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A call center that served Google Fiber customers in other states has been shut down. Google never offered the high-speed internet service in Boise, but operated the call center in subleased space on the former HP campus on Chinden. “We’ve ...

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Following the lead of other small Idaho cities such as Ammon and Emmett, McCall is creating a fiber-optic infrastructure, Rapid McCall, to provide up to 1 gigabit per second internet service to homes by next summer. McCall will install, own ...

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MERIDIAN – In the latest of a steady stream this year of groundbreakings and ribbon-cuttings, Ball Ventures Ahlquist ceremoniously broke ground on another new building at Ten Mile Crossing on Nov. 15 – with more to come. The tenant of ...

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Editor’s Note: This is the second in a three-part series on Idaho National Laboratory. IDAHO FALLS – Idaho National Laboratory is leading a charge for better battery technology in electric vehicles. INL, a stalwart in the study of nuclear energy, also ...

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Idaho’s technology industry is going to take another shot at a sales tax exemption for data center equipment. “I think this will be the year for data center legislation,” Jay Larsen, president and CEO of the Idaho Technology Council, at ...

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More than 100 women from Boise’s biggest technology companies got together to share professional advice at the first Treasure Valley Women in Tech event. In the first of what’s hoped to be at least a quarterly or semiannual experience, women ...

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It’s not easy for Jarod Ferguson to explain what Royal Jay does. “We help health care companies improve performance in value-based contracts,” said Ferguson, founder and CEO of the Boise-based company. Value-based, as opposed to fee-for-service, is a relatively new ...

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Xerox is trying to buy HP – and it could mean layoffs. According to media reports, Xerox has offered HP $22 per share, consisting of 77% cash and 23% stock, or $17 in cash and 0.137 Xerox share for each HP share. If accepted, ...

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Idaho granted a conditional waiver Thursday to the U.S. Department of Energy that could allow research quantities of spent nuclear fuel into the state after years of blocking such shipments. The agreement announced by Gov. Brad Little and Attorney General ...

Companies are at risk of lawsuits for failing to have websites usable by blind people, and banks have faced a number of legal challenges over accessibility — a concern that still looms. Over the past couple of years, several companies ...

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