Book review: Cybersexism: Sex, Gender and Power on the Internet
In her new ebook, Cybersexism, Laurie Penny argues that the degradation of women online has become all too common — and condemns those who think it is innocuous.
With Ballmer ceding Microsoft’s top job, let the handicapping begin
Who’s your pick for next Microsoft CEO? Now’s your chance to weigh in…. Insider? Outsider? Young un? Veteran? Sheryl Sandberg? Paul Maritz? Steven Sinofsky? Satya Nadella? Who?
Quitting is hard to do: Why Facebook is like my cable company
We’ve heard it a million times — teens are leaving Facebook. But even if it’s true that teens are frustrated by the platform, it’s not clear that they’re actually, truly departing. Here’s why.
Now that Facebook has become a mobile company, the money is starting to follow
Facebook hit the user metrics on mobile in January that moved the company into mobile territory, but it was the second quarter earnings released Wednesday that proved that the money is on mobile too.
‘Lean In’ to lawsuits: firms should avoid Sandberg’s baby advice, say lawyers
Despite the good intentions of Facebook’s Sheryl Sandberg to promote dialogue about pregnancy and work, lawyers are urging firms not to bring up the issue.
One year later, challenges of going public on display at Facebook’s first shareholder meeting
Facebook’s CEO Mark Zuckerberg has a lot of issues to deal with right now, from PRISM and allegations of governent cooperation to questions about the company’s revenue. On Tuesday, he got to add stockholder questions to that list.
Food52 partners with Rap Genius to let users annotate recipes
Rap Genius started out as a website that lets fans annotate rap lyrics, but it’s expanded to allow annotation of lots of different types of content. Cooking site Food52 has partnered with Rap Genius to let users annotate recipes, and Sheryl Sandberg annotated the first chapter of Lean In.
The GigaOM Lean In discussion: Sheryl Sandberg and women at work
The business and technology worlds are talking about Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg’s book Lean In. After reading it, we’re weighing in here.
Anne-Marie Slaughter on female workplace equality: it’s about men, too
The future of workplace equality and support for people to pursue families and careers obviously matters, Anne-Marie Slaughter said at SXSW. And in many ways that future rests with men?
Podcast: Facebook’s feedin’, Lean In’s meanin’, and everyone’s Hadoop-in’
Facebook gets into the picture with a News Feed redesign, Sheryl Sandberg wants you to Lean In, and what the heck is Hadoop?