Articles associated with topic: equality
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Adult Women Outnumber Teenage Boys Among Gamers
More adult women play video games than boys 18 or younger, according to a new study by the Entertainment Software Association (PDF). That might come as a surprise to casual followers of the video… -
Tech Giants' Diversity Reports Show an Industry Not Diverse at All
Last week, Apple became the latest tech company to issue a diversity report, following in the footsteps of Google, Facebook, Microsoft, Yahoo, and others. In a statement accompanying the data, Ap… -
Women in Tech Triumph in Kickstarter Funding
Women outpace men when it comes to raising money for technology projects through crowdfunding sites such as Kickstarter, according to a new study by researchers at New York University and the Wha… -
Apple's Diversity Report Sparks Tim Cook Angst
Apple has become the latest tech company to release a diversity report—as well as the latest tech company to publicly wring its hands over the lack of diversity among its employees in the United… -
Who is Synechron and How Is It Accelerating Digital for FinTech?
Synechron is a 20+ year old, privately-held company and one of the leading digital transformation consulting firms focused exclusively on the financial services industry. Our teams work to accele…Sponsored -
Twitter, Pinterest Release Diversity Numbers
Twitter and Pinterest have become the latest brand-name tech companies to unveil gender and ethnic portraits of their workforce. The story they tell is pretty much the same as what we've seen in… -
Surprise! Facebook's Workforce is White and Male, Too
Facebook has released figures showing the diversity of its workforce and, as with Google and Yahoo before it, the numbers depict a company that's overwhelmingly male and white. Men constitute 69… -
Yahoo’s Diversity Report Shows Lack of Women in Tech, Leader Roles
Women are a significant minority at Yahoo, according to its newly released diversity report. Women make up 37 percent of Yahoo’s global workforce, while men compose 62 percent (roughly 1 percent… -
CMU Sees Dramatic Rise in Women Computer Science Majors
Women comprise 40 percent of the incoming class at Carnegie Mellon University's School of Computer Science. That marks, in the school's words, "a new benchmark.” It's certainly a respectable numb… -
Google’s Workforce Reflects Tech’s Diversity Challenge
Bowing to increasing pressure on technology leaders to disclose details of their workforce diversity, Google says that just 30 percent of its employees are women, 3 percent are Hispanic and 2 per… -
5 Things A Recruiter Wants You to Know About the Tech Interview Process
Of all the things that can be said about getting a job in tech, there’s a universal truth that resonates with every candidate: the process seems to take forever. But why? Many technologists voice…Sponsored