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08 Sep Daily Report: A Push for Diversity in the Tech Industry

Posted at 10:36h in News, News 2, Tech Talk by DigiStaff 1 Comment

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By now, it’s well known that the tech industry lacks diversity. At Google, for example, the tech work force is 60 percent white and 1 percent black. But what is not as well known are efforts to change that.

04 Sep [THE UPLOAD] 6 Companies Tackle Tech Diversity

Posted at 11:30h in News 2, Tech Talk by DigiStaff 5 Comments

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Entrepreneurialism is the name of the game for BuildUP, Startup52, Phat Startup, DigitalunDivided, NewME Accelerator and Black Founders

04 Sep Tim Cook Opens Up About iPads in Classroom, Apple’s Part in ConnectED & Diversity on GMA [Watch]

Posted at 09:59h in News 2, Tech Talk by DigiStaff 0 Comments

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Apple CEO Tim Cook was a busy man on Monday.

03 Sep IBM’s School Could Fix Education—And Tech’s Diversity Gap

Posted at 09:53h in News 2, Tech Talk by DigiStaff 0 Comments

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IT’S A SEA of black graduation gowns in the belly of the Barclays Center in Brooklyn one rainy Tuesday evening in June. On the floor of the stadium, where the basketball court should be, sit thousands of students awaiting the start of the 75th Commencement...

02 Sep The ‘Women in tech’ conversation needs to focus on ‘diversity’

Posted at 09:36h in News, News 2, Tech Talk by DigiStaff 1 Comment

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“It’s time for women in tech to co-opt male champions in order to grow a more balanced representation in this space,” says Debby Edelstein, CEO of QualityLife, organisers of the annual Wired Women Conference.

01 Sep Twitter Sets Goals to Increase Diversity

Posted at 10:29h in News 2, Tech Talk by DigiStaff 1 Comment

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Twitter Inc. on Friday set self-imposed goals for the number of women and minorities in its workforce by the end of next year, in an effort to improve diversity.