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Digest #116

This week we have news from two of our stalwart companies in Santa Cruz: Fullpower and Plantronics. Also, find out what's up at MakersFactory and HZDG.

Check out the variety of events coming up the week after Thanksgiving. View the list of events (below) or on our events page. There's a student Pitch Slam at UCSC, lynda.com founders at Colligan Theatre, a special SC New Tech Meetup at The Del Mar. DIUx, a defense incubator, is reaching out to innovators in the tech industry, including those that don't always work with the Department of Defense, at an upcoming military event at the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey.

All this, and more news that you need to know! Start reading!

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Top Stories:

"I am happy to report that MakersFactory has scored a home run by teaming with CTL and Intel to manufacture and distribute our GBL classroom server," says CEO Dave Britton.

Plantronics and Avaya announce a new co-development initiative to address the growing need for simplified communications in contact center and unified communications environments.

Six months new in town, HZDG settles into their new home in the 'hood above Abbott Square and next to the MAH. This is the company's fifth studio location but the only one on the west coast.

Local civilian startups that may want to offer expertise for national security solutions are invited to a US military networking event at Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey.

Fullpower has been awarded a new patent that provides a method and system to schedule tasks in the most power efficient way based on what the user is currently doing.

More from Fullpower: Movado, a large watchmaker, is licensing the MotionX-365 platform to use in a new line of smartwatches, the Movado Motion.

This month's Community TV tech segment shares news from OpenCounter, Hearth, SnapPost, CSUMB, and the Monterey Bay Internship Portal.

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Events

Note: Dates, times, and locations are all subject to change. Be sure to check the meetup website for your event.

Tue Dec 1, 4-6pm: UCSC Student Pitch Slam at Merrill Cultural Center, UCSC.

Tue Dec 1, 7pm: Drupal Group monthly meeting at NextSpace.

Wed Dec 2, 8:30am: Ag Tech -- The Integration of Tech, Investment, & Agriculture at Monterey County Agricultural Center, Salinas, CA.

Wed Dec 2, 3:30pm: From Bootstrapping Start-up to Leader in Online Learning, The lynda.com Story at Colligan Theatre, Santa Cruz.

Wed Dec 2, 6pm: Santa Cruz New Tech Meetup at Del Mar Theatre.

Thu Dec 3, 6:30pm: Santa Cruz Meteor Meetup at NextSpace.

Fri Dec 4, 2-5pm: The Naval Postgraduate School's Big Ideas Exchange (BIX) at Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey.

Fri Dec 4, 6-10pm: Speaker Admiral Hendrickson will talk about opportunities with DIUx at Pearl Harbor Remembrance Dinner at Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey.

Fri Dec 4, 12pm: Startup Monterey Bay Tech Meetup - Innovation Salon on Finance & Technology at CSUMB, Seaside.

Tue Dec 8, 6pm: Startup Monterey Bay Tech Meetup at The Press Club, Seaside.

Wed Dec 9, 3pm: ASAP Presents: From Volume to Value-Based Partnering Event & Plantronics Smarter Working Tour at Plantronics, 345 Encinal St., Santa Cruz

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