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Tech Beat Publisher Sara Isenberg Bares (Almost) All at May 16 Startup Grind Fireside Chat
By Jan Janes Special to Santa Cruz Tech Beat April 28, 2016 — Santa Cruz, CA (Photo above: Santa Cruz Tech Beat founder and publisher, Sara Isenberg, is the featured guest at Startup Grind Monterey […]
Getting to gigabit internet without fiber
By Patrick Marshall GCN.com April 28, 2016 — Santa Cruz, CA Gigabit Internet over fiber-optic cable came to my neighborhood six months ago. And though I’m paying more than I’d like to for the service, […]
Q&A: Lightspeed POS closing Santa Cruz office
By Sara Isenberg Founder, Publisher, Editor-in-Chief, Santa Cruz Tech Beat April 28, 2016 — Santa Cruz, CA In July 2013, a Santa Cruz startup, MerchantOS, was acquired by Lightspeed. As reported in TechCrunch (7/24/13): LightSpeed, […]
MBEP summit puts regional development in crosshairs
By Nick Rahaim Monterey County Weekly April 28, 2016 — Monterey, CA (Photo above: Julie Packard, executive director of the Monterey Bay Aquarium, and Gary Griggs, earth sciences professor at UC Santa Cruz, discuss the […]
UCSC launches SlugRoute mobile app to track shuttles in real time
By Amada Shores UC Santa Cruz April 28, 2016 — Santa Cruz, CA [Editor’s note: Santa Cruz Tech Beat published an interview with the bus tracking system development team, Q&A: Real-time Campus Shuttle Tracker is […]
Introducing X2CRM version 6.0
By John Roberts Founder, X2CRM April 27, 2016 — Scotts Valley, CA We are proud to release X2CRM version 6.0. This release features a number of exciting features which I will review below. But first […]
Twenty-six Startup Challenge finalists compete on May 6
By Joan Weiner CSUMB April 27, 2016 — Seaside, CA A helping hand for budding entrepreneurs New businesses compete for cash at Startup Challenge Twenty-six finalists from this year’s Startup Challenge competition will compete on […]
Santa Cruz Fiber Project on Track to Break Ground in Early 2017
By James Hackett Cruzio April 27, 2016 — Santa Cruz, CA (Photo above: The author, James Hackett, participates on a panel at The Broadband Communities Summit in Austin, Texas. Contributed) Since the City council voted […]
Monterey region’s agtech data torrent driving investment in analytics
By Steve Blum Tellus Venture Associates Special to Santa Cruz Tech Beat April 27, 2016 — Santa Cruz, CA [Editor’s note: Find links to the program and all of the presentations below.] Wine, strawberries, IoT, […]
Salinas students get “CSin3” degrees thanks to orchid grower
By Joe Rodriquez Mercury News April 27, 2016 — Seaside, CA [Editor’s note: Santa Cruz Tech Beat published Innovative Program Aims to Diversify the Tech Industry, 6/19/15, about CSUMB’s CSin3 program.] (Photo above: Maritza Abzun […]