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Salinas students get “CSin3” degrees thanks to orchid grower
By Joe Rodriquez Mercury News April 27, 2016 — Seaside, CA [Editor’s note: Santa Cruz Tech Beat published Innovative Program Aims to Diversify the Tech Industry, 6/19/15, about CSUMB’s CSin3 program.] (Photo above: Maritza Abzun […]
Large contract awarded for NPS educational support services
By James Herrera Monterey Herald April 15, 2016 — Monterey, CA (Photo above: Herrmann Hall on the Naval Postgraduate School campus in Monterey. Credit: Vern Fisher, Monterey Herald) Digital Consulting Services in Monterey is one […]
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Mini Maker Faire Ticket Give Away Contest Santa Cruz Tech Beat is giving away a total of FIVE free tickets to the Santa Cruz Mini Maker Faire being held on Saturday, April 16, 2016, 10am-6pm […]
HeavyConnect Builds Technology Out of Farming
By Stephanie Thara Western Growers Association March 17, 2016 — Salinas, CA [Editor’s note: Santa Cruz Tech Beat profiled HeavyConnect in Ten Hot Companies to Watch in the Monterey Bay Region’s Growing Ag Tech Hub […]
Apps for Ag Students Create Tech Solutions to Grower Issues
By Jan Janes Special to Santa Cruz Tech Beat March 14, 2016 — Aptos, CA (Photo above: First place winners Jessica Gonzalez and Patrick Zelaya. Gonzalez is a full-stack developer at Salinas-based Heavy Connect, which […]
So what’s up with Amazon in Santa Cruz?
By Sara Isenberg Founder, Publisher, Editor-in-Chief March 3, 2016 — Santa Cruz, CA Last April, Santa Cruz Tech Beat published Look who’s setting up shop in Santa Cruz! Back then, Amazon was just coming out […]
Preparing to Explore Deep Space with Powerful New Telescope
By Tim Stephens UC Santa Cruz February 18, 2016 — Santa Cruz, CA (WFIRST, shown above in an artist’s rendering, will carry a Wide Field Instrument to provide astronomers with Hubble-quality images covering large swaths […]
Applications Due March 14 for Startup Challenge Monterey Bay
By Sara Isenberg Founder, Publisher, Editor-in-Chief, Santa Cruz Tech Beat February 11, 2016 — Seaside, CA Startup Challenge Monterey Bay is a regional new business competition and acceleration program for entrepreneurs in Monterey, San Benito […]
Hack UCSC 2016 Hosts 500+ Tech Entrepreneurs
By Jan Janes Special to Santa Cruz Tech Beat January 31, 2016 — Santa Cruz, CA (Photo above: Alyson Blume and Sean Blum, siblings, celebrate receiving the Audience Choice Award for their application Reveal. Credit: […]
Salinas targets AgTech Corridor, downtown with broadband RFP
By Steve Blum Tellus Venture Associates Special to Santa Cruz Tech Beat January 28, 2016 — Salinas, CA The City of Salinas has officially released a request for proposal, looking for telecommunications companies that are […]