LinkedIn’s 2019 list of the 50 Top Startups in the U.S. once again includes three companies from Seattle, with two unicorns and one fast-growing customer data platform making the cut.… Read More
Add LinkedIn to the list of social media platforms being used for nefarious purposes by a foreign government. A New York Times report on Tuesday called the Microsoft-owned site, with… Read More
LinkedIn is moving all its data to the public cloud — bringing the professional information and networks of 645 million members around the world with it — and it didn’t… Read More
Microsoft and Adobe are teaming up again, announcing new tools today to give marketers and salespeople new insights into purchasing teams inside big companies. The expanded partnership is notable as… Read More
LinkedIn is about to make it a lot easier for recruiters to quickly reject unqualified job candidates as part of a broader overhaul of how companies find and evaluate quality… Read More
LinkedIn is getting into live video. The Microsoft-owned business social network is testing a new service called LinkedIn Live, as first reported by TechCrunch and confirmed by the company. The… Read More
A new survey released by LinkedIn shows a disconnect between what types of skills the youngest workers think are important to succeed in the workplace, and how employers view those… Read More
LinkedIn is again expanding its professional learning options by integrating content into LinkedIn Learning from outside companies that are focused on education. On Friday, Microsoft-owned LinkedIn announced that Harvard Business… Read More
In the startup world, getting a marketable idea and then getting it to market poses some of the biggest hurdles for most entrepreneurs. But what happens after you actually get… Read More
Just four months into Microsoft’s fiscal year, the company has spent more on acquisitions than it has in many entire years in the past. According to a GeekWire analysis, Microsoft’s… Read More
Following a record year, Microsoft started its 2019 fiscal year off strong, cruising past Wall Street expectations. The tech giant brought in $8.8 billion in net profits — or $1.14… Read More
LinkedIn today unveiled several new features powered by to help companies better plan for, hire, and develop diverse and inclusive teams. LinkedIn rolled out the new features across a variety… Read More
LinkedIn has acquired Glint, a Redwood City, Calif. company that helps organizations get feedback from employees. LinkedIn did not disclose terms of the deal in a blog post announcing the… Read More
Today’s featured stories Instagram Co-Founder and CEO Kevin Systrom announces plans to leave LinkedIn aims to share its trove of intel on companies and workers through new Talent Insights too… Read More
LinkedIn has a ton of data — thanks to 575 million worldwide members, 20 million companies and 15 million job listings — and now it will let companies buy in… Read More
LinkedIn users will soon be able to co-author documents on Office 365 programs with their contacts on the business social network, in one of the newest and deepest integrations since… Read More
Outreach is on a roll. The enterprise software startup raised $65 million this spring, announced it was moving into a new headquarters space this summer and on Thursday was the… Read More
Just in case you wanted a second voicemail box to fill up with messages you tell yourself you’re going to get to, LinkedIn is adding a voice messaging option as… Read More
Microsoft has learned a few lessons from the $26.2 billion acquisition of LinkedIn that executives say they’re applying to the recently announced purchase of GitHub. At Microsoft Inspire, its annual… Read More
LinkedIn has added a new feature that allows immediate translation of posts in its news feed. Now, below a post on LinkedIn that is different from a user’s native language,… Read More
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LinkedIn is adding commute times for jobs on its website, the latest in a growing series of integrations between the business social network and its new parent company Microsoft. LinkedIn… Read More
Bigger than Nokia and Minecraft, smaller than LinkedIn and Skype. And nowhere near Yahoo, but that doesn’t count because it wasn’t completed. That is how Microsoft’s agreement to acquire GitHub… Read More
LinkedIn is starting an artificial intelligence bootcamp for its employees, providing another example of how pervasive the technology has become at big companies. The AI Academy program will start with… Read More
Microsoft, which has quietly built a $6.9 billion/year advertising business through its Bing search engine, will attempt to expand its reach with a new advertising network that extends the Bing… Read More
LinkedIn was a stand out of Microsoft’s latest earnings report, as the business social network saw a 37 percent jump in revenue and record highs in engagement and number of… Read More
LinkedIn’s integration with Microsoft has “exceeded expectations,” propelling the business social network to record levels of engagement and revenue is growing in a way the company hasn’t seen since its… Read More
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A week after taking the top spot in a ranking that measures brand reputation in the eyes of the public, Amazon is No. 1 on another list that casts the… Read More
Machine learning is in; Flash is out. Data scientists are in great demand, specialized developers, not so much. These are just a few of the trends LinkedIn picked up in… Read More