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Last week's Santa Cruz New Tech Meetup was epic. Held atAmazon's new offices in downtown Santa Cruz, a variety ofpresenting local companies spoke about using Amazon WebServices (AWS) as their platform. We've got a video and a photoessay to share. This week Mary Meeker published her annualInternet Trends report. Find out why Looker is pleased.Remember the drone conference held in Santa Cruz last year?It was held over the weekend, and although it's in San Franciscothis year, we've still got you covered. Blockchain and genomicsdata? The Santa Cruz Bitcoin meetup is hosting David Haussleron June 15. Haussler will describe efforts to organize thissharing activity at a global scale, and how blockchaintechnologies might fit in.

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