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Watch: The reason why Serious Games are so powerful
(Source: UCSC YouTube) January 8, 2019 — Santa Cruz, CA During an interview about the new MS in Serious Games offered at UC Santa Cruz’s Silicon Valley campus, teaching professor Michael John discusses why serious […]
New year but old questions for technology and telecoms policymakers
By Steve Blum Tellus Venture Associates January 2, 2019 — Santa Cruz, CA Five major broadband issues will top the public policy charts in California and at the federal level in 2019. In no particular […]
Five consumer technology challenges will decide who owns the future
By Steve Blum Tellus Venture Associates January 2, 2019 — Santa Cruz, CA The innovation capital of Earth is Las Vegas January 8-11 as hundreds of thousands of technology makers and breakers, and buyers and […]
Luna: Moondust Garden by Funomena for Magic Leap
(Source: YouTube / Magic Leap) December 27, 2018 — Santa Cruz, CA Robin Hunicke, above, is a professor of game design at UC Santa Cruz and the co-founder of Funomena. Watch the story behind this […]
Women of the C-Suite: “It Takes a Team to Fight Burnout” with Looker CMO, Jennifer Grant
By Yitzi Weiner Authority Magazine December 27, 2018 — Santa Cruz, CA It Takes a Team to Fight Burnout “I help my team avoid and fight burnout by modeling the right behavior. You must model […]
Innovative Women in Agtech Play Pivotal Role in Salinas Valley
By Amy Wu for Agtechsalinasca.com December 20, 2018 — Salinas, CA While agriculture and technology are two sectors that remain male dominated, especially at the decision-making level, the reality is that a need for talent […]
Plantronics Cloud Solutions Finish Strong in 2018 for Customers and Partners
(Contributed) December 20, 2018 — Santa Cruz, CA Company Releases Updated Version of Plantronics Manager Pro and Announces Momentum of Polycom Device Management Services with Service Providers Plantronics today announced a new version of its […]
Techstars Startup Weekend, in partnership with Google for Startups, returns to CSUMB in January
(Contributed) December 20, 2018 — Seaside, CA Techstars Startup Weekend, in partnership with Google for Startups, returns to CSUMB on January 25-27 This year’s event will be held at the CSUMB University Center beginning at […]
Plantronics Hires Former Cisco Exec to Lead Global Systems Team
(Contributed) December 20, 2018 — Santa Cruz, CA Plantronics has announced Tom Puorro is joining the company as Executive Vice President, General Manager, Group Systems. In this role, Puorro will lead the team responsible for […]
SCTB Highlights of 2018
By Sara Isenberg Founder, Publisher, Editor-in-Chief, Santa Cruz Tech Beat December 13, 2018 — Santa Cruz, CA Here’s our annual look back at news of the past year [Note: If you think we missed something […]