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UCSC Science Communication director sees groundswell of support for field
By Nicholas Ibarra Santa Cruz Sentinel August 3, 2017 — Santa Cruz, CA (Photo above: Veteran science journalist Erika Check Hayden, senior reporter for Nature and a longtime lecturer at UC Santa Cruz, is the […]
Looker Continues Innovating With Release Of Dozens Of New Features
(Contributed) August 1, 2017 — Santa Cruz, CA Highlights include Smart Caching, Advanced Time Zone Control, Personalized Scheduling and more Looker has introduced a slew of new features as part of the company’s recent, monthly […]
Data of Thrones (Part 3)
By Kelly Payne Looker July 20, 2017 — Santa Cruz, CA [Editor’s note: We published Data of Thrones (Parts 1 and 2) on 6/29/17.] Before we get started, I need to make a little disclaimer: […]
Hartnell receives $250K grant to support a Makerspace
(Source: Hartnell College) July 20, 2017 — Salinas, CA Hartnell Superintendent / President Dr. Willard Clark Lewallen reports that the college has been selected for a 2017-18 Implementation Grant of $250,000 from CCC Maker initiative […]
Hack UCSC rebrands as CruzHacks, starts preparing for 2018 event
By Sarah Ali CruzHacks Executive Editor Special for Santa Cruz Tech Beat July 19, 2017 — Santa Cruz, CA Student organizers seek community participation for January 2018 event Recently rebranded, CruzHacks (previously HackUCSC) is now […]
Focuster: Focus Management Software for Business Owners
By Carrie Smith Nicholson Careful Cents July 19, 2017 — Santa Cruz, CA Focus management is an up-and-coming idea where you use tools and apps to focus more and have better productivity. And as a […]
$300K Keck Foundation grant will help prepare CSUMB students for bio sciences professions with Big Data
(Contributed) July 19, 2017 — Seaside, CA California State University Monterey Bay (CSUMB) has received a grant from the W.M. Keck Foundation that will help modernize how biology is taught at CSUMB. The $300,000 grant […]
Congressman Panetta to speak at Santa Cruz Fiber launch event
(Contributed) July 18, 2017 — Santa Cruz, CA Santa Cruz Fiber Launch party will celebrate the beginning of construction for the new fiber optic network in downtown Santa Cruz Cruzio Internet will be hosting a […]
Now it’s official: Pacific Workplaces Expands Portfolio with NextSpace Acquisition
(Contributed) July 18, 2017 — Santa Cruz, CA [Editor’s note: This isn’t news if you read that Nextspace was acquired in What’s Next for NextSpace? on June 29. This is, however, the official announcement from Pacific […]
So what the hell is Magic Leap doing?
By Matthew Handrahan GamesIndustry.biz July 13, 2017 — Brighton, England (Photo above: Magic Leap’s Graeme Devine gives the opening keynote of Develop 2017 on July 11, 2017. Source: YouTube.) [Editor’s note: Magic Leap used to […]