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 | Friday, May 24th, 2013

								
Jackson bill could change California e-commerce rules

								Banking & Finance, Technology, Top Stories								
State Sen. Hannah-Beth Jackson, D-Santa Barbara, has introduced a bill that would sharply limit the information that online sellers can gather and keep when customers use a credit card to pay for a transaction. The bill, SB 383, is designed to address the outcome of the California Supreme Court decision earlier this year in Apple Read More →

							

						        

							


							

							


					        

					     

							
					       


					     


												


								
								

								
																
								
 | Thursday, May 23rd, 2013

								
Asta Fluidic takes top spot at UCSB competition

								Health Care & Life Science, Latest news, Technology								
A UC Santa Barbara team developing a cheap and easy technology to test for a serious pregnancy complication is the winner of the school’s 14th annual New Venture Competition. Asta Fluidic Technologies is developing a chip that could drastically reduce the time and cost of testing for fetomaternal hemorrhage, a condition in which the red Read More →

							

						        

							


							

							


					        

					     

							
					       


					     


												


								
								

								
																
								
 | Friday, May 17th, 2013

								
Shopping for shipping: ShipHawk aims to make sending stuff easier

								Features, Small Business, Technology								
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 | Friday, May 17th, 2013

								
KCLU, KCBX  to battle it out in Santa Maria

								Central Coast, Top Stories								
A radio battle is shaping up on the Central Coast, with two similar stations preparing to face off for audience share from the Santa Ynez Valley to San Luis Obispo. But it’s not another clash of commercial giants such as Cumulus Media and Clear Channel Communications. The contenders are KCBX and KCLU, two nonprofit public Read More →

							

						        

							


							

							


					        

					     

							
					       


					     


												


								
								

								
																
								
 | Friday, May 17th, 2013

								
Don’t mind the gap: Ventura firm’s lightweight motors well-suited to electric cars, drones

								Features, Technology								
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 | Friday, May 10th, 2013

								
Nip, tuck and click: Etna’s regulatory know-how is key to success with clinics

								Features, Health Care & Life Science, Technology								
  With the latest in advanced medical technology and techniques, today’s aesthetic surgeons can make just about anyone beautiful. But who makes those clinics beautiful online? San Luis Obispo-based Etna Interactive has been providing digital medical marketing for a decade to everything from single-physician practices to regional clinic networks to medical device makers such as Read More →

							

						        

							


							

							


					        

					     

							
					       


					     


												


								
								

								
																
								
 | Friday, May 10th, 2013

								
Appeals court sides with Independent editor in ownership dispute

								Columns, Law & Goverment								
The court battle over the ownership of the Santa Barbara Independent is on the cusp of resolution.