July 11, 2018
Comments Off on Micron served with Chinese DRAM injunction
Micron said it has received a preliminary injunction regarding computer chips it sells in China, but said it should not affect its earnings much. The preliminary injunction enjoins the company’s Chinese subsidiaries from manufacturing, selling, or importing certain Crucial and Ballistix-branded ...
Read More »The Terteling Company fell victim to a phishing attack but doesn’t think any employee or customer data was actually downloaded. The Boise firm is a holding company for a variety of Idaho agricultural businesses including Western States Equipment Co., the ...
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July 9, 2018
Comments Off on Downtown Boise businesses get faster, cheaper internet
An end-to-end fiber optic cable is providing faster Internet at lower cost to business customers in downtown Boise. CableONE Business is now offering its Piranha Fiber service, which runs on fiber optic cable. It provides up to 2 gigabits per ...
Tagged with: cableone CenturyLink Internet
Read More »A Boise company that intends to use blockchain technology to fund commercial real estate investing has issued its first loan. The LendingCoin, which has raised $2 million from friends-and-family investors, is lending $345,000 to David Ngo to refinance his business ...
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June 27, 2018
Comments Off on Micron results are good news for Boise
To no one’s surprise, Micron Technology issued barnburning results on June 20. Total revenue was $7.8 billion, up 6 percent from the previous quarter and 40 percent from the prior year. Non-GAAP gross margins expanded to a record 61 percent, ...
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June 20, 2018
Comments Off on Secretary of State’s office to update elections software
The Secretary of State’s office has issued requests for proposals for a new system to manage voter registration and elections, campaign financing, and lobbyist reporting, with the goal of having at least the elections reporting portion up by the November ...
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June 20, 2018
Comments Off on Boise Angel Alliance retools investment fund
The Boise Angel Alliance (BAA), an organization intended to help fund early-stage startups in Idaho, has retooled its investment fund to support larger projects. The BAA Board went through a process of strategic reassessment, beginning with a strengths/weaknesses/opportunities/threats analysis, said ...
Tagged with: Boise Angel Alliance Kevin Learned mark roberts rick ritter
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June 13, 2018
Comments Off on Boise State financial technology startup raises $200,000
An Eagle startup has raised $200,000 as part of a new program at Boise State University intended to support Idaho’s entrepreneurial community. SpriteRE, founded in April, helps match online consumers with digital lenders and expedite that process using artificial intelligence, ...
Tagged with: adam stein Boise State University Venture College
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In a move intended to make it easier for Idaho businesses to incorporate automation, Boise State University is partnering with a Taiwanese robotics company to create a robotics lab in the university’s school of engineering. NEXCOM, a Taiwanese company, created ...
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June 6, 2018
Comments Off on Local Idaho governments are vulnerable to cybersecurity attacks
Government IT departments are increasingly the target of cybersecurity attacks that not only put the public’s personally identifiable information at risk but can cost taxpayers money. “It’s a huge problem,” said Lt. Gov. Brad Little, who served as chairman of ...
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