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Guy Kawasaki – Touching Gold
by Julia Sinn Freelance writer, @juliarosette In order to create a great company you need certain values and they’re all present in Santa Cruz. “The essence of great evangelism—and I believe marketing—is that you create […]
Velvetwire opens online store with energy saving mobile charger
by Eric Bodnar and Jennifer Lee Velvetwire founders Santa Cruz technology startup, Velvetwire, has opened its online store, making available the first, locally made, energy saving mobile charger for smart phones, tablets, and other USB […]
Cruzio’s Master Plan for broadband expansion in Santa Cruz County
by James Hackett Cruzio With the news last week that the long-planned CASF-backed fiber backbone from Santa Cruz to Soledad — a project that Cruzio has worked on for years and spearheaded in an earlier […]
What’s Cooking at TechRaising 2014?
by Sara Isenberg Publisher, Santa Cruz Tech Beat Come experience TechRaising this weekend, April 25-27, 2014. [Editorial note: This feature article is just an excuse to publish the photo of Margaret and Andrew.] For […]
DNA Day at UCSC will commemorate completion of Human Genome Project
by Sara Isenberg Publisher, Santa Cruz Tech Beat DNA Day at UCSC Friday April 25, 2014 11 am – 1 pm In the courtyard below the Science & Engineering Library Free and open to the […]
Etsy’s innovative Craft Entrepreneurship Program comes to Santa Cruz
by Sara Isenberg Publisher, Santa Cruz Tech Beat Etsy, a global online network of independent artists and designers, announced last week that Santa Cruz County will be the recipient of a new “Craft Entrepreneurship Program.” […]
Garden of Gaming in Santa Cruz is Tilled and Ready for Growth
by Sara Isenberg Publisher, Santa Cruz Tech Beat Exploring the local gaming wave With the Princeton Review’s announcement that UC Santa Cruz’s Games and Playable Media graduate program ranked seventh in the nation on its […]
Surfnet teams with Sunesys to win $10.6 million grant for regional fiber network
by Bojana Fazarinc Surfnet Communications Bringing high broadband access, speeds and affordability A state grant for a 91-mile fiber optic network, bringing local-controlled and operated broadband infrastructure to Santa Cruz, San Benito and Monterey Counties […]
An accumulation of positivity – a student reflects on HACK UCSC weekend
by Alexander Rowe UCSC Student Last minute team On Wednesday, I saw a flyer for Hack UCSC. On Thursday, I signed up 15 minutes before registration closed. On Friday, I brushed up on my web […]
Completely Cut Off
by James Hackett Cruzio Reflecting back to 2009 when Santa Cruz internet, cell phones, landlines, ATMs and even for a while 911 services were disabled Five years ago today, on April 9th 2009, Santa Cruz […]