Sheryl Sandberg on Facebook’s mobile focus, Google Glass, and being ‘bossy’

Facebook chief operating officer Sheryl Sandberg covered a wide range of topics in a talk today, from women in business to Facebook's growing mobile revenues.

Alicia Keys announces the BlackBerry Scholars Program — an effort to bring more women to tech

Yup, you still live in a world where singer Alicia Keys works for BlackBerry.

Teen developer funds startup by auctioning 10% of her future income (interview)

Who wants to go to college if you can start earning money right away?

Adria Richards: ‘I’m staying safe’

This morning Adria Richards broke my heart, and the hearts of all those who give a damn about women in technology.

Playhaven developer fired for sexual jokes after SendGrid marketer outs him on Twitter

A Playhaven game developer was fired after making sexual jokes in the audience during a keynote session at PyCon, a conference for Python developers. Now Adria Richards, a developer evangelist for SendGrid, is getting rape and death threats via Twitter.

Let’s talk about ‘women in tech’: Silicon Valley still has a gender problem

For International Women's Day, we spoke with dozens of women in the tech industry to understand the primary problems they still face, and their suggested solutions.

HP’s Meg Whitman tops list of female CEOs ranked by web presence

The female executives on the list span a variety of industries from enterprise technology to retail. Given the amount of media attention paid to technology companies of late, it's no surprise that Silicon Valley-based CEO's dominate the list.

Women to Watch: New Silicon Valley TV show is the ‘The View’ for women in tech

For women tech leaders, there is a grittier and far less glamorous reality to life in Silicon Valley. Meet the women who struggle to juggle work life and a family, to gain respect from their male colleagues, and to pull the long hours required to build a successful startup.

Roundtable: The first ladies of Box bring style and smarts to the enterprise

Four senior female Box executives gathered one Wednesday afternoon for a frank discussion about the company's growth, taking leadership positions in a male-dominated industry, and the enterprise startups that are spurring the innovation of the next decade.

Google partners with Women 2.0 to support female entrepreneurs around the world

In an effort to ignite female entrepreneurship on a global level, Google has announced a partnership with Women 2.0, a San Francisco-based organization dedicated to supporting female founders.

30 minutes inside the mind of 8-time entrepreneur Steve Blank

It’s a fortunate man who can blow through $35 million one week, only to be offered $12 million the next.

For serial entrepreneur Steve Blank, this story sums up the ethos of Silicon Valley. The day he experienced the most …

Kleiner Perkins hit with sexual harassment allegations, partner sues for discrimination

Leading Silicon Valley venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins Caufield and Byers got hit with a sexual harassment and gender discrimination suit earlier this month, rocking a firm that has been known for bringing women into the venture capital industry.

The …

Ciara's top posts of 2010

Tech journalism, and tech companies, for me have always been about ideas and their ability to change the world. What matters is not only the strength of the light you can shed on a subject but what you choose to …