Our Point of View

The Gender Divide in Tech: A Leaky Pipeline

Women make up 56% of the US labor force and 51% of the US population. Meanwhile, only 20% of executives in the technology industry are women. The fact that women are often left out of high-level decision-making positions is not new. However, here are three pressing reasons why the technology industry should address this gender...

Gabriela Seplovich and Sarah Kunkle | Feb 23, 2016
Amazon, Apple, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Deloitte, Facebook, gender, Girls Who Code, Google, innovative technology, Intel, National Center for Women and Information Technology, technology, technology industry, women

Our Point of View

A Healthy Roundup: The 2016 Consumer Electronics Show

It is undeniable that health is undergoing an unprecedented digital revolution. This transformation was prominently displayed at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES), which took place from January 6-9, 2016 in Las Vegas, NV. According to the CES Daily, more than 800 companies exhibited a wearables product, and approximately 500 exhibitors considered themselves part of the...

Gillian Christie | Jan 13, 2016
artificial intelligence, Blaze, CES, Consumer Electronics Show, data, digital health, Edith Ramirez, embeddables, Facebook, Federal Trade Commission, FitBit, Ginni Rometty, IBM, IBM Watson, Krush, L'Oreal, La Vegas, Oculus, Pepper, privacy, SoftBank, Under Armour, virtual reality, WAVE framework, wearable technology, wearables