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''. In 2001, Smith was named one of the 100 most influential people in technology by Upside Magazine.

Technology journalism

From 1990 to 2000, Smith wrote the "Inside Silicon Valley" technology column in the '' San Francisco Sunday Chronicle''. During that time, she was a investigative news reporter for

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, senior editor at '' PC/Computing'' magazine, and later, as of 1994, she was the editor-in-chief of

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's ''Electronic Entertainment'' magazine. From 1993 to 1997, she hosted ''On Computers with Gina Smith and

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'' and from 1997 to 2000 she hosted ABC Radio's "Connected with Gina Smith," a radio call-in show that ran in syndication. In 1995, she co-hosted, with

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, an educational

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special ''The Internet Show: Drivers' Education for the Internet Superhighway''. Also in 1995

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hired Smith as a technology correspondent., where she covered technology news for

' Nightline with

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with

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and Good Morning America. Smith hosted the

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weekly series, "Nothing But Net," with

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in 1995 and 1996. She also hosted a daily tech news show on the Discovery Channel in 1996 and 1997 called ''Cyberlife''. Cyberlife was nominated for a

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in the Business/Consumer Programming Special or Series category in 1997. In 1999 Smith joined CNET as anchor of the News.Com daily news show on

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. In 2010, Smith returned to journalism as editor-in-chief of the online relaunch of ''

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'' as Byte.com. Since 2011, she has been CEO of aNewDomain Media, which runs several news websites.

Business ventures

In 2000, Smith was named CEO of the

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, which she co-founded with

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. The firm closed in 2003. In 2004

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appointed Smith president of Eye Games, a San Francisco-based video game technology company.

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References

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