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Hacking Out the Solution
By Paige Welsh Contributor, Santa Cruz Tech Beat January 13, 2015 — Santa Cruz, CA (Above photo: Nicholas Mata, of team SlugBus, shows off his $3000 check. Photo credit: Paige Welsh) [Editor’s note: This is […]
HuffPo: A Clash of Codes at Hack UCSC 2015
By Dieter Holger HuffPost Campus Editor-At-Large (Photo credit: Dieter Holger) The staffers at the registration desk of HACK UCSC 2015 looked frantic. A line of hopeful students stretched out at least one hundred feet. The […]
Best of 2014 Santa Cruz Tech
By Sara Isenberg Publisher/Editor, Santa Cruz Tech Beat We had an amazing year. After reviewing the news of 2014, I was really inspired by how much happened in the local tech community this year! What […]
Sponsors bring technology & project ideas to Hack UCSC
by Doug Erickson and Janneke Lang Hack UCSC 2015 When over 350 programmers, designers, and entrepreneurs gather on January 9-11, 2015 for HACK UCSC 2015, there will be a number of Technology Sponsors eager to […]
UC Santa Cruz hosts expanded hackathon Jan 9 – 11
by Tim Stevens UC Santa Cruz HACK UCSC 2015 is open to students throughout the Monterey Bay region Themes are technology, environmental stewardship, and social justice The second UC Santa Cruz hackathon will take place […]
The future of high-tech urban ag
By Derek Markham Treehugger [Editor’s note: Santa Cruz Tech Beat published Plantronics and Cityblooms collaborate on sustainable agriculture project, September 25, 2014.] Cityblooms’ urban agriculture solution is a high-tech approach to hyperlocal sustainable produce. They […]
Nir Eyal, author of Hooked, to speak locally on December 3
By Sara Isenberg Santa Cruz Tech Beat, Publisher Two local organizations, Santa Cruz New Tech MeetUp and Event Santa Cruz, have joined together to produce an event to celebrate the Santa Cruz tech community and […]
Full house at Santa Cruz Tech Meetup, local tech on the rise
By Jondi Gumz Santa Cruz Sentinel London firm, VivoInspire, relocating HQ to Santa Cruz VivoInspire.com, a company of 50 employees that developed technology to help students build good habits, acquired Santa Cruz startup Arqetype, moved […]
Wireless headphones you’ll actually want to use
by Stan Schroeder Mashable Anyone who’s ever been to a tech expo such as IFA, where Plantronics first showed its BackBeat Pros, knows that the headphone market is an extremely crowded space. Choices abound: Prosumer […]
Tuul, PredPol, Cityblooms, CruzCal, Eggcyte, Moxtra present at Nov 5 New Tech Meetup
(submitted) The Santa Cruz New Tech Meetup presents another stellar lineup for their November 5, 2014 event. All the usual: Doors open at 6pm. Admission is $10, and includes food, beverage, and live music. Attendance […]