Solar Mosaic: Local startup uses crowdfunding for solar energy projects
Article by Steve Fisher.
Last updated at Wed, 23 May at 1:38am.

The Oakland-based company Solar Mosaic promises a “disruptive” and potentially lucrative incentive to crowdfund solar energy projects this summer.

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The OakTech Wire: May 22
Article by Susan Mernit.
Last updated at Tue, 22 May at 7:25am.

What's happening with tech innovation around Oakland this week? Some big news - and some small - but all worth a read:

May 24: BAAMA morning meet-up focuses on mobile data collection technologies

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Growing interest in Oakland as tech center leads to more incubators being planned
Article by Barbara Grady.
Last updated at Mon, 21 May at 5:12pm.

Oakland is not sitting this one out.

As tiny web-based start-ups sprout across the Bay Area, promising the coming of a second dot.com era, tech business incubators are springing up, too.

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Oakland girls who code win prizes for their hard work
Article by Juan Antonio Mart....
Last updated at Fri, 18 May at 12:40am.

In the past three years, more than 500 girls from across the country have participated in the Technovation Challenge Program sponsored by Iridescent - a nonprofit science and discovery center that works to connect entrepreneurial professionals and university engineering students with under-served and under-represented youth.

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OakTech Wire: Forget the avengers, Livermore Berkeley scientists craft micro-alloy ... and more
Article by Susan Mernit.
Last updated at Sat, 12 May at 6:52am.

Tech news we're noticing around the East Bay.
Have news? Send it to oaktech@oaklandlocal.com.

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The OakTech Wire: May 8
Article by Oakland Local edi....
Last updated at Tue, 8 May at 7:29am.

What's the dish around the East Bay these days?

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Pandora Media CEO Joe Kennedy: 'We're committed to Oakland'
Article by Susan Mernit.
Last updated at Mon, 7 May at 12:22am.

When people talk about tech start-ups in Oakland, one of the first that comes up is always Pandora Media.

Pandora is a longtime Oakland booster and supporter, and its main offices - headquartered in downtown Oakland - now house almost 500 people, many of whom also live in Oakland.

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Cool tech innovators mixer for NewMe Accelerator, future Hub Oakland - Join us April 20
Blog entry by Susan Mernit.
Last updated at Sat, 5 May at 8:27am.

By Oakland Local Editorial Team

 

Join Earthseed Consulting and the founders of Hub Oakland (opening December 2012) for a tech innovation sunset soiree and meet-up launching the NewMe Community in Oakland!

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