TechFlash: Microsoft's Facebook deal; Speaking of deals: Alexa boosts Prime Day

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'Microsoft has gotten its mojo back:' Facebook signs deal with Microsoft to use Office 365 Facebook's endorsement of Office 365 is big for Microsoft. The 41-year-old company continues to innovate – especially in enterprise and cloud computing – but Microsoft struggles to prove its relevance despite its ubiquity. How voice-controlled speakers drove the sale of more than 86,000 items on Amazon Prime Day Amazon said customers bought 86,000 items through exclusive deals offered to customers buying through its voice-controlled Alexa platform. Seattle medical device-maker closes $13.8M funding round The company will use the funding to speed up commercialization of its flagship sepsis diagnosis product and fund other projects. FDA lifts suspension of Juno clinical trial The FDA has lifted its suspension of Juno's JCAR015 cancer therapy trial. The regulatory agency had suspended the trial last week after two patients died. Nanostring expands, new biotech moves into South Lake Union building The Vue Research Center, a biomedical building with offices and labs, is bringing in a new tenant and leasing more space to an existing one. Hydroplane racing is family affair for Blue Origin employee and champion hydro pilot Jimmy Shane Champion hydroplane pilot Jimmy Shane is an integration engineer at Jeff Bezos's Blue Origin in Kent. Five big takeaways from the outcome of the Gravity Payments trial Lucas Price sued his brother and business partner Dan Price. A judge recently ruled in Dan's favor. Boeing CEO, Wright family, top aviation leaders in Seattle for Boeing Centennial at Museum of Flight The Museum of Flight will be closed for the weekend, available only to Boeing employees and their families. How a 10-year deal between Bothell biotech, Kite Pharma got its start Bothell's BioLife Solutions began its relationship with Kite Pharma four years ago. That developed into the companies' just-announced supply deal. 737s steal the day at Farnborough as Boeing announces deals with Chinese airlines Boeing touted deals with Chinese, Russian and other companies for billions of dollars in plane orders. National Tech News Sen. Al Franken pushes Pokemon Go maker Niantic on privacy What Airbnb's CEO learned from battle with San Francisco Here's what Google and LinkedIn paid to swap land in Mountain View

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