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Let’s talk about hiring interns
By Sara Isenberg Editor-in-Chief, Santa Cruz Tech Beat January 20, 2015 — Santa Cruz, CA I had the opportunity to chat recently with Jim Brock, founder of new local startup, Periscope Tech. Brock previously founded […]
15 for ’15 from Scott Design
By Matt Scott Scott Design Clients often ask us where we think they should focus their marketing efforts to make sure they are hitting all the right targets. Here are 15 key things we think […]
SQL, like C, is Past and Future of Computing
By Lloyd Tabb First Looker Somewhere around 40 years ago, two computer languages were born, and they’re still running the world’s computers. At Bell Laboratories, Dennis Ritchie was designing The ‘C’ programming language) and at […]
Rising stars garner national attention in gaming
By Jonathan Partridge Contributor, Santa Cruz Tech Beat January 20, 2015 — Santa Cruz, CA UC Santa Cruz graduate students have been recognized this month for their innovative video game concepts. On January 5, Forbes […]
$1M awarded for UCSC to lead on new human genome map
By Tim Stephen UC Santa Cruz UC Santa Cruz to lead effort to build a new map of human genetic variation Award given to develop a comprehensive Human Genome Variation Map for scientific and medical […]
President Obama’s community broadband initiative follows Santa Cruz’s path
By Steve Blum TellUs Venture Associates Contributor, Santa Cruz Tech Beat Broadband competition makes local businesses competitive. January 20, 2015 — Santa Cruz, CA It looks like Santa Cruz County is on the White House’s […]
Hacking Out the Solution
By Paige Welsh Contributor, Santa Cruz Tech Beat January 13, 2015 — Santa Cruz, CA (Above photo: Nicholas Mata, of team SlugBus, shows off his $3000 check. Photo credit: Paige Welsh) [Editor’s note: This is […]
Who Won What for What
By Paige Welsh Contributor, Santa Cruz Tech Beat January 13, 2015 — Santa Cruz, CA [Editor’s note: This is first in a series of two features by Paige Welsh about this weekend’s Hackathon. Read the […]
HuffPo: A Clash of Codes at Hack UCSC 2015
By Dieter Holger HuffPost Campus Editor-At-Large (Photo credit: Dieter Holger) The staffers at the registration desk of HACK UCSC 2015 looked frantic. A line of hopeful students stretched out at least one hundred feet. The […]
Gesher Group is a student-run bridge to Silicon Valley
By Hannah Rekoon Gesher Group A bridge for students to Silicon Valley Gesher Group was founded by UCSC students Omer Levy, Daniel Kipnes, and Amit Kidron in the summer of 2013. Gesher is a Hebrew […]