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PayStand platform drives bitcoin donations for candidates
(contributed) Bitcoin political contributions go mainstream in this election cycle; New Hampshire candidates embrace new donation option PayStand, a Santa Cruz based next generation online payment solution which accepts Bitcoin as well as traditional forms […]
Track & share life’s most important numbers
John Scalo Co-founder of Numerous Your stats and data are spread across multitudinous apps, devices, and websites. What if we could wrangle all of this data into one place, make it fun, and make it […]
Summer vacation is over – New Tech Meetup returns September 3
(submitted) The Santa Cruz New Tech Meetup took a break during August, and now returns to its regular monthly meetup schedule of first Wednesday of the month. Learn about hot new technologies and mingle with […]
PayStand invites finance comrades to FinDEVr in SF
by Camille Brenkwitz PayStand FinDEVr is a conference showcasing the most innovative tools and platforms from Fintech developers. It’s in San Francisco Sept 30 – Oct 1, 2014. To all of our Silicon Valley finance […]
iMarc announces leadership changes
by Nick Grant iMarc, Managing Partner, CEO [Editor’s note: iMarc’s headquarters are in Newburyport, Massachusetts near Boston. Founder Nils Menten established iMarc’s presence in downtown Santa Cruz several years ago.] Our President and founder, Nils […]
Why PredPol is not like Minority Report
by PredPol Blog Post PredPol Is Not Minority Report: It Doesn’t Focus on Individuals Too often when people hear the phrase predictive policing, they think of the film Minority Report. In the film, crimes are […]
Undergrads present work at Summer Research Symposium
by Tim Stephens UC Santa Cruz (photo credit: Tim Stephens) Research presentations featured UCSC students in a range of disciplines and other students who came to UCSC for summer research opportunities. A diverse crowd of […]
Grad student developing computer software to help blind people
by Melissae Fellet UC Santa Cruz Lourdes Morales, undaunted by her own impaired vision, unites personal passion and programming skills to help others After examining her eyes when she was a child, doctors predicted that […]
TechRaising meetup: VC Economics on August 28
(contributed) Increase your odds of getting funded w/ Chris Risley TechRaising Meetup with guest speaker Chris Risley, Entrepreneur, VC, Angel Investor and Santa Cruz resident Thursday, August 28, 6:30pm NextSpace Santa Cruz, 101 Cooper St., […]
Watch: Grass roots growth of Santa Cruz tech
Video by Romney Dunbar Dunbar Productions Watch: Bonnie Lipscomb, Zach Friend, Bud Colligan, Doug Erickson, and Sara Isenberg talk about the local tech scene and Santa Cruz Tech Beat in the YouTube video below: [Editor’s […]