups</a>, <a href="/small-business">Small Business News</a></p>