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Do you know about bizzNEST at Digital NEST?
By Sara Isenberg Founder, Publisher, Editor-in-Chief, Santa Cruz Tech Beat May 10, 2018 — Watsonville, CA Ya learn something new every day. In this video, Digital NEST highlights bizzNEST, the youth digital media consultancy of […]
Genomics Institute affiliate recognized for advancing diversity
(Source: Genomics Institute website) May 10, 2018 — Santa Cruz, CA (Photo above: Angela Brooks is an Assistant Professor of Biomolecular Engineering and a UC Santa Cruz Genomics Institute affiliate. Contributed) Award highlights diversity as […]
Looker CEO donates $100K to local health center
(Contributed) May 10, 2018 — Santa Cruz, CA Santa Cruz Community Health Center announces $100K challenge grant to support Pediatric Center for Excellence. Santa Cruz Community Health Centers (SCCHC), a leading nonprofit provider of high-quality, […]
Watch: Onewheel — a must have for every filmmaker
(Source: YouTube) May 10, 2018 — Santa Cruz, CA The guys at Moment prepare to unbox a Onewheel. “We were so stoked to get out hands (feet) on some Onewheels and use them for filmmaking… […]
Watch: Paystand CEO talks about the disruption of Wall Street, how blockchain is democratizing digital economy
(Video source: Matthew Swinnerton, Event Santa Cruz) May 10, 2018 — Aptos, CA Jeremy Almond, CEO and co-founder of Paystand, was the keynote speaker at the 82% Micro Business Summit on May 3, 2018. Almond’s […]
LitmusBox advances to final round of venture startup challenge
By JT Mudge Owner & Chief Experience Innovator, LitmusBox May 2, 2018 — Santa Cruz, CA (Photo above: Testing projection mapping in the Litmuxbox lab. Contributed.) [Editor’s note: LitmusBox is a Digital Engagement Agency that […]
Here are the deets for TechRaising 2018
(Contributed) May 2, 2018 — Santa Cruz, CA (Photo above: Blast from the past! The original three TechRaising cofounders, left to right, Matthew Swinnerton, Margaret Rosas, and Andrew Mueller mug for the camera as Sara […]
Using Social Media to Predict Social Unrest
By Natalie Goldsmith Naval Postgraduate School Foundation Special to Santa Cruz Tech Beat May 1, 2018 — Monterey, CA (Image above: Geospatial Semantic Parsing of Social Media Texts. Contributed.) Three Researchers’ Novel Approach to Assessing […]
Santa Cruz gets more fiber, more gigabit service
By Jim Warner UC Santa Cruz Special to Santa Cruz Tech Beat May 1, 2018 — Santa Cruz, CA (Photo above: Credit: Jim Warner) AT&T’s recent fiber to the home (FTTH) upgrades in Santa Cruz […]
Should we bring back the Woolly Mammoth?
By Anthony King UC San Diego May 1, 2018 — San Diego and Santa Cruz, CA “I’m trying to understand, using the DNA that we get from [ancient] bones, how species change in response to […]