TechFlash: Instacart to expand in D.C. region; Lockheed's new health partnership

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With new funding round, Instacart to expand in D.C. region To date, the San Francisco-based grocery delivery company has raised approximately $275 million. Lockheed Martin's getting personal with its latest health partnership Lockheed is teaming up with a San Diego company to take a close look at the human genome. Angel investor tax credit could make Md. more appealing to entrepreneurs It could prevent startups — and their investors — from laying roots elsewhere. Haystack app creator Eric Meyer takes job at OrderUp Meyer will drum up excitement about new market launches for the online food ordering company. Amazon stock pops as analyst predicts huge 2015 retail, cloud growth ​Amazon's stock popped up 3 percent in morning trading Tuesday, a welcome bump for the stock that has been sinking the last several months. Elon Musk looks to poach Microsoft, Boeing workers as SpaceX expands Elon Musk, CEO of California-based Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX), said in an interview Tuesday that the company will soon open a Seattle-area office and hire as many as 1,000 people. One-third of the company's current employees come from the aerospace industry. Facebook will now include AMBER alerts in users' feeds Facebook will be partnering with the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children to provide alerts that will include photographs and other important details about the missing child. National Technology News Ann Curry leaves NBC News with seed money for own media startup Chinese Apple supplier unveils 'unbreakable' sapphire-screened phone Insite Software lands $15M and hires ex-Deloitte exec as CEO Menlo Park biotech Personalis raises $33M in new funding Here's what it's like to 'crash and burn' at a top startup accelerator

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