TechFlash: Amazon's UK drone tests; Salesforce would have paid more for LinkedIn

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Amazon partners with UK officials for drone tests After achieving limited headway with drone operations in the U.S., Amazon has struck an agreement with UK aviation officials to test drones that fly beyond line of sight. Fast-growing Seattle network company hires new CEO, hints at future IPO Former president of Everett-based Fluke Networks Arif Kareem will take over the role co-founder Jesse Rothstein has held since he and Raja Mukerji, both F5 Networks veterans, founded the company in 2007. Salesforce's Benioff: I would've paid more than $26B for LinkedIn Dubbed "Party A" in an SEC filing, it's clear that Benioff was willing to raise San Francisco-based Salesforce's bid if it had been given the chance to do so by LinkedIn. Nintendo stock plummets after company reveals 'limited' income from Pokemon Go Nintendo did not develop Pokemon Go – a fact, it seems, investors are now beginning to realize. Under new CEO, Seattle's NetMotion Wireless looks to 'reposition' With a new executive at the helm, NetMotion Wireless is trying to win more enterprise customers and expand overseas. Gates Foundation leads $14M funding round for Seattle biotech Seattle-based Just Biotherapeutics Inc. has big plans for its latest funding round. New WSU classes in Bremerton, Everett take aim at state's engineering shortage The university also now offering the Northwest's first construction engineering degree. Fingerprint and iris scanners will help Sea-Tac travelers skip lines Seattle-Tacoma International Airport might soon have biometric terminals that let passengers use fingerprints and iris scans to bypass the TSA document check and head straight to the carry-on baggage screening areas. Firm targets Juno with class-action securities lawsuit related to drug trial death A law firm is going after Juno Therapeutics with a class-action lawsuit connected to the May death of a patient using a Juno cancer-fighting therapy. National Tech News Group that hacked Twitter, Facebook, Google CEOs gets TechCrunch this time What DNC leaders taught us about writing embarrassing things in 'private' emails Here's why Silicon Valley cybersecurity VC went east with startup studio

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