TechFlash: Microsoft's big year; Sea-Tac's big plan; Bezos' investment pays off

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Clouds, laptops and diversity: Here's a look back at Microsoft's big year Microsoft made big existential changes in 2015 – the company's second year under CEO Satya Nadella. Here's a look back at the highlights: Boeing, Alaska Air join effort to make Sea-Tac nation's first biofuel airport Seattle-Tacoma International Airport could be the first in the U.S. to offer commercial grade biofuel for jets. Jeff Bezos' Washington Post investment pays off with online lead Recent data show Bezos' Washington Post is accelerating its online lead over the New York Times. Microsoft board member Padmasree Warrior lands at U.S. unit of Chinese Tesla rival She is another top Cisco Systems executive who left the company after being passed over as former CEO John Chambers' replacement. Seattle firm acquires New York-based telephone company CornerStone Telephone Co., based in Troy, New York, is being acquired by a Seattle-based telecom company. Epic Fails, Dynamic Duos, Shameless Showmen, and other top 2015 Newsmakers Let's revisit the ups and downs of 2015. National Tech News Here are Bay Area IPO candidates being watched as pipeline backlog builds If you don't work for one of these companies, good luck getting a ticket to the new Star Wars A's Billy Beane takes his statistical expertise to sports tech Kitman Labs advisory board Yelp killer? Facebook is testing local search engine for business DMV reveals draft regs for driverless car testing that some fear could drive business out of California

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