As Women Take Over a Male-Dominated Field, the Pay Drops
Women’s median annual earnings stubbornly remain about 20 percent below men’s. Why is progress stalling? It may come down to this troubling reality, new research suggests: Work done by women … Continue reading
Photos: What it’s like to work inside the Rackspace ‘Castle’
Rackspace gave the San Antonio Express-News a tour of “The Castle,” located at 1 Fanatical Place in Windcrest on Thursday. The company, with a market cap of $5.41 billion, offers … Continue reading
Managers Turn to Computer Games, Aiming for More Efficient Employees
BetterWorks makes office software that blends aspects of social media, fitness tracking and video games into a system meant to keep employees more engaged with their work and one another. … Continue reading
Why Tim Cook Doesn’t Care About ‘The Bloody ROI’
The point is that Apple makes a lot of money not only because it has a very efficient supply chain but also because it has created a customer ecosystem that, as … Continue reading
Facebook goes beyond ‘male’ and ‘female’ with new gender options
In addition to Male or Female, Facebook now lets U.S. users choose among some 50 additional options such as “transgender,” “cisgender,” “gender fluid,” “intersex” and “neither.” Users also now have … Continue reading
Geeking Out: Uganda’s Women are Creating the Next Generation of Girl Geeks
GirlGeekKampala was founded in 2012 by Maureen Agena, Evelyn Namara, and Christine Ampaire, a trio of women frustrated by the structural and cultural barriers holding women back careers in science, … Continue reading
Tools Of Victory: The Tech That Helped Turkish Protesters Save Taksim Square
But with protests continuing in Bosnia, Brazil and with wild scenes in Egypt as a nation faces another coup, democratic movements across the globe can learn from the how the Turkish protesters … Continue reading
Google’s quest to get more women in tech
Google is a company focused on problem solving. It has untold amounts of computing power at its disposal working away to try and solve big problems. But one issue requires … Continue reading
