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Looker: Our Five Favorite Reads from 2017
(Source: Looker’s blog) December 30, 2017 — Santa Cruz, CA As 2017 comes to a close, we’re looking back at some of our favorite reads from the past year. From personal stories to practical guides, […]
Cruzio begins constructions of Santa Cruz Fiber network
(Contributed) December 27, 2017 — Santa Cruz, CA After working with the City of Santa Cruz and other utilities, Cruzio has begun its low-impact construction phase to bring Gigabit fiber internet to Downtown Santa Cruz. […]
Challenges to FCC net neutrality decision will wait until next year
By Steve Blum Tellus Venture Associates December 7, 2017 — Santa Cruz, CA The Federal Communications Commission isn’t celebrating Christmas the way it did Thanksgiving this year. Instead of leaving us with a massive document […]
Jen Grant, CMO, on the importance of the human touch in marketing
(Source: Instapage) December 21, 2017 — Santa Cruz, CA Jen Grant is the CMO at Looker, a leading business intelligence company, valued at $850 million as of March 2017. Prior to Looker, Jen spent the […]
Physicist Tesla Jeltema probes the mysteries of dark matter and dark energy
By Anna Katrina Hunter UC Santa Cruz December 21, 2017 — Santa Cruz, CA (Photo above: The Dark Energy Camera, a powerful instrument built for the Dark Energy Survey, is mounted on the Blanco Telescope […]
SomaGenics receives award or allowance of four patents covering its small RNA analysis and therapeutics
(Contributed) December 21, 2017 — Santa Cruz, CA SomaGenics, an RNA-focused biotechnology company, expands its IP protection with three newly issued patents by the United States Patent and Trademark Office covering two of the Company’s […]
SCTB Highlights of 2017
By Sara Isenberg Founder, Publisher, Editor-in-Chief, Santa Cruz Tech Beat December 14, 2017 — Santa Cruz, CA Here’s our annual look back at the top 2017 tech news in the Monterey Bay region [Editor’s note: […]
EDGE Mobile Payments Acquires Plastc
(Contributed) December 14, 2017 — Santa Cruz, CA EDGE Acquisition Enhances Its Smartcard Technology Platform [Editor’s note: See the review in TechCrunch here.] EDGE Mobile Payments, a Santa Cruz-based Fintech company, today announced it has […]
Watch: Buoy Life with Toby Corey
(Source: YouTube) December 12, 2017 — Santa Cruz, CA “When a device improves your lifestyle, reduces waste, and gives you peace of mind, that’s worth talking about. For Toby Corey, Buoy is about more than […]
Monterey Business Incubator Opens in Pacific Grove
(Contributed) December 12, 2017 — Pacific Grove, CA A new business incubator is now open to help build the regional economy The Monterey Incubator opens today in the American Tin Cannery. Located at 125 Ocean […]