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Boise is about to experience its third Startup Week, a series of events intended to help promote the city’s entrepreneurial community. Scheduled for Oct. 17, 18 and 19, Boise Startup Week is one of the thousands of entrepreneurial events Techstars runs ...

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With the goal of improving customer service, Coldwell Banker Tomlinson has set up a free chat service so people can ask real estate questions in real time without having to work through an agent. The service, Client Connect, is available ...

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At some Neiman Marcus stores nationwide, dressing rooms are equipped with digital “memory mirrors” that can record an eight-second video of shoppers when they try on clothing. It’s not for security purposes. Shoppers can get a 360-degree view of the ...

People who run product-based small businesses in Idaho are receiving education and resources from the Small Business Administration and Amazon to explore ways to use e-commerce and the online marketplace to reach more customers. The federal organization is partnering with Amazon on ...

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Idaho, particularly Boise, can become more of a tech hub as places like Silicon Valley lose their luster, but it has to take advantage of the situation, attendees of the Idaho Technology Council’s develop.idaho conference learned. The two major components ...

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In an attempt to improve broadband internet access in Idaho’s rural areas, the federal government recently awarded four grants under two programs to Idaho companies for a total of almost $2 million. In the first program, Idaho was awarded $1.4 ...

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There are nearly 7.5 billion people on Earth and more are being born every second. In order to feed all of us, researchers at University of Idaho are looking at ways to keep our existing crops upright. When Daniel Robertson ...

The most expensive part of installing fiber optic cabling to provide high-speed broadband internet to a community is the hole. Because entities such as roads, utilities and irrigation districts regularly dig up the ground anyway, some people are calling for ...

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Expanding its presence in Montana, Fisher’s Technology has acquired Davis Business Machines for an undisclosed price. The acquisition gives Fisher’s, based in Boise, a total of five locations in Montana. As of July 2017, the company had locations in Billings ...

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More than half of Idaho’s technology jobs are located in the Boise area, yet even there, they represent less than 10 percent of the jobs in the area. Idaho needs to look at ways to increase the number of technology ...

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