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Monterey Bay DART Initiative builds momentum
(Source: FORA/DART website) January 15, 2019 — Seaside, CA The Monterey Bay Drone, Automation & Robotics Technology (DART) initiative is a regional economic development strategy to focus on these current and future growth sectors for […]
PredPol celebrates seventh anniversary
(Source: PredPol blog) January 15, 2019 — Santa Cruz, CA PredPol is celebrating its seventh year as a company today, January 4th. However, its origins stretch back much farther than our incorporation in 2012. It […]
Chris Neklason: Getting the Newspaper I Want
By Chris Neklason Cruzio CTO and co-owner January 15, 2019 — Santa Cruz, CA When we first started Cruzio Internet back in the eighties, we were excited by the promise of the emerging new digital […]
Speakers announced for Bang Bang Con West 2019
(Source: !!Con West newsletter) January 15, 2019 — Santa Cruz, CA [Editor’s note: In November, Santa Cruz Tech Beat published Call for speakers! Two-day celebration of joy, excitement, surprise of computing, coming to Santa Cruz […]
STEM Education and Youth Who are Disabled: We’re Overdue for Inclusivity
By Linda Kekelis Advisor, STEM Next Opportunity Fund (ETR blog post) January 10, 2019 — Scotts Valley, CA We need to build greater diversity in STEM education. Like a lot of my colleagues, I’ve worked […]
Judges and mentors still wanted for UCSC’s CruzHacks 2019
By Rajinder Dhaliwal Cruzhacks Editor January 10, 2019 — Santa Cruz, CA Want to volunteer to be a judge or mentor? Sign up at cruzhacks.com. CruzHacks takes place Jan 18-20, 2019. With over 1000 applications […]
PitchHub: A startup at the intersection of streaming video and commerce
By Andrew Devlin PitchHub Co-Founder Special to Santa Cruz Tech Beat January 8, 2019 — Santa Cruz, CA Three months ago, PitchHub’s introduction would have read like this: PitchHub’s goal is to help save people […]
Community invited to UCSC talk on Data and Democracy
(Source: The Humanities Institute, UCSC) January 8, 2019 — Santa Cruz, CA Join us as we contend with Data and Democracy Questions That Matter: “Data and Democracy” January 29, 2019 Reception at 6pm, Program 7-9pm […]
Looker: Surprising and Innovative Data Stories of 2018
(Source: Looker blog) January 8, 2019 — Santa Cruz, CA We love learning how companies use data to improve their processes, better the customer experience, and win in their perspective industries. While we often seek […]
Plantronics Introduces Waterfalls to Boost Productivity
By Dominic Kent UC Today January 8, 2019 — Santa Cruz, CA Plantronics Habitat Soundscaping solution can totally transform your open plan office Habitat Soundscaping is Plantronics’ acoustic management solution that uses nature-inspired audio and visuals, […]