Is it unfair to say that women bring different skills to business than men? Jean Brittingham says it's not, and that women's way of approaching problems and collaboration are what we need to re-orient business for the future.READ»
After arguing that the world needs more companies founded by women, Jean Brittingham responds to critics who say that the world should stop telling women what to do.READ»
Instead of boring girls to death with IT classes or video games, we should introduce our young women to cutting-edge skills like coding, software development, and game design, showing them that a career in technology is more about creating and building than it is about number crunching.READ»
Five years ago, losing a cellphone would have meant a small financial sting, a call to your network, and a couple of irritating days attached to a landline. Today it could cause a minor disaster.
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So says a new paper from the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation. "If we’re looking for an answer to jobs," Kauffman vice president Lesa Mitchell tells us, "it’s right in front of our face."READ»
A huge class action suit against Walmart for systematically discriminating against female employees is dismissed. Then Walmart creates a massive plan to help women. The company says they're not related. The women in the suit don't care.READ»
Would girls really opt for pink
(a color considered highly masculine up to the 19th century) and boys
veer towards the Lego aisle if the world didn't continually tell them
they were hard-wired to do so? The nurture/nature debate ...READ»
It’s all quite surreal. Here I am in a swanky bar in a central
Colchester retail park, rubbing shoulders with 30 local mums and
waiting for uber Essex girl Denise Van Outen to make an appearance.
Which she duly does, ...READ»
Women play the games and use the gadgets to transform their lives, so why is the technology industry still marketing to them as if they slept with fuchsia-clad, faux-diamond-studded Barbie dolls tucked under their arms?
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Growing scarcity of girls and women has tilted the balance of the sexes and the rich and poor in nations where “gendercide” is practiced on a large scale.READ»
At the majority of the stands at E3 were women with fake boobs wearing skimpy clothes. These types of models can make women feel intimidated and put them off gaming as it gives off a message that the product is only for men.READ»
Get down on the dance floor
Harmonix have finally blessed us with Dance Central 2, with even
more songs and dance routines to choose from and more excitingly a
multi-player feature. Finally your friends can join in with you as ...READ»
Seven months ago I went to the launch of the Kinect in London and was impressed with Xbox's answer to the Nintendo Wii. Now witnessing the unveiling of more games and upgraded features at the world famous E3, I predict a successful future for Kinect and Xbox.READ»
When Dell first invited me to their Female Entrepreneurial Conference (DWEN) I was filled with trepidation. An all women conference? This was something I had not encountered before. Would it be discussing maternity leave and flexibility at work?READ»
We all got "Angry Birds fever" when the app was first launched, spending any available moment to beat the evil pigs. However, by now I'm sure most of us have completed the game and are in search for another highly addictive gaming app to obsess over.READ»
