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Women in Tech – Battling the Bias

Posted on 26th July 2018 by swanny

The ‘ick’ I’ve been running Girls ‘n Gadgets for over nine years now. I’ve always aimed to be a voice within women in tech and make tech fun and understandable. However, it never fails to amaze me how gender biased and narrow minded technology companies and their PR’s can be. Nine years ago, I guess…

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Forza Motorsport 5 the Fastest-Selling Racing Game in Xbox History?

Posted on 24th February 2014 by Kerry

So it’s officially official. “Forza Motorsport 5” is now the fastest selling racing game EVER. Today, Turn 10 Studios announced “Forza Motorsport 5” is the fastest selling Forza Motorsport game ever. “Forza Motorsport 5” has been embraced by Xbox One fans worldwide, with more than one-third of console owners purchasing the game since its 22 November launch….

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Girl Geek Dinners turns 5 (Guest post by Judith Lewis)

Posted on 12th July 2010 by Guest Post

Have you ever heard of London Girl Geek Dinners?  What started as an organisation of a few passionate women has blossomed into a worldwide network of “dinners” from New Zealand through to Toronto and now the home of that movement is turning 5 years old! London Girl Geek Dinners really does hope to change the…

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G ‘n’ G Women in Tech Week, Cate Sevilla – BitchBuzz.com

Posted on 8th May 2009 by swanny

My name is Cate Sevilla, and I’m the founding editor of BitchBuzz.com, as well as being a freelance writer and professional blogger. I grew up in California and after meeting a rather handsome British Geek on Myspace, I moved over to London in the spring of 2006. After blogging a ridiculous amount about women’s issues…

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G ‘n’ G Women in Tech Week – Diane Perlman, Branding Matters

Posted on 8th May 2009 by swanny

Closet geek and entrepreneur, Diane Perlman has spent time learning and practicing nearly every marketing discipline over her career, both agency and client-side, and the last 12 years focusing mostly on digital and working with tech and telecoms clients.  Diane, now director of ‘virtual agency’ Branding Matters for the past 4 years, provides strategic consulting…

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G ‘n’ G Women in Tech Week – Cat Burton, Mind Candy

Posted on 7th May 2009 by swanny

The Girl Geek and the Monsters I’m sat pondering the life of a London girl geek, cup of tea in hand and admiring a lovely view of the Thames.  It’s hard to believe that just a few years ago I was living in rural Lincolnshire, with big dreams of working in the games industry.  I…

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G ‘n’ G Women in Tech Week – Meaghan Fitzgerald, Spoonfed

Posted on 6th May 2009 by swanny

A Silicon Valley Girl Getting Spoonfed in London I sit staring at source code in an empty computer lab, trying to embed a flash animation of a fish into a website for my sixth grade science project. If I could go back and speak to my eleven-year old self now, the message would be clear: don’t…

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Welcome to Girls ‘n’ Gadgets…

Posted on 4th March 2009 by swanny

We girls love gadgets. Web and technology is an amazing world, filling our lives full of fun, fanaticism and functionality. Where would we be today without our laptops, mobile phones and of course the Internet? Lost most would say! These days, it’s hard to imagine not tweeting, tumbling, DMing or IMing your way through life….

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