Look who made Forbes’ Next Billion-Dollar Startups 2017 list
By Susan Adams Forbes September 26, 2017 — Santa Cruz, CA Looker makes Forbes’ list of “Next Billion-Dollar Startups 2017” “We have..
Santa Cruz Tech Ecosystem
Meet Mappy, a Software System That Automatically Maps Old-School Nintendo Games
By Jacob Brogan Slate.com September 21, 2017 — Santa Cruz, CA (Image above: As these images generated from Super Mario Bros. show, Mappy can figure out..
Impressions – Thimbleweed Park (Switch)
(Source: http://4colorrebellion.com) September 21, 2017 — Felton, CA [Editor’s note: Read past Santa Cruz Tech Beat articles about Thimbleweeed..
TechCrunch: Yahoo’s former VP of Mobile launches YaDoggie, a dog wellness startup
By Megan Rose Dickey TechCrunch September 20, 2017 — Santa Cruz, CA “We’re literally feeding our dogs to death in the U.S.” Having successfully..
YaDoggie: Tech Veterans Launch “No Worries Dog Food” Startup
(Contributed) September 20, 2017 — Santa Cruz, CA Serial tech entrepreneurs trade big data for big dogs and “dogfooding” for actual dog food,..
Buoy’s product release marks a milestone for smart home devices
By Carrie Kingsley Buoy Marketing Communications Director Special to Santa Cruz Tech Beat September 20, 2017 — Santa Cruz, CA (Image above: To charge the..
New mirror-coating technology promises dramatic improvements in telescopes
By Tim Stephens UC Santa Cruz September 19, 2017 — Santa Cruz, CA (Photo above: UCSC researchers worked with Structured Materials Industries to design..
Remembering Bennett Roesch
Video by Emily Cohan. Photos and footage within video provided by various friends and family. Photo above: Bennett Roesch. Source: Kaya Lindsay. September 14,..
EDGE Mobile Payments announces revision of EDGE card
(Contributed) September 14, 2017 — Santa Cruz, CA Dynamic Smartcard to feature color ePaper screen EDGE Mobile Payments, LLC, (EDGE) a Santa Cruz-based..
UCSC initiated fiber-optic project brings high-speed broadband to Central Coast communities
By Guy Lasnier UC Santa Cruz September 14, 2017 — Santa Cruz, CA (Image above: Illustration submitted as part of a grant application for funding from the..