Six AgTech Co’s Selected to Compete for Up To $250K Equity Investment
(Contributed) October 25, 2017 — Salinas, CA [Editor’s note: While Western Growers is based in Irvine and S2G is based in Chicago, The Western..
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Santa Cruz New Tech Meetup “goes cosmic” for Nov 1 event
(Contributed) October 25, 2017 — Santa Cruz, CA We are going cosmic for this event! Santa Cruz New Tech Meetup November 1, 2017, 6pm Cruzio, Santa Cruz..
The Mathematical Genius of Auto-Tune
By Zachary Crockett Priceonomics.com October 24, 2017 — Scotts Valley, CA (Photo above: Andy Hildebrand, inventor of Auto-Tune, lives in Scotts Valley...
County of SC weighs in: the fiber cut had nothing to do with the fire
By Jason Hoppin Communications Manager, County of Santa Cruz October 24, 2017 — Santa Cruz, CA [Editor’s note: Last week, Santa Cruz Tech Beat published..
Lloyd Tabb: 5 Things I Wish I Knew Before I Became CEO
By Yitzi Weiner Huffington Post Contributor October 24, 2017 — Santa Cruz, CA (Photo above: Lloyd Tabb is Founder, Chairman & CTO at Looker.) I had..
The 5 Most Important Programming Languages You Need to Know Now
By Lisa Sullivan Armada Group October 24, 2017 — Santa Cruz, CA With the number of available programming languages being so great, it can be hard to..
Pore Strength
By Peggy Townsend UC Santa Cruz October 24, 2017 — Santa Cruz, CA (Photo above: Left to right: Trevor Morin, chief scientific officer, biochemistry;..
Santa Cruz fights fire with fiber
By Steve Blum Tellus Venture Associates Special to Santa Cruz Tech Beat October 18, 2017 — Santa Cruz, CA (Image credit: Jim Warner) Early Tuesday morning,..
Startups Entrepreneurship Academy at UCSC Seeks Mentors
By Nada Miljkovic Crown College Instructor at UCSC Special to Santa Cruz Tech Beat (Photo above: Students present at SEA’s 2017 Summer Session. Credit:..
A Data Biosphere for Biomedical Research
By Benedict Paten UCSC Genomics Institute October 18, 2017 — Santa Cruz, CA (Image above: The diagram illustrates a proposed architecture for a Data..
Dean Alex Wolf leads growing engineering school in era of technological change
By Tim Stephens UC Santa Cruz October 18, 2017 — Santa Cruz, CA (Photo above: Alexander Wolf, Dean of the Baskin School of Engineering. Contributed)..
Plantronics cleared in $600M antitrust trial
By Matt Chiappardi Law360 October 18, 2017 — Wilmington, Delaware A federal jury in Delaware today cleared telephone headset maker Plantronics Inc. of..
Regional Expo in Monterey to Energize Startup Ecosystem
(Contributed) October 17, 2017 — Monterey, CA Monterey Bay Startup Investment Expo Thursday, Oct 26, 2017, 8am-4pm Embassy Suites by Hilton Monterey Bay,..
Mark Mitchell: Lemon Tree, Very Pretty
By Mark Mitchell Degenerate Serial Entrepreneur October 17, 2017 — Santa Cruz, CA Sometimes, the market for start-ups is a bit like the market for used..
Edtech startup, Levered Learning, seeks local schools for new round of pilots
By Josh Bradley Startup Coach, Step One Special to Santa Cruz Tech Beat October 17, 2017 — Soquel, CA (Photo above: A 4th grade student works through..
What the heck is a neutron star, anyway?
By Tim Stevens UC Santa Cruz October 17, 2017 — Santa Cruz, CA A small team of UC Santa Cruz astronomers were the first team to observe light from two..
National news reports Amazon “growing a mysterious office in a small surf town near SF”
By Eugene Kim CNBC October 12, 2017 — Santa Cruz, CA Amazon has quietly been growing a mysterious office in a small surf town near San Francisco Amazon..
Watch: These are the “best entry level gloves on earth!”
(Source YouTube) October 12, 2017 — Santa Cruz, CA [Editor’s note: Not familiar with Futuristic Lights? Check out past articles Santa Cruz Tech..
Watch: Sol on YaDoggie
(Source: YouTube) October 12, 2017 — Santa Cruz, CA YaDoggie provides its customers with a customized dog food subscription. Not sure what that is? Watch..
Match Made in Santa Cruz: Buoy Partners with Inboard on Battery Tech
By Tatum Whitehead Student, Pacific Collegiate School Special to Santa Cruz Tech Beat October 10, 2017 — Santa Cruz, CA (Photo above: The battery in Buoy was..
This is the torque update you’ve been waiting for!
(Source: Inboard blog) October 10, 2017 — Santa Cruz, CA Torque, Torque, Torque Last week, Inboard released another free firmware upgrade for the M1, and..
Dearest Bennett – We’ve started a movement in your name
By Iris Kavanagh, Coworking Consultant, and Cat Johnson, Freelance writer and content strategist. Special to Santa Cruz Tech Beat October 10, 2017 —..
Looker’s Audacious Moonshot to Outgrow Oracle
By Alex Woodie Datanami October 10, 2017 — Santa Cruz, CA You may have considered Looker to be just another business intelligence tool. After all,..
MBEP Announces Agenda and Speakers for 3rd Annual State of the Region
(Contributed) October 10, 2017 — Marina, CA The Monterey Bay Economic Partnership (MBEP) is hosting its 3rd Annual State of the Region Conference on..
SomaGenics awarded NIH funding to develop NGS Single-Cell analysis of small RNAs
(Contributed) October 10, 2017 — Santa Cruz, CA SomaGenics announced the receipt of a Phase I SBIR grant from NIH to develop RealSeq®-SC (Single Cell),..