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Why the government can't compete with Silicon Valley

Mar 24, 2017
The federal tech workforce is graying, but the clunky hiring process and lower salaries are a turn off to younger workers.
 
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Why Silicon Valley isn’t doing enough about gender equality

Mar 23, 2017
The tech industry is 'awful' to women, journalist and author Liza Mundy says.
 If inequality isn't fixed, "Women get shut out of one of the most exciting, attractive fields to work in," Liza Mundy says.
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Apple will build iPhones in India, widening its market there

Mar 23, 2017
Smartphone assembly in Bangalore starts in a couple months.

TaskRabbit doubles the number of cities it operates in

Mar 16, 2017
CEO Stacy Brown-Philpot talks about the company's expansion and what work will look like in the future.
Stacy Brown-Philpot is CEO of TaskRabbit, the on-demand app that lets users hire people to complete various household tasks.
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Why Travis Kalanick needs 'leadership help'

Mar 1, 2017
The video of Uber's CEO arguing with a driver is just the latest scandal.
Travis Kalanick, co-founder and CEO of Uber.
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My Economy: Learning a trade instead of taking on debt

Feb 28, 2017
John Williams decided to become a mechanic rather than going to school.
John Williams sought a job a that didn't need a degree and ended up working as a mechanic in the Bay Area.
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Uber and Airbnb in the age of Trump

Jan 31, 2017
In his new book, Brad Stone writes about Silicon Valley startups that are changing the world.
A man poses holding a smartphone showing the App for ride-sharing cab service Uber in London on October 28, 2016. 

 
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Disrupting the hotel industry and urban economies

Jan 26, 2017
Leigh Gallagher dives into the story of Airbnb in her new book, looking at how a business idea turned into a multibillion-dollar company.
Co-founders of Airbnb Brian Chesky, Joe Gebbia and Nate Blecharczyk speak at a Q&A at the Los Angeles Theatre during Airbnb Open LA on Nov. 19, 2016, in Los Angeles.
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For the productivity-obsessed of Silicon Valley, coffee alone may not cut it anymore

Jan 16, 2017
“Nootropics” are a relatively new interest of Silicon Valley. Some say they improve cognitive function, but a nutritional scientist we spoke with has doubts.
Nootroo founder Eric Matzner sells two kinds of nootropics pills. 
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Tech CEOs, most of whom opposed Trump, will meet with president-elect

Dec 12, 2016
President-elect Trump has invited the chief executives of the nation’s largest tech companies to meet on Wednesday in Trump Tower. Silicon Valley was overwhelmingly opposed to Trump’s candidacy, but it’s dependent on Washington on several key issues. Click the above audio player to hear the full story.
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