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Santa Cruz Arts & Technology Festival Announces Dates and Call for Entries
(Contributed) April 5, 2017 — Santa Cruz, CA Festival features multimedia, panel discussions, workshops, exhibits, music, food and interactive fun The second Santa Cruz Arts & Technology Festival ignites a week of activities on May […]
Edge Mobile Payments Partners with Nuvation to Create Edge Card
(Contributed) April 5, 2017 — Santa Cruz, CA [Editor’s note: Santa Cruz Tech Beat published EDGE Mobile Payments Announces Development of the EDGE Card on 2/23/17.] EDGE Mobile Payments, LLC, a Santa Cruz-based Fintech company, […]
Matthew Swinnerton Joins Santa Cruz Works
(Contributed) April 5, 2017 — Santa Cruz, CA Santa Cruz Works is proud to announce that Matthew Swinnerton has joined us as Program Director. Swinnerton will lead our Marketing and Education programs, executing activities marketing, […]
Landed: “If you work at a school, we’ll help you buy a home”
By Ian Magruder Director of Partnerships at Landed Special to Santa Cruz Tech Beat March 30, 2017 — Santa Cruz, CA (Image above: A homebuying calculator on demonstrates housing cost options using Landed’s equity financing […]
Join the Santa Cruz March for Science on April 22
By Ilse Lopes, Board President, Ecology Action and Cynthia Mathews, Santa Cruz City Council Member Special to Santa Cruz Tech Beat The Santa Cruz March for Science on April 22 offers everyone a chance to […]
Pacific Grove robotics heading to the national championship
By Claudia Meléndez Salinas Monterey Herald March 30, 2017 — Pacific Grove, CA (Photo above: Members of the BreakerBots, Pacific Grove High School’s robotics team look at the internal components of their robot in the […]
Digital NEST to hold Salinas “sneak peek” before launching pilot program
(Contributed) March 30, 2017 — Salinas, CA Digital NEST Salinas will hold a “Sneak Peek” reception on April 13 for the community ahead of the official opening on April 17. Digital NEST Salinas “Sneak Peek” […]
Looker Announces $81.5 Million In Series D Funding Led By CapitalG
By Brian Ziel Looker March 30, 2017 — Santa Cruz, CA [Editor’s note: Here is the Forbes announcement of this news.] Looker today announced that it has closed an $81.5 million Series D funding round […]
Cruzio Internet/Santa Cruz Fiber Condemns Congress’s Move to Abolish Privacy Protections
(Contributed) March 28, 2017 — Santa Cruz, CA Cruzio won’t sell your data. Period. [March 29, 2017: Update 1 from Cruzio: CEO and founder, Peggy Dolgenos says: “Cruzio and Santa Cruz Fiber are proud to […]
Plantronics BackBeat PRO 2 Wins Prestigious iF Design Award
(Contributed) March 23, 2017 — Santa Cruz, CA Plantronics has announced that the judging panel for the International Forum Design (iF) has chosen the critically acclaimed Plantronics BackBeat PRO 2 wireless headphones as the winner […]