Digest #28

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Features:

Yahoo buys Tomfoolery for $16M. There's a whole lotta Santa Cruz and NextSpace Effect™ in Tomfoolery's history.

UC Santa Cruz will play major role in $40 million Center of Excellence in Stem Cell Genomics. UCSC will run the center's Data Coordination and Management program building a centralized database for genomic data.

Santa Cruz tech community celebrates 6 year anniversary of Santa Cruz New Tech Meetup. Founder Doug Erickson reflects on how it has grown.

Stonyfield Farms shifts to Innovative Supply Chain Management with SupplyShift. Founded by three UC Santa Cruz Ph.D. graduates, they found their developer at TechRaising.

Maverix Biomics lands $100K order for 99 Lives initiative. Co-founder is UC Santa Cruz professor, Todd Lowe.

CSUMB hosts successful Startup Weekend in January with 70 competitors, 12 coaches, 5 judges, and 3 winners.

Plantronics was named 2013 winner of Secretary of State's Award for Corporate Excellence for corporate citizenship, exemplary employment practices, environmental stewardship and innovative business practices.

More News:

Any work done on public roads in Santa Cruz County will have to include broadband facilities in the future: If you dig broadband in Santa Cruz, just dig once.

Security firm AVG has created a new software product, PrivacyFix. With it, you can see your privacy exposure on sites like Facebook, Google, and LinkedIn. PrivacyChoice, founded by Santa Cruz local, Jim Brock, was acquired by AVG in May 2013.

UC Santa Cruz appoints Scott Brandt as vice chancellor for research. In this capacity, he will champion UCSC research and faculty to Silicon Valley and beyond and to bolster the campus's technology transfer capabilities.

Plantronics wins two prestigious IF product design awards. "As a pioneer in wearable technology, Plantronics places significant importance on all aspects of design and our products are known for their performance, reliability and ergonomic excellence," said Darrin Caddes, VP of Corporate Design.

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