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Human genome was shaped by an evolutionary arms race with itself
by Tim Stephens UC Santa Cruz New study of primate genomes reveals an ongoing battle to control “jumping genes,” driving the evolution of greater genomic complexity New findings by scientists at UC Santa Cruz suggest […]
PrintUI wins Silver Stevie® for New Product Of The Year
by Mark Hilton PrintUI founder and CEO PrintUI’s Software, Cloud Application/Service Platform Receives Honors at the 2014 American Business Awards PrintUI, a Santa Cruz based enterprise web-to print service platform, was presented with a Silver […]
UC Santa Cruz establishes Symantec Presidential Chair in Storage and Security
by Tim Stephens UC Santa Cruz Computer scientist Ethan Miller appointed to new endowed chair funded by a gift from Symantec and UC Presidential matching funds A $500,000 gift to UC Santa Cruz from computer […]
How do Santa Cruz and Monterey wages compare?
By Jim Johnson The Compensation Depot [Editor’s note: Santa Cruz Tech Beat published Jim Johnson’s How do Santa Cruz wages really compare to Silicon Valley? on September 11, 2014.] WHY do Transit Bus Drivers in […]
UC meets VC: UCSC aims for startup hub with funding, incubator, tech partners
by Lauren Hepler Silicon Valley Business Journal [Editor’s note: For more on this topic, see Santa Cruz Tech Beat’s UC proposes $250M venture fund for faculty- and student-led startups on September 18, 2014. The Wall […]
NextSpace ranked #1 of top 75 coworking spaces in U.S.
by Sara Isenberg Santa Cruz Tech Beat, Publisher Symmetry 50 recently published their list of the top 75 coworking spaces in the country. And guess what? They ranked NextSpace as the #1 space in the […]
Plantronics and Cityblooms collaborate on sustainable agriculture project
by Sara Isenberg Publisher, Santa Cruz Tech Beat, publisher Automated hydroponic micro-farm grows nutritious produce on the Plantronics campus Through a joint project with Santa Cruz-based Cityblooms, a prototype computer-automated farm has been installed at […]
Santa Cruz New Tech Meetup presents Crafft, MiiPharos, PubNub, FileOpen on October 1
(submitted) The Santa Cruz New Tech Meetup presents another stellar lineup for their October 1, 2014 event. All the usual: Doors open at 6pm. Admission is $10, and includes food, beverage, and live music by […]
Bitcoin grows where broadband flows in Santa Cruz
By Steve Blum Tellus Venture Associates No Internet access, no Bitcoin. If a merchant wants to take payment in Bitcoins at the cash register – or anywhere else – both he and his customer have […]
Governor’s pen will write the story for community broadband development in California
by Steve Blum Tellus Venture Associates Three bills with big implications for community broadband in California are still sitting on Governor Brown’s desk, waiting for his approval or veto: Assembly bill 2272 would blow a […]