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Forbes Summit brings innovative agtech industry to Salinas
By Jan Janes Special to Santa Cruz Tech Beat July 14, 2016 — Salinas, CA [Editor’s note: Photojournalist Jan Janes provides images from the Forbes Ag Tech Summit held in Salinas on July 13-14 in […]
Balancing gender parity in STEM participation through theater… and robots
By Jason Buehrer Robot Theater, Instructor Special to Santa Cruz Tech Beat July 14, 2016 — Santa Cruz, CA (Photo above: Two of the NAO robots posed with their smaller action figure counter parts. Credit: […]
iFood Decision Sciences Launches App at Forbes AgTech Summit
(Contributed) July 14, 2016 — Salinas, CA Attention fruit and vegetable producers — if you’re looking for a way to easily collect and log important food safety and quality control data, iFood Decision Sciences has […]
Making the Case for WordPress in Education
(Source: YouTube) July 14, 2016 — Santa Cruz, CA Featuring Shane Pearlman, CEO of Modern Tribe, and Pantheon’s Jeff Pflueger, this one hour session will cover the challenges of website content management on today’s campuses, […]
Q&A: Vab Media releases new (free) guide to help startups with SEO
By Jaclyn Sorese Special to Santa Cruz Tech Beat July 8, 2016 — Santa Cruz, CA Startups can learn about semantic search, match types in Adwords, targeting new opportunities, adding negative keywords, competitor analysis for […]
Q&A: Patrick Zelaya is building the bridge between agriculture and technology
By Jan Janes Special to Santa Cruz Tech Beat July 7, 2016 — Salinas, CA (Photo above: Patrick Zelaya is founder and CEO of HeavyConnect. Credit: Nic Coury) During a busy week — preparing for […]
Q&A: Mohamed Abousalem joins UCSC Office of Research
By Sara Isenberg Founder, Publisher, Editor-in-Chief, Santa Cruz Tech Beat July 7, 2016 — Santa Cruz, CA (Photo above: Mohamed Abousalem has joined UCSC’s Office of Research. Contributed) The Office of Research will help with […]
Code Naturally Rolls Out Coding Camps for Kids
By Sukh Singh Code Naturally, Founder and CEO July 7, 2016 — Santa Cruz, CA (Photo above: 6th-7th graders programming in Code Naturally’s class at Branciforte Middle School in February 2016. Contributed) Teaching students to […]
Riding the Revolution in Electric Transportation
By Amanda Rotella and Rebecca Unitt City of Santa Cruz Economic Development Department July 7, 2016 — Santa Cruz, CA (Photo: Onewheel inventor, Kyle Doersken, shows off company headquarters on the Westside of Santa Cruz. […]
Kickstarter: Modarri’s Modular Monthly Subscription
By Sara Isenberg Founder, Publisher, Editor-in-Chief, Santa Cruz Tech Beat July 7, 2016 — Santa Cruz, CA “Quarter Car Club” monthly program for Modarri delivers new toy car parts every month to help kids sustainably […]