Technology

After Coldwater Creek, Sandpoint finds strength in diversity

Tech employers anticipate strong growth

May 7, 2015

Sandpoint's diverse and growing employment base is helping offset last year's loss of major employer Coldwater Creek, several business representatives and observers there say. Companies representing software, aerospace, biomedical, and manufacturing

Fatbeam wins fiber jobs with two school districts

Coeur d'Alene company also draws FCC praise

April 23, 2015

Fatbeam LLC, a fiber-optic broadband provider based in Coeur d'Alene, says it has secured contracts with school districts in Pasco, Wash., and Bend, Ore. The company says in a press release that it will install a total of 58 miles of fiber to upgrade t

KHQ inks partnership with national Watchup news app

Move could help station reach younger viewers

April 23, 2015

KHQ Inc., the Spokane-based NBC television affiliate, says it has partnered with the Watchup video news streaming mobile application so that viewers can watch its programs through the app. Watchup is a free video news streaming app that enables users to

Pet genetics tester wins its lawsuit over patent

Company here to keep testing for mutations

April 9, 2015

A U.S. District Court judge has ruled that patents can't be obtained for genetic events that occur naturally in dogs. The decision by Minneapolis Judge John R. Tunheim on March 31 means Spokane-based Paw Print Genetics can continue genetic dog screeni

Demand Energy re-energizes

Following receivership, company hits Big Apple

April 9, 2015

Linn Parish

Having emerged from receivership and paid the last of its old debts, Liberty Lake-based energy storage company Demand Energy Networks Inc. is pursuing what it says is a New York City market that has arrived finally. The company last month landed a contra

The growing realm of intellectual property law

Spokane lawyers say field has expanded, changed

March 26, 2015

Judith Spitzer

Spokane attorneys who specialize in intellectual property law say the field is expanding and changing, whether it's in copyright, trademark, and trade secrets or patent law.

Sport Scope eyes $2 million in sales this year

End-zone camera maker continued upward growth in 2014

March 26, 2015

Katie Ross

Spokane Valley-based end-zone camera manufacturer Sport Scope Inc. has grown each year since its launch, and it's hoping to hit $2 million in sales this year, says Derek Taylor, co-founder and general manager for the company. Sport Scope had about $1.

Robotics League to hold regional tournament on EWU campus

Sixty-four student teams to compete in Cheney

March 12, 2015

Katie Ross

FIRST Robotics Competition, a Manchester, N.H.-based youth robotics competition program, is seeking to increase its presence here by holding its regional competition at Eastern Washington University next month, says Erin McCallum, the Kent, Wash.-based pr

WSU students to roll out Go KEFI travel website

Startup Weekend champ will test idea on campus

March 12, 2015

Judith Spitzer

Three Washington State University students who have developed Go KEFI, an affordable adventure travel website, say they are poised to test the platform on the Pullman campus. Amanda Scott, a WSU senior who generated the idea for the website, pitched the

Wireless connectivity provider grows into Spokane market

Aruba Networks secures spate of work in Spokane

February 26, 2015

Mike McLean

Aruba Networks Inc., a Sunnyvale, Calif.-based wireless networking device and software manufacturer and vendor, has landed a number of contracts throughout the Inland Northwest and beyond, and its two-person team here has opened an office downtown, says B