LinkedIn posts first $10 billion year, 5 years after Microsoft deal, but profits remain a mystery Microsoft’s biggest acquisition just joined the ranks of its biggest businesses. Five years after Microsoft announced its intent to acquire… Read More
Microsoft, LinkedIn roll out more initiatives to help people build their skills and find jobs More than 30 million people worldwide have used free, online learning courses from Microsoft and its LinkedIn and GitHub subsidiaries… Read More
LinkedIn is down: ‘An error has occured’ (Update: Resolved) LinkedIn is down today with a generic “An error has occured” (sic) message. You know it’s not a typical outage… Read More
LinkedIn cuts 960 jobs, or 6% of workforce, as demand dips for hiring software due to pandemic Microsoft-owned LinkedIn is laying off 6% of its employee base as fewer companies use its platform due to a reduced… Read More
LinkedIn CEO apologizes after employees make ‘appalling’ comments during virtual town hall LinkedIn CEO Ryan Roslansky — just days into his new role — apologized to staff after employees made offensive comments… Read More
Tech Moves: LinkedIn has a new CEO; Vera Whole Health and Amperity add execs; and more — Seattle-based Vera Whole Health appointed Karen Cooke as chief operating officer. Cooke was most recently vice president of strategic… Read More
Microsoft reports new spike in Teams usage as work habits change around the world Microsoft Teams logged a new daily record of 2.7 billion total meeting minutes in a single day, on Tuesday, March… Read More
Bill Gates says coronavirus will forever alter work, but face-to-face school is ‘totally irreplaceable’ Bill Gates’ 1995 book “The Road Ahead” forecast the way personal computing and the internet would change everything about life… Read More
LinkedIn cites ‘low adoption’ for decision to end Sales Navigator integration with Gmail LinkedIn plans to pull the plug next month on a Chrome browser extension that lets Gmail and GSuite users see… Read More
LinkedIn’s Jeff Weiner will hand CEO role to Ryan Roslansky and become executive chairman LinkedIn CEO Jeff Weiner, who guided the business-networking company through its $26.2 billion acquisition by Microsoft in 2016, says he’ll… Read More
LinkedIn CEO explains why Microsoft integrations have been so slow since $26B acquisition In the leadup to its acquisition of LinkedIn in 2016, Microsoft promised to take a deliberate, hands-off approach to integrating… Read More
Microsoft-owned LinkedIn jumps into real-life networking with new event planning feature LinkedIn is getting into networking in the physical world for the first time, expanding on its bread-and-butter of connecting professionals… Read More
LinkedIn to address inequality with new push to close ‘networking gap’ for users LinkedIn wants to reduce inequality among its member base by taking on the so-called “networking gap” — advantages some people… Read More
LinkedIn to offer ‘verified skill badges’ through new standardized testing feature Microsoft-owned LinkedIn is adding new standardized tests to let users prove how skilled they are in a variety of areas.… Read More
Three Seattle startups make LinkedIn’s 2019 list of 50 hottest companies to work for now LinkedIn’s 2019 list of the 50 Top Startups in the U.S. once again includes three companies from Seattle, with two… Read More
New York Times report calls out LinkedIn as an ‘ideal’ vehicle for China to recruit spies Add LinkedIn to the list of social media platforms being used for nefarious purposes by a foreign government. A New… Read More
Microsoft-owned LinkedIn is moving to the public cloud, and guess which platform it’s choosing? LinkedIn is moving all its data to the public cloud — bringing the professional information and networks of 645 million… Read More
Microsoft and Adobe team up to take on Salesforce, leveraging LinkedIn for marketing and sales tools Microsoft and Adobe are teaming up again, announcing new tools today to give marketers and salespeople new insights into purchasing… Read More
New LinkedIn hiring tools include ability for recruiters to issue bulk rejections to job applicants LinkedIn is about to make it a lot easier for recruiters to quickly reject unqualified job candidates as part of… Read More
LinkedIn dives into live video content with new pilot program LinkedIn is getting into live video. The Microsoft-owned business social network is testing a new service called LinkedIn Live, as… Read More
LinkedIn finds Gen Z workers put more emphasis on mastering ‘hard’ skills than learning ‘soft’ skills A new survey released by LinkedIn shows a disconnect between what types of skills the youngest workers think are important… Read More
LinkedIn Learning embraces content from education companies, integrating it in one platform LinkedIn is again expanding its professional learning options by integrating content into LinkedIn Learning from outside companies that are focused… Read More
Book review: Reid Hoffman’s ‘Blitzscaling’ is an essential primer for building a bigger, better, faster company In the startup world, getting a marketable idea and then getting it to market poses some of the biggest hurdles… Read More
Microsoft’s fiscal 2019 already ranks among its biggest years for acquisition spending Just four months into Microsoft’s fiscal year, the company has spent more on acquisitions than it has in many entire… Read More
Microsoft stock rises as tech giant posts $29B in revenue powered by cloud, gaming growth Following a record year, Microsoft started its 2019 fiscal year off strong, cruising past Wall Street expectations. The tech giant… Read More
LinkedIn rolls out new AI-powered diversity tools, aiming to tackle gender gaps in recruiting LinkedIn today unveiled several new features powered by to help companies better plan for, hire, and develop diverse and inclusive… Read More
Microsoft-owned LinkedIn acquires Glint to bolster employee engagement tools LinkedIn has acquired Glint, a Redwood City, Calif. company that helps organizations get feedback from employees. LinkedIn did not disclose… Read More
TLDR: Instagram’s co-founders are leaving the company Today’s featured stories Instagram Co-Founder and CEO Kevin Systrom announces plans to leave LinkedIn aims to share its trove of… Read More
LinkedIn aims to share its trove of intel on companies and workers through new Talent Insights tool LinkedIn has a ton of data — thanks to 575 million worldwide members, 20 million companies and 15 million job… Read More
Microsoft deepens LinkedIn-Office 365 ties with ability to co-author docs through social network LinkedIn users will soon be able to co-author documents on Office 365 programs with their contacts on the business social… Read More
