Velvetwire opens online store with energy saving mobile charger
by Eric Bodnar and Jennifer Lee Velvetwire founders Santa Cruz technology startup, Velvetwire, has opened its online store, making available the first, locally..
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Cruzio’s Master Plan for broadband expansion in Santa Cruz County
by James Hackett Cruzio With the news last week that the long-planned CASF-backed fiber backbone from Santa Cruz to Soledad — a project that Cruzio has..
What’s Cooking at TechRaising 2014?
by Sara Isenberg Publisher, Santa Cruz Tech Beat Come experience TechRaising this weekend, April 25-27, 2014. [Editorial note: This feature article is..
DNA Day at UCSC will commemorate completion of Human Genome Project
by Sara Isenberg Publisher, Santa Cruz Tech Beat DNA Day at UCSC Friday April 25, 2014 11 am – 1 pm In the courtyard below the Science & Engineering..
Etsy’s innovative Craft Entrepreneurship Program comes to Santa Cruz
by Sara Isenberg Publisher, Santa Cruz Tech Beat Etsy, a global online network of independent artists and designers, announced last week that Santa Cruz County..
Garden of Gaming in Santa Cruz is Tilled and Ready for Growth
by Sara Isenberg Publisher, Santa Cruz Tech Beat Exploring the local gaming wave With the Princeton Review’s announcement that UC Santa Cruz’s Games and..
Surfnet teams with Sunesys to win $10.6 million grant for regional fiber network
by Bojana Fazarinc Surfnet Communications Bringing high broadband access, speeds and affordability A state grant for a 91-mile fiber optic network, bringing..
An accumulation of positivity – a student reflects on HACK UCSC weekend
by Alexander Rowe UCSC Student Last minute team On Wednesday, I saw a flyer for Hack UCSC. On Thursday, I signed up 15 minutes before registration closed. On..
Completely Cut Off
by James Hackett Cruzio Reflecting back to 2009 when Santa Cruz internet, cell phones, landlines, ATMs and even for a while 911 services were disabled Five..
Being Capital — a new way of being on the web
By Michael Elias and Ram Nidumolu A new approach to being in business and on the web that applies equally to corporations and entrepreneurs Facebook’s..