American technology/science journalist
Gina Smith is an American entrepreneur, author, and journalist who co-wrote
Steve Wozniak 's 2006 autobiography
iWoz: From Computer Geek to Cult Icon: How I Invented the Personal Computer, Co-Founded Apple, and Had Fun Doing It .
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[2] In 2001, Smith was named one of the 100 most influential people in technology by
Upside Magazine .
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Technology journalism
From 1990 to 2000, Smith wrote the "Inside Silicon Valley" technology column in the
San Francisco Sunday Chronicle .
[4] During that time, she was a investigative news reporter for
PC Week ,
[5] senior editor at
PC/Computing magazine,
[6] and later, as of 1994, she was the editor-in-chief of
IDG 's Electronic Entertainment magazine.
[7] From 1993 to 1997, she hosted On Computers with Gina Smith and
Leo Laporte
[8] and from 1997 to 2000 she hosted
ABC Radio 's "Connected with Gina Smith," a radio call-in show that ran in syndication.
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In 1995, she co-hosted, with
John Levine , an educational
PBS special The Internet Show: Drivers' Education for the Internet Superhighway .
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Also in 1995
ABC News hired Smith as a technology correspondent.,
[11] where she covered technology news for
ABC News '
Nightline with
Ted Koppel ,
ABC World News Tonight with
Peter Jennings and
Good Morning America .
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Smith hosted the
ESPN weekly series, "Nothing But Net," with
Pat O'Brien in 1995 and 1996.
[17] She also hosted a daily tech news show on the
Discovery Channel in 1996 and 1997 called Cyberlife .
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[19] Cyberlife was nominated for a
CableACE award in the Business/Consumer Programming Special or Series category in 1997.
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In 1999 Smith joined
CNET as anchor of the News.Com daily news show on
CNBC .
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In 2010, Smith returned to journalism as editor-in-chief of the online relaunch of
Byte magazine as Byte.com.
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Since 2011, she has been CEO of aNewDomain Media, which runs several news websites.
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Business ventures
In 2000, Smith was named CEO of the
New Internet Computer Company ,
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[25] which she co-founded with
Larry Ellison .
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[28] The firm closed in 2003.
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In 2004
David Warthen appointed Smith president of Eye Games, a San Francisco-based video game technology company.
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Bibliography
References
^ Biersdorfer, J. D. (1 October 2006).
"Desktop Icon" . The New York Times .
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"If Gina Smith can be tech CEO, why can't I?" . usatoday30.usatoday.com .
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"Meet Gina Smith: aNewDomain.net Cofounder and Editorial Director" . aNewDomain .
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"Tantor Media – Gina Smith" . Retrieved 30 December 2016 .
^ Strom, David (November 2009).
"25 Years of PC Week" . David Strom's Web Informant . Retrieved 4 July 2017 .
^ Smith, Gina (June 6, 1993). "A Field Guide to CPUs". No. March 1993. PC/Computing. Ziff Davis Publishing.
^ Armstrong, David.
"Ziff Happens" . Wired . Retrieved 30 December 2016 .
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"Gina Smith, Author of iWoz, Technology Journalist, Radio Host, Friend" . Delusions of Adequacy . John Simonds. 4 October 2006. Retrieved 3 July 2017 .
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"LockerGnome: Gina Smith bio" . LockerGnome.com . LockerGnome. Retrieved 3 July 2017 .
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"Archives - Philly.com" . Retrieved 30 December 2016 .
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"The Power of Public Relations" . 31 March 1998. Retrieved 30 December 2016 .
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"Nightline: Thinking Machines" . Vanderbilt TV News Archive . Vanderbilt University. Retrieved 3 July 2017 .
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"Nightline: Hate on the Internet" . Vanderbilt TV News Archives . Vanderbilt University. Retrieved 3 July 2017 .
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"ABC Evening News: Littleton Colorado Shootings" . Vanderbilt TV News Archives . Vanderbilt University. Retrieved 3 July 2017 .
^ Bungay Stanier, Michael (August 31, 2010).
"Box of Crayons: Interview with Gina Smith" . No. ND. Box of Crayons. Box of Crayons. Retrieved 3 July 2017 .
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"Good Morning America video camera clip" . YouTube . Retrieved 3 July 2017 .
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"Nothing But Net 1995–1996 Cast and Credits" . Hollywood.com . 13 May 2006. Retrieved 30 June 2017 .
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"Tech coverage for dummies" .
Entertainment Weekly . 16 August 1996. Retrieved 30 December 2016 .
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"Is TECH TV Must-See? / They're geeky-looking now, but tech shows could lead to customized news, virtual e-mail and an all-purpose computer-and-TV-in-one" . 17 November 1996. Retrieved 30 December 2016 .
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"CableACE Awards 1997" . Variety.com . Variety. 24 September 1997. Retrieved 4 July 2017 .
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"Gina Smith Joins CNET Television as Co-Host of CNET News.com CNET's New Show for CNBC" . cnet.com . Archived from
the original on 30 January 2016. Retrieved 30 December 2016 .
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"UBM TechWeb Re-Launching Popular Byte.com (Press Release)" . Create Your Next Customer . Beyond PR. December 20, 2010. Retrieved January 8, 2016 .
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"Gina Smith" . Archived from
the original on 2015-12-27. Retrieved 2015-12-25 .
^ Clark, Don (May 8, 2000).
"Oracle's Ellison Set to Try Again With a Simple, Cheap Computer" . Wall Street Journal. Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 18 January 2018 .
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"Internet Appliance Eliminates Hard Drive" . The New York Times . 28 September 2000. Retrieved 30 December 2016 .
^ Tennant, Don (July 17, 2000).
"Star Power Has Its Advantages" . IDG. ComputerWorld. Retrieved 4 July 2017 .
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"CNET's Smith to head Ellison's new firm" . Silicon Valley Business Journal . February 7, 2000. Retrieved January 8, 2016 .
^ Enterprise, I. D. G. (15 May 2000).
"Computerworld" . IDG Enterprise. Retrieved 30 December 2016 – via Google Books.
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"Ellison's NIC Co. to shut down" . CNET . June 2, 2003. Retrieved January 8, 2016 .
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"Eye Games Inc. Appoints Gina Smith as President; Innovative Digital Game Company Will Ship First Webcam PC Games in June – Business Wire" (Press release). Retrieved 30 December 2016 .
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