TechFlash: Google joins Washington's drone council; Concur president on hiring

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Amazon absent as Google joins manufacturers for first Washington drone council Nobody's asking for tax incentives - yet - says the man who leads the state's aerospace office. He just wants to help, not hinder the industry here as it rapidly evolves. Allen Institute publishes highest resolution map of entire human brain to date The Allen Institute for Brain Science in Seattle has published the highest resolution atlas to date of the human brain​. It came out last week in a stand-alone issue of the Journal of Comparative Neurology. President Elena Donio on hiring and how Concur attracted 34,000 customers Elena Donio – named Concur president after SAP acquired the company in late 2014 – told entrepreneurs during the recent Seattle Women Entrepreneurs' Network that the company's growth is largely due to culture. Here are a few tips for scaling: ​Pinterest hires Seattle leader with deep local ties Ruben Ortega will build Pinterest's Seattle team to more than 30 people. He has held engineering roles at the Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence, Nordstrom, Google and Amazon. Frazier Healthcare adds new operating partner The former Omnicare executive is on Frazier's growth buyout team and will help identify opportunities in pharmaceutical services space. Boeing Commercial Airplanes CEO and ex-U.S. Ambassador rip Trump's China remarks Trump criticized Boeing over its new assembly facility in China. Now, Boeing Commercial Airplanes CEO Ray Conner and an ex-U.S. Ambassador to China Gary Locke are fighting back to correct the record. National Tech News Google to hold a hardware event in San Francisco Salesforce bets big on AI for business with 'Einstein' product rollout Lyft chief says most of its rides will happen in self-driving cars within five years Intel taps ex-eBay financial whiz as its new CFO

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