Looker Continues Innovating With Release Of Dozens Of New Features
(Contributed) August 1, 2017 — Santa Cruz, CA Highlights include Smart Caching, Advanced Time Zone Control, Personalized Scheduling and more Looker has..
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Data of Thrones (Part 3)
By Kelly Payne Looker July 20, 2017 — Santa Cruz, CA [Editor’s note: We published Data of Thrones (Parts 1 and 2) on 6/29/17.] Before we get..
Hartnell receives $250K grant to support a Makerspace
(Source: Hartnell College) July 20, 2017 — Salinas, CA Hartnell Superintendent / President Dr. Willard Clark Lewallen reports that the college has been..
Hack UCSC rebrands as CruzHacks, starts preparing for 2018 event
By Sarah Ali CruzHacks Executive Editor Special for Santa Cruz Tech Beat July 19, 2017 — Santa Cruz, CA Student organizers seek community participation..
Focuster: Focus Management Software for Business Owners
By Carrie Smith Nicholson Careful Cents July 19, 2017 — Santa Cruz, CA Focus management is an up-and-coming idea where you use tools and apps to focus..
$300K Keck Foundation grant will help prepare CSUMB students for bio sciences professions with Big Data
(Contributed) July 19, 2017 — Seaside, CA California State University Monterey Bay (CSUMB) has received a grant from the W.M. Keck Foundation that will..
Congressman Panetta to speak at Santa Cruz Fiber launch event
(Contributed) July 18, 2017 — Santa Cruz, CA Santa Cruz Fiber Launch party will celebrate the beginning of construction for the new fiber optic network..
Now it’s official: Pacific Workplaces Expands Portfolio with NextSpace Acquisition
(Contributed) July 18, 2017 — Santa Cruz, CA [Editor’s note: This isn’t news if you read that Nextspace was acquired in What’s Next for..
So what the hell is Magic Leap doing?
By Matthew Handrahan GamesIndustry.biz July 13, 2017 — Brighton, England (Photo above: Magic Leap’s Graeme Devine gives the opening keynote of..
Podcast: Buoy is changing the way we think about water
By Amanda Rotella City of Santa Cruz Economic Development Department [Editor’s note: This podcast was created by Choose Santa Cruz.] July 13, 2017..
PayStand is Named to Top 10 Blockchain Solution Providers of 2017
(Source: CIO Outlook) July 13, 2017 — Scotts Valley, CA Jeremy Almond shares his insights on Paystand’s Payments-as-a-Service software and how it..
Looker is Named to 2nd Annual Forbes 2017 Cloud 100 List
(Contributed) July 12, 2017 — Santa Cruz, CA Looker, the leading data platform company, has been named to the Forbes 2017 Cloud 100 list, the definitive..
Looker Attracts Top Data Innovators to San Francisco for JOIN 2017
July 12, 2017 — Santa Cruz CA Looker Reaches 1,000 Customers, Doubles Revenue Looker, the leading data platform company, is bringing some of the most..
July 12th is the day we battle for the internet
By Peggy Dolgenos CEO, Cruzio July 12, 2017 — Santa Cruz, CA What do Netflix, Mozilla and Cruzio have in common? If you guessed “all have ties to..
CEOs present sustainable solutions at Forbes AgTech Summit
By Jan Janes Special to Santa Cruz Tech Beat July 3, 2017 — Salinas, CA (Photo above: Entrepreneurs participate in the 2017 Forbes AgTech Summit panel:..
Data of Thrones (Parts 1 and 2)
(Source: Looker blog) June 29, 2017 — Santa Cruz, CA Part 1 By Kelly Payne Looker Looker is home to many Game of Thrones nerds, and recently we got our..
Modern Tribe Case Study: Tuniversity
(Source: Modern Tribe website) June 29, 2017 — Santa Cruz, CA Music Education Reimagined With the goal of reimagining music education for students across..
What’s Next for NextSpace?
By Sara Isenberg Founder, Publisher, Editor-in-Chief, Santa Cruz Tech Beat June 29, 2017 — Santa Cruz, CA Pacific Workplaces, operator of shared..
UCSC launches new data science research center
By Tim Stephens UC Santa Cruz June 29, 2017 — Santa Cruz, CA (Photo above: Lise Getoor, professor of computer science in UCSC’s Baskin School of..
Tomorrow Sleep launches direct-to-consumer sleep system with Fullpower Technology inside
(Contributed) June 27, 2017 — New York, NY and Santa Cruz, CA Tomorrow Sleep, Powered by Serta Simmons Bedding, Launches with Innovative..
What You Should Know About Salinas’ Third Annual Forbes Agtech Summit
(Source: City of Salinas) June 27, 2017 — Salinas, CA For the third straight year, Salinas will play host to some of the brightest minds in the agtech..
Vietnamese AgTech delegation comes to Salinas
(Contributed) June 27, 2017 — Salinas, CA Last April, a group of Vietnamese agriculture business delegates visited Salinas for one specific reason. They..
Pearl Automation shuts down
Source: Axios June 26, 2017 — Scotts Valley, CA The Scotts Valley-based company came out of stealth mode a year ago, previously having raised $50M in..
Google-affiliated company testing delivery drones in former Fort Ord
By Caitlin Conrad KSBW8 June 23, 2017 — Seaside, CA (Image above: KSBW reports on drone testing at Fort Ord in Seaside. Source: KSBW on YouTube) Alphabet..
Dr. Sue Carter invested as Narinder Kapany Professor in Entrepreneurship
By Sara Isenberg Founder, Publisher, Editor-in-Chief, Santa Cruz Tech Beat June 22, 2017 — Santa Cruz, CA (Photo above: L-R, Chancellor George Blumenthal,..