Luluvise, The First-Ever Social Network Exclusively For Women Luluvise, the new social network built exclusively for women, is trying to pull off a difficult trick: How does a network reach critical mass while excluding half of the world’s population? Is there any role for a social network whose major selling point is who it will not let in?
Updated Wed Jan 25, 2012
Navigating The Tricky Terrain Of Gender-Related Communication Gaps Many women feel they must adapt to the masculine environment of organizations to get ahead in a world where three times as many women would pick a male boss rather than a female. But ultimately, that tactic backfires; instead, we should welcome gender diversity, which adds real value to companies.
Updated Thu Dec 8, 2011
Why Girls Don't Want Careers In Tech 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.
Updated Fri Dec 2, 2011
Apps That Empower Women Who needs 200,000 apps? Most women want a small selection of apps that make a difference to their lives.
Updated Tue Nov 15, 2011
Five Things Every Woman Entrepreneur Should Know As daunting as starting a business may be, it's a career path that many women long to pursue. In the last 14 years, the number of women-owned firms in the U.S. increased by 50%, or 1.5 times the national average. Here are five tips on getting started from women entrepreneurs who've made it work.
Updated Tue Nov 8, 2011
5 Rules Of Marketing To Women There's a shortlist of mistakes companies and brands typically make when marketing to women. If you've ever committed the sin of "pink it and shrink it," it's time to reimagine your strategy.
Updated Fri Oct 28, 2011
Will Women Chime.in? There are more female than male users on Facebook and Twitter, and women spend more time than men on these sites--but that's not the case at Google Plus or Digg. What makes certain social networking sites more female or male oriented, and what will it take for women to use the new social networking site Chime.in?
Updated Wed Oct 26, 2011
Should A Game Console Make Moms Feel Less Guilty About TV Time? Will products like the XBox Kinect play a positive role in our children's development? Lady Geek CEO Belinda Parmar explores the future of edu-tainment.
Updated Wed Oct 26, 2011
It's Time To Get Vigilant About Smartphone Security 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.
Updated Thu Oct 6, 2011
Sugar and Spice: Unearthing the Gender Divide 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?
Posted Tue Aug 30, 2011
Three cheers for Tech mums 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, sporting a trademark cheeky grin to go with a
personality that turns out to be even bigger and bubblier than can fit
on your plasma.
Updated Tue Aug 23, 2011
Gag-Worthy Marketing Campaigns And The Technological Gender Divide 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?
Updated Mon Aug 15, 2011
Does Sexualized Female Imagery Turn Women Off Gaming? 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.
Updated Wed Jun 15, 2011
Lady Geek's Best Bits From E3: Top 5 Get down on the dance floor
Updated Wed Jun 15, 2011
Xbox At E3: Taking The Next Steps 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.
Updated Wed Jun 8, 2011
How Dell Supports Female Entrepreneurs 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?
Updated Wed Jun 1, 2011
Feeling Stressed Over Not Having the Time to Be a Domestic Goddess? Is this episode, the Lady Geeks have discovered apps that will help you become a master chef while juggling your busy lifestyle.
Updated Thu Apr 7, 2011
Is There a Gaming App as Addictive as Angry Birds? 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.
Updated Wed Mar 30, 2011
Want an App That Will Help You Become a Multi-Linguist? This week the Lady Geeks bring out your inner linguist. We give you the power to translate on-the-go!
Updated Thu Mar 24, 2011
Can an App Help You Become More Creative? Ever wished you could let go of your humdrum office job and dedicate your life to your art?
Updated Fri Mar 18, 2011
