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Accessibility: Is your project Section 508 compliant?
By David Bush, Phil Jackson, and Nicki Nelson Monarch Media Accessibility: Make sure your online training is Section 508 compliant With 20 percent of adults reporting some form of disability, making your digital learning content […]
Santa Cruz broadband initiatives adopted as models for California
By Steve Blum Tellus Venture Associates Santa Cruz County’s initiative to fast track broadband infrastructure upgrades by cutting red tape and the Central Coast Broadband Consortium’s fiber mapping project were spotlighted by the California Broadband […]
Watch: New Tech and TechRaising on Think Local First Radio
By Sara Isenberg Santa Cruz Tech Beat, Publisher As you may recall from a previous feature article, KSCO radio (1080 AM) has a new program, hosted by Matthew Swinnerton, called “Think Local First Radio.” In this […]
Nir Eyal, author of Hooked, to speak locally on December 3
By Sara Isenberg Santa Cruz Tech Beat, Publisher Two local organizations, Santa Cruz New Tech MeetUp and Event Santa Cruz, have joined together to produce an event to celebrate the Santa Cruz tech community and […]
Watch: Honoring Lloyd Tabb, First Looker
by Sara Isenberg Santa Cruz Tech Beat, Publisher [photo above: Lloyd Tabb, Looker Founder, Chairman, and CTO (photo source: Looker website, photo credit: Ted Holladay)] “If Looker were the Starship Enterprise, I would be Spock.” […]
PayStand streamlines online payments, offers e-Check
(contributed) New e-Check is a low, fixed-cost alternative to credit cards PayStand, a next generation payment processor and checkout gateway, has been simplifying the online payments process for both merchants and customers since its launch […]
$100K approved for Monterey Bay Economic Partnership, plus an offer to match
By Phillip Molnar Monterey Herald [Editor’s note: Santa Cruz Tech Beat previous published a related article, Monterey Bay Economic Partnership (MBEP) website readies Launch, on June 26, 2014.] Fort Ord Reuse Authority (FORA) approves economic […]
TEDxSantaCruz 2015 Launch Party is November 18
by Nada Miljkovic TEDxSantaCruz organizing team member Seeking speakers and performers for April 24, 2015 local TEDx event TEDxSantaCruz 2015 Launch Party November 18, 2014, 6-8 PM Hotel Paradox, 611 Ocean St, Santa Cruz, CA […]
Zoetic Press launches app for iPhone & iOS 8
by Lise Quintana CEO at Narrative Technologies Inc. No iPad? No problem! Zoetic Press has you covered! We at Zoetic Press have been working around the clock (and around here, that’s something like 37 hours […]
Arqetype acquired by Vivo Technology
By Keri Waters COO Vivo Technology, Inc., and former CEO, Arqetype Aquired but staying local The recent acquisition of Arqetype, our local augmented reality company, by Vivo Technology is an exciting new development for our […]