Digest #194




Here's the news you need to know.

Although we published the scoop a few weeks ago, it's now official: NextSpace has been acquired. Hack UCSC is rebranding in prep for their annual hackathon. The date is set for Santa Cruz Fiber's launch party. What does Looker have to say in their totally unscientific predictions for Season 7 of Game of Thrones? As usual, there's more. 


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Now it's official: Pacific Workplaces is expanding their portfolio with the NextSpace acquisition. Read this article.


Hack UCSC is rebranding as CruzHacks. Student organizers seek community participation (and sponsorship) for the January 2018 event. Read this article.


With Congressman Panetta as featured speaker, a launch party on Aug 16 will kick off construction for the new fiber optic network in downtown Santa Cruz. Read this article.


Focuster review: If you're looking for simple task management software that's also inexpensive, check out Focuster. Read this article.


$300K Keck Foundation grant will help prepare CSUMB students for bio sciences professions with Big Data. Read this article.


$250K California Community College Maker initiative grant will help Hartnell College support a makerspace. Read this article.


Data of Thrones Part 3: Looker's totally unscientific data-based predictions for Season 7 of Game of Thrones. Read this article.


 
 
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