Google CEO Eric Schmidt Now in its seventh year, Web 2.0 Summit — running Monday to Wednesday in San Francisco this week — remains an exceptional experience for members of the tech community. Over the years, Web 2.0 Summit has consistently pulled in the biggest names in the tech industry, and this year is no […]
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Opening up tech opportunities for women
For years I’ve admired the efforts of Rachel Sklar to highlight the underrepresentation of women at the upper echelons of the tech and media worlds. Rachel, editor at large at Mediaite and someone who carries both intellectual heft and personal likability, started a Tumblr blog a few months ago called Change the Ratio. It’s an […]
The benefits of structuring your data using microformats
Google’s Rich Snippet Testing Tool Last week we discussed how the Semantic Web relies upon markup languages that tag Web content, making it easier for machines to interpret. This can be accomplished in a number of ways, including tagging content as structured data or linked data. Today we’ll take a look at marking up your […]
5 standout start-ups that rocked TechCrunch Disrupt
The Hotlist, DataSift, MobilePay are worth a look for businesses & individuals At last week’s TechCrunch Disrupt conference in San Francisco, I met a number of startups that I thought were really cool. They may not have made it to the Top 7, and they didn’t win the TechCrunch cup, but I think these are […]
Highlights of TechCrunch Disrupt day one
Voice-based search, cloud-based services & much more Ialmost didn’t make it to my first TechCrunch Disrupt because of client work, but I managed to make the trek in, all revved for disruption! Battlefield Session 1 Disruptors The complete list of all Tech Crunch Disrupt presenters showed a wide range of start-ups and business models. A […]