College esports are booming — but women are being left out

College esports are booming — but women are being left out 1. Why are college esports dominated by men? Women and girls experience manyobstaclesthroughout esports environments – both in terms of participation and employment. These include the way they are subjected togender-basedharassment from male esport players, toxic masculinity, stereotyping, and prejudices, as I and colleagues wrote in a forthcoming article for theSport Management Review. These circumstances have resulted in lower numbers of women and girls in varsity collegiate esports....

5 min · 977 words · Michael Leonard

College2Startup connects eager talent with startup founders [Interview]

I keep saying it. But in the 80s kids we’re starting bands and now they’re launching startups. Tech geeks are the new rockstars. But connecting talent to employer is still a feat in the digital age with many opportunities passing people by due to lack of visibility. Over the past few months,College2Startuphas been gaining momentum, hitting up HackerNews’ frontpage and racking up subscribers at universities’ entrepreneurship groups. College2Startup connects developers, designers and talent with startup founders for employment purposes....

7 min · 1443 words · Karen Williams

Colorful Twitter client Twimbow opens to all with a bunch of new features

Since its launch last year, web-based Twitter clientTwimbowhas been in private beta and required an invite to try out . Today Twimbow has launched to thepublic, and anyone can sign up for a free account. To sign up, you can either create a new account or log in using your Google or Yahoo credentials, after which you can authorize your Twitter account. Twimbow is the ideal Web app for someone who’s looking for a way to keep their stream organized....

3 min · 477 words · Rita Walker

Color’s Founder explains exactly what the app is all about [video]

Color.comhad more coverage last week than Charlie Sheen in the Bay Area and for that fact alone we are all grateful. It is hard not to mention $41 Million pre-launch funding fromSequoiabut Jason Calacanis ofThisWeekIngets some very honest answers on why they did not show at SXSW and why Bill works in a bathtub. Seriously. We are in a post-PC era my friends and Color.com’s concept of not asking for a password, address or phone number is very interesting....

2 min · 221 words · Brittany Vaughan

Come up with a yummy recipe? Invite your Facebook friends to share it with Foodily

Food. It’s something we spend a lot of time on, when I post links to good restaurants or the food I am eating, I always get a response from my friends and followers. It’s also a part of the covergence between offline and online that’s largely untapped, and the popularity of apps like Foodspotting show it’s beginning to be thought about, butFoodilytakes sharing food to another level, calling themselves a ‘search engine for comparing recipes’ Foodily not only presents recipes from around the web in a beautiful and clear way with a magazine-like experience, but today they launched a feature which makes creating and sharing food social....

2 min · 340 words · Emily Moore
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