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.[1][2] In 2001, Smith was named one of the 100 most influential people in technology by Upside magazine.[3]
Gina Smith
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Smith in March 2000
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| Born | Regina Patricia Smith |
| Nationality | American |
| Education | Florida State University |
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| Known for | Journalism |
| Relatives | Svetomir Đukić (maternal grandfather) |
| Website | ginasmith |
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.[9]
In 1995, she co-hosted, with John Levine, an educational PBS special The Internet Show: Drivers' Education for the Internet Superhighway.[10]
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.[12][13][14][15][16]
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.[18][19] Cyberlife was nominated for a CableACE Award in the Business/Consumer Programming Special or Series category in 1997.[20]
In 1999 Smith joined CNET as anchor of the News.Com daily news show on CNBC.[21]
In 2010, Smith returned to journalism as editor-in-chief of the online relaunch of Byte magazine as Byte.com.[22]
Since 2011, she has been CEO of aNewDomain Media, which runs several news websites.[23]
In 2000, Smith was named CEO of the New Internet Computer Company,[24][25] which she co-founded with Larry Ellison.[26][27][28] The firm closed in 2003.[29]
In 2004, David Warthen appointed Smith president of Eye Games, a San Francisco-based video game technology company.[30]