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SACNAS-Ignition Partnership Supports STEM Diversity
By Sara Isenberg Founder, Publisher, Editor-in-Chief, Santa Cruz Tech Beat July 21, 2016 — Santa Cruz, CA Ignition Design Labs and Society for Advancement of Chicanos/Hispanics & Native Americans (SACNAS) today announced a partnership to […]
Crank Logic Cranks Up
By Sara Isenberg Founder, Publisher, Editor-in-Chief, Santa Cruz Tech Beat July 21, 2016 – Santa Cruz, CA Justin Laing is already a familiar name in the local startup community. He was the co-founder of MerchantOS, […]
Treehouse Childhood Cancer Initiative receives $2.5M grant
(Contributed) July 21, 2016 — Santa Cruz, CA UCSC precision medicine project aims to double the number of childhood cancer patients benefitting from genomic analysis with $2.5M grant from St. Baldrick’s Foundation The UC Santa […]
SVG Partners Launch THRIVE III Open Innovation Program
Sara Isenberg Founder, Publisher, Editor-in-Chief, Santa Cruz Tech Beat July 20, 2016 — Salinas, CA [Editor’s note: Last week, Santa Cruz Tech Beat published a photo-essay article, Forbes Summit brings innovative agtech industry to Salinas, […]
Plantronics wins three prestigious 2016 Red Dot awards
(Contributed) July 20, 2016 — Santa Cruz, CA (Photo above: BackBeat GO 3. Contributed) Plantronics Voyager 5200, Voyager Focus UC, and BackBeat GO 3 Recognized for Excellence in Product Design Plantronics was recently honored with […]
Cruzio announces start of Santa Cruz Fiber project
By James Hackett Cruzio July 20, 2016 — Santa Cruz, CA Cruzio Internet has just announced that they will begin construction of the Santa Cruz Fiber internet network immediately. The gigabit speed, fiberoptic network is […]
Looker Democratizes Census Voting Data
By Brian Ziel Looker July 20, 2016 — Santa Cruz, CA Looker decodes 20 years of public voting data from the U.S. Census Bureau for the world to see In the 2012 presidential election, more […]
No doubt about it, Salinas is at forefront of AgTech industry
By Sara Isenberg Founder, Publisher, Editor-in-Chief, Santa Cruz Tech Beat July 14, 2016 — Salinas, CA (Photo above: The “Reinventing Salinas” panel spoke about how Salinas is leveraging both its proximity to Silicon Valley and […]
3-year Future: Tech Momentum Pushes Santa Cruz
By Bill Tysseling Executive Director, Santa Cruz Chamber of Commerce July 14, 2106 — Santa Cruz, CA Do we still have the opportunity to define how we will be configured socially, economically, and politically within […]
MBARI receives $75K for climate study
By Carly Mayberry Monterey Herald July 14, 2016 — Moss Landing, CA (Photo above: The Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute in Moss Landing. Credit: Vern Fisher, Monterey Herald) The Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute on […]