In its 5th Year, CruzHacks Continues to Inspire Innovation
By Sarah Ali & Alexis Camanga CruzHacks January 10, 2018 — Santa Cruz, CA (Photo above: The Virtual Smart Mirror project gives a demonstration to the..
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Buoy, Onewheel, YaDoggie, Plantronics represent at CES
By Sara Isenberg Founder, Publisher, Editor-in-Chief, Santa Cruz Tech Beat January 10, 2018 — Las Vegas, NV (All photos by Steve Blum) No, I wasn’t..
Watch: Inboard Technology’s year in review 2017
(Source: YouTube) January 10, 2018 — Santa Cruz, CA (Photo above: Inboard visits Venice Beach, CA) From Venice Beach to NYC and beyond We’ve had a..
Santa Cruz techies get to CES the hard, fun way
By Steve Blum Tellus Venture Associates Special to Santa Cruz Tech Beat January 10, 2018 — Las Vegas, NV (Photo above: Jane Campbell of Future Motion shows..
How Salinas went from salad bowl of the world to global agtech hub
By Andrew Myrick and Rachel Deloffre City of Salinas Economic Development January 9, 2018 — Salinas, CA (Photo above: Salinas, California – known as..
Code Naturally to open flagship location in downtown Santa Cruz
(Contributed) January 9, 2018 — Santa Cruz, CA (Photo above: Code Naturally students collaborate on a group project. Contributed.) Local education..
State initiative funds UCSC childhood cancer research with $500K grant
By Alexis Morgan Genomics Institute, UC Santa Cruz January 9, 2018 — Santa Cruz, CA (Photo above: Ted Goldstein, David Haussler, and Olena Morozova, left..
Deliveroo Selects Looker to Drive Deeper Business Insights
(Contributed) January 9, 2018 — Santa Cruz, CA Looker helps leading restaurant delivery company scale data use to help accelerate growth Looker, the..
Supermassive black holes control star formation in large galaxies
By Tim Stephens UC Santa Cruz January 4, 2018 — Santa Cruz, CA (Photo above: The power of a supermassive black hole is seen in this image of Centaurus A,..
Calling all AgTech Startups for THRIVE Accelerator (deadline Jan 12)
(Source: Thrive AgTech website) January 3, 2017 — Salinas, CA THRIVE Accelerator is a mentorship & investment program for startups with technologies..
Fuzz Stati0n Pivots
By David Moore Founder / CEO, Fuzz Stati0n Special to Santa Cruz Tech Beat January 3, 2018 – Santa Cruz, CA “After launch there was very little..
Sleepless Media Celebrates 15 Years
By Jon Cattivera Founder & Creative Director, Sleepless Media Special to Santa Cruz Tech Beat January 3, 2018 — Santa Cruz, CA Yes. 15 Years...
Satellite Deskworks Helps Power the Growing Shared Workspace Industry
By Cat Johnson Special to Santa Cruz Tech Beat January 3, 2018 — Santa Cruz, CA In 2010, Santa Cruz entrepreneur and business owner Barbara Sprenger..
Q&A: Heather Heads Out
By Sara Isenberg Founder, Publisher, Editor-in-Chief, Santa Cruz Tech Beat January 2, 2018 — Santa Cruz, CA Santa Cruz Works Executive Director, Heather..
Looker: Our Five Favorite Reads from 2017
(Source: Looker’s blog) December 30, 2017 — Santa Cruz, CA As 2017 comes to a close, we’re looking back at some of our favorite reads from the..
Cruzio begins constructions of Santa Cruz Fiber network
(Contributed) December 27, 2017 — Santa Cruz, CA After working with the City of Santa Cruz and other utilities, Cruzio has begun its low-impact..
Challenges to FCC net neutrality decision will wait until next year
By Steve Blum Tellus Venture Associates December 7, 2017 — Santa Cruz, CA The Federal Communications Commission isn’t celebrating Christmas the way it did..
Jen Grant, CMO, on the importance of the human touch in marketing
(Source: Instapage) December 21, 2017 — Santa Cruz, CA Jen Grant is the CMO at Looker, a leading business intelligence company, valued at $850 million as..
Physicist Tesla Jeltema probes the mysteries of dark matter and dark energy
By Anna Katrina Hunter UC Santa Cruz December 21, 2017 — Santa Cruz, CA (Photo above: The Dark Energy Camera, a powerful instrument built for the Dark..
SomaGenics receives award or allowance of four patents covering its small RNA analysis and therapeutics
(Contributed) December 21, 2017 — Santa Cruz, CA SomaGenics, an RNA-focused biotechnology company, expands its IP protection with three newly issued..
SCTB Highlights of 2017
By Sara Isenberg Founder, Publisher, Editor-in-Chief, Santa Cruz Tech Beat December 14, 2017 — Santa Cruz, CA Here’s our annual look back at the top..
EDGE Mobile Payments Acquires Plastc
(Contributed) December 14, 2017 — Santa Cruz, CA EDGE Acquisition Enhances Its Smartcard Technology Platform [Editor’s note: See the review in..
Watch: Buoy Life with Toby Corey
(Source: YouTube) December 12, 2017 — Santa Cruz, CA “When a device improves your lifestyle, reduces waste, and gives you peace of mind,..
Monterey Business Incubator Opens in Pacific Grove
(Contributed) December 12, 2017 — Pacific Grove, CA A new business incubator is now open to help build the regional economy The Monterey Incubator opens..
Reducing “range anxiety”: Evaline offers solution for shared electric vehicle charging
By Craig Ritchie Director of Marketing, Evaline December 12, 2017 — Santa Cruz, CA (Image above: The Evaline Scheduler compares individual employees’..