Women are (relatively) few and far between in the tech industry. They make up less than 10% of venture capitalists, and they leave the industry at twice the rate of men, according to a recent study by the Kauffman Foundation. There's also a shortage of women pursuing engineering, particularly s... Read more...
Google's executive chairman Eric Schmidt is selling off nearly half of his stock in the Internet giant. The news came about on Friday afternoon through a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. According to the document, Schmidt owned roughly 7.6 million shares of Class A and Cl... Read more...
Getaround, a car-sharing startup, just announced that it is raising $13.9 million in its first round of funding, which includes the likes of Marissa Mayer, Shervin Pishevarand Eric Schmidt's Innovation Endeavors. Getaround has been around for just about a year but hadn't yet raised a lot of money... Read more...
By Forbes’ latest count, there are 1,210 billionaires in the world. There are well less than that on Twitter. Let’s take a look at the billionaires who are tweeting with some selected tweets: Bill Gates (@BillGates). No surprise the technology billionaire and world’s second richest ... Read more...
Anybody who is familiar with Google & their unique employee friendly business practices knows who this guy is ^ (CNET) -- Eric Schmidt's presence at a swanky music industry gathering was an illustration of how far digital technology has come and the power it has amassed. A decade ago, the fi... Read more...