TechFlash: Porch CFO exits; Amazon cloud worth $50B?; Dendreon CEO's startup

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Amazon Web Services could be worth $50 billion ​Cloud computing may be racking in even more revenue for Amazon than we previously thought. Amazon Web Services may be worth $50 billion, analyst firm Robert W. Baird said in a research note Wednesday. Why ex-Dendreon CEO's new biotech startup could succeed where Dendreon failed Mitchell Gold left the top post of Seattle biotech Dendreon Corp. in 2012. Now, he's getting back in the immunotherapy game. Biotech analyst David Nierengarten discusses what that might mean for cancer research and treatment. Porch CFO Jeff Dossett departs after company raises $65M ​Porch CFO Jeff Dossett left the fast-growing home improvement company at the beginning of the month to join Los Angeles media company Good Worldwide, Inc. Eye scanners, express lines and a money-savng thermostat: Wells Fargo's vision for the future of banking Miranda Hill, who manages Wells Fargo's Innovation Lab, shared what technology she sees coming to the banking industry within the next three-to-five years. Hey, state reps: Every tech company in Washington wants you to pass this bill ​Steve Ballmer, the Seattle Chamber of Commerce and the state teacher's union all agree on one thing: The Washington state Legislature needs to pass a bill to expand computer science education to all K-12 public schools in the state. Paul Allen finds 73,000-ton sunken Japanese battleship Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen has discovered the remains of the sunken World War II-era Musashi battleship, one of the world's largest-ever battleships. Alibaba takes on Amazon Web Services with new cloud center in Silicon Valley Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba announced it has opened a cloud development center in Silicon Valley, where the company hopes to build out a cloud services division to take on Amazon, Google and Microsoft. National Tech News Telehealth bill on way to governor ABQ entrepreneur's drone business changing real estate marketing Arizona school boards group exec director meets with Apple to talk ed tech Refinery strike to continue but negotiations are moving to Houston EBSCO acquires YBP Library Services Essex snaps up San Mateo's Station Park Green for $67M Flying robot maker CyPhy Works names exec to lead commercial sales efforts Five ways Boston's new 'startup czar' can help entrepreneurs Rep. Maestas Barnes calls SolarCity announcement after House vote 'interesting timing' S.F. data startup shows why Tumblr is worth way more than 'The Dress' to BuzzFeed

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