TechFlash: Microsoft's Issaquah offices listed; Obama backs self-driving cars

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Large Microsoft office building in Issaquah is listed for lease It's the latest sign that the company may be preparing to leave Issaquah. At one point, Microsoft had enough space for 2,900 employees in Issaquah. What Obama's $4B push for self-driving cars means for Seattle – and the cloud President Barack Obama wants to devote billions of dollars to create self-driving car pilot programs. Here's why that's good news for Seattle-area technology companies. Microsoft's new Minecraft game for schools could help build future customers Microsoft will release a new version of Minecraft to help teachers and students visualize concepts from engineering principles to music composition and tour geographical sites. Here are the top 11 U.S. seed deals as VC action slowed in Q4 New York and San Francisco are home to four each from this group, with the others coming from Los Gatos, Seattle and Florida. SpaceX rocket explodes in another ship landing attempt A SpaceX Falcon 9 booster rocket exploded while landing on a drone ship in the Pacific Ocean. Who's raising: Kymeta, Socedo, Outreach A lightweight antenna to connect cars, boats and more to the internet, a platform to identify sales leads and another to help sales professionals communicate with clients -- here's a roundup of Puget Sound area companies that raised funding in recent rounds. National Tech News Startup lets you get paid for your Instagram, Twitter photos San Francisco's Kraken snaps up Coinsetter in big bitcoin deal ​Captricity raises $35M to help turn written documents into digital data Under Armour's Portland space will include some, not all, of its outdoor division Space tourism company staying put in Tucson despite courting from Florida, New Mexico

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