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Little Did We Suspect How Much Awaited Us…
By Maciek Smuga-Otto Special to Santa Cruz Tech Beat (Photo above: Selfie by the author with one of his two young boys. Credit: Maciek Smuga-Otto.) July 2, 2015 — Santa Cruz, CA The story of […]
Announcing ChooseSantaCruz!
By Rebecca Unitt City of Santa Cruz Economic Development Office July 2, 2015 — Santa Cruz, CA City EDO launches ChooseSantaCruz.com to showcase industries and culture The City of Santa Cruz Economic Development Office has […]
GeekSpeak: Internet Access Suck? Try More Fiber
Source: GeekSpeak.org July 2, 2015 — Santa Cruz, CA [Editor’s note: Last week Santa Cruz Tech Beat published Public-Private Partnership to Expand Gigabit-fiber Internet about a plan to expand gigabit-fiber internet to homes and businesses […]
Temperaments: Tune Your Music and Your Ears
By Sara Isenberg Founder, Publisher, Editor-in-Chief, Santa Cruz Tech Beat July 2, 2015 — Santa Cruz, CA iOS Music App Temperaments Released Local developer, Tom Padula, has just released his iOS music app called Temperaments. […]
Looking Up: 5X Jump in Revenue and New CMO
By Sara Isenberg Founder, Publisher, Editor-in-Chief, Santa Cruz Tech Beat (Looker has hired industry veteran Jen Grant, above, as its marketing chief. Jen is the former SVP of marketing at Box and CMO of Elasticsearch. […]
Citizen Connect: Report Concerns to County of Santa Cruz
By Sara Isenberg Founder, Publisher, and Editor-in-Chief, Santa Cruz Tech Beat July 2, 2015 — Santa Cruz, CA Mobile app allows citizens to report potholes, graffiti, illegal grows, environmental health concerns, and more Last Tuesday […]
Travel Diary: Coworking in Santa Cruz
By Rosie Allabarton Content Manager & Copywriter at CareerFoundry June 27, 2015 — Santa Cruz, CA Although Silicon Valley is the poster child of the region, Santa Cruz brings just as much to the table […]
Binary Fission: For Citizen Scientists Interested in Cybersecurity
By Tim Stephens (UC Santa Cruz) and Dina Basin (SRI) June 27, 2015 — Santa Cruz, CA UCSC and SRI release new game for DARPA crowd-sourced software verification program Sophisticated gamers can help improve security […]
Fullpower Gets Into Bed with Serta Simmons
By Leslie Ruble Fullpower June 27, 2015 — Santa Cruz, CA “Every bedroom needs a smart bed” — Phillip Kahn, CEO of Fullpower Serta Simmons Bedding, LLC (“Serta Simmons Bedding”) and Fullpower Technologies, Inc. (“Fullpower”) […]
A Visionary, A Genius, and the Human Genome
By Peggy Townsend UC Santa Cruz June 27, 2015 — Santa Cruz, CA (Photo above: Jim Kent in his garage office ca. 2000. Photo credit: Don Harris, UCSC Photo Services) In 2000, two dogged researchers […]