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Boise-based Apriori Control has reached a year-long deal to host its iPet Companion software, which lets people use their web browser to play with cats at animal shelters, with a top animal health website. The deal with petMD came after a similar two-week promotion with the pet food company Friskies.
"They'll be able to play with the sheltered animals directly inside petMD," said Scott Harris, the founder of Apriori Control. Harris's web-connected remote control technology can be used in an array of industries--he has visions of using it on Asian assembly lines or instructing medical students--but so far it's...