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Reducing “range anxiety”: Evaline offers solution for shared electric vehicle charging
By Craig Ritchie Director of Marketing, Evaline December 12, 2017 — Santa Cruz, CA (Image above: The Evaline Scheduler compares individual employees’ schedules in their work calendar to EV charger availability at their workplace and […]
CruzHacks kicks off January 19, 2018
By Tatum Whitehead Student, Pacific Collegiate School Special to Santa Cruz Tech Beat December 12, 2017 — Santa Cruz, CA CruzHacks, a hackathon run by UCSC students, is now an official 501(c)(3) non-profit organization. This […]
Steve Blum: End of net neutrality means more corporate control of Central Coast media and speech
By Steve Blum Tellus Venture Associates Special to Santa Cruz Tech Beat December 7, 2017 — Santa Cruz, CA Why Net Neutrality matters to the Central Coast The Federal Communications Commission is on a fast […]
Joby Aviation presents a bid for Cemex plant in Davenport
By Nicholas Ibarra Santa Cruz Sentinel December 6, 2017 — Davenport, CA (Photo above: The tower of the Cemex plant in Davenport has stood silent since 2010. The county has unveiled four economically viable scenarios […]
Riding the new wave in personal transportation
By Richard Scheinin Bay Area News Group December 6, 2017 — Santa Cruz, CA (Photo above: Kyle Doerksen shows off the Onewheel transportation device he invented at his office at Future Motion in Santa Cruz. […]
Q&A: Socrates Rosenfeld on creating the cannabis industry’s first online marketplace
By Sara Isenberg Founder, Publisher, Editor-in-Chief, Santa Cruz Tech Beat December 5, 2017 — Santa Cruz, CA (Photo above: Socrates Rosenfeld is the CEO of iheartjane.com and Jane Tech. Contributed) “We are a technology company that is […]
Shari Liss on inspiring the innovators of tomorrow
By Shari Liss CEO of Ignited Special to Santa Cruz Tech Beat December 5, 2017 — Santa Cruz, CA (Photo above: Shari Liss is the CEO of Ignited, a nonprofit transforming STEM education by fostering […]
Analysts, It’s Time to Focus on Analytics
By Daniel Mintz Looker Chief Data Evangelist December 5, 2017 — Santa Cruz, CA Looker announces the availability of new features that are going to make your life as an analyst much easier I’ve got […]
State innovation funds supported hundreds of startups
By Scott Hernandez-Jason UC Santa Cruz December 5, 2017 — Santa Cruz, CA “SPLICE is bringing value and economic development through sustainable entrepreneurship, job creation and improved quality of life in the community.” The University […]
How a non-geek in Carmel developed a successful app with a little help from his friends
By Marc Silber Executive Producer, SilberStudios.Tv and Founder of Zither.co Special to Santa Cruz Tech Beat December 5, 2017 — Carmel, CA “There is a huge disconnect between the items that we own—your stuff — […]