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Geek on the Street: Will Microsoft’s big LinkedIn deal go boom or bust?

Monday marked a pivotal day for business oriented social media site LinkedIn, with the announcement that it will be acquired… Read More

Microsoft’s LinkedIn acquisition could boost its Azure cloud platform

Microsoft’s $26.2 billion purchase of LinkedIn, announced earlier today, may present an opportunity to bring the popular business network into the… Read More

Microsoft explains how LinkedIn will integrate with Office and other products

In announcing its $26.2 billion purchase of LinkedIn today, Microsoft laid out several scenarios for how the companies’ products might work… Read More

‘Why Microsoft?’ LinkedIn CEO Jeff Weiner explains $26B deal to employees

The ability for LinkedIn to remain a “fully independent entity” under Microsoft was a key factor in sealing the $26.2… Read More

Full text: Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella’s memo to employees on LinkedIn deal

Here is the email sent by Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella to the company’s employees this morning, as published by Microsoft, providing… Read More

Microsoft’s planned acquisition of LinkedIn is one of biggest ever in the tech industry

Microsoft’s planned $26.2 billion cash acquisition of LinkedIn is a whopper in an industry known for mega transactions. The deal,… Read More

By the numbers: How LinkedIn will fit into Microsoft after $26.2B acquisition

Microsoft says LinkedIn will “retain its distinct brand, culture and independence” under the surprise $26.2 billion acquisition announced this morning… Read More

LinkedIn’s huge password leak even bigger than originally thought

QUICK: What was your LinkedIn password in 2012? OK, now think of every password you have set on every service you use… Read More

President Obama calls out Snapchat and LinkedIn during final White House correspondents’ dinner

Amid zingers directed at everyone from Donald Trump to himself, President Barack Obama briefly mentioned two tech giants during his final White House correspondents’… Read More

Swipe right to apply: LinkedIn courts college students with Tinder-like job hunting app

A fresh college grad’s first real job hunt is a lot like young love. Exhilarating, terrifying, and in today’s information-rich… Read More

Bill Gates tops LinkedIn’s list of influencers for 2015

LinkedIn publishes many lists about those who are tops in their fields, but who made the cut for being an… Read More

App of the Week: LinkedIn Lookup makes finding your co-workers easy, even if you’re not connected

If you’re part of a large company, finding all your coworkers online can be tough. Sure, you could turn to… Read More

LinkedIn expands into online training with $1.5B Lynda.com deal

LinkedIn was already a place for tracking skills. Now it’s becoming a place for acquiring them. The company’s agreement to buy online… Read More

LinkedIn may hire some Trulia employees laid off after acquisition

SAN FRANCISCO – Some Trulia employees who were laid off following the close of the company’s acquisition by Zillow may… Read More

Sheryl Sandberg expands Circles with LinkedIn, Anita Borg Institute partnerships

Probably the most vocal advocate out there encouraging women to code, Facebook’s chief operating officer Sheryl Sandberg has announced an expanded… Read More

Are your talents hot or not? LinkedIn reveals the top 25 skills that got people hired in 2014

Looking for a gig? This could help: LinkedIn has released a list of “The 25 Hottest Skills That Got People Hired… Read More

News Brief

LinkedIn teams with Koru to help new job-seekers gain experience

Koru announced today that professional networking site LinkedIn has signed on to host participants in its four-week job training program… Read More

Chart: This is how bad the gender gap is at tech companies

Looking over the diversity data released by major tech companies over the past several months paints a bleak picture of… Read More

LinkedIn overhauls paid service with new features and lower-priced premium tier

LinkedIn is making a new push for paid members with a slate of new features for its LinkedIn Premium service, and… Read More

Tech employee survey: Twitter is the best place to work, LinkedIn 2nd, Facebook falls to 3rd

Twitter trumps Facebook — at least in employee approval ratings. That’s just one of the findings from Glassdoor’s sixth annual Employees’… Read More

Apple, Microsoft, Google and other tech rivals urge Obama, Congress to curb snooping

While they’re usually fierce competitors, an octet of leading technology companies have banded together to ask the U.S. to take… Read More

Bill Gates’ first post on LinkedIn: ‘3 things I’ve learned from Warren Buffett’

Learning the game of bridge isn’t the only thing Warren Buffet has taught Bill Gates. In Gates’ first-ever post on LinkedIn titled… Read More

Startup lesson #2: Don’t ignore the enablers

[Editor’s note: Seattle entrepreneurs Barry Chu and Dave Cotter share some of their startup lessons in starting the new mobile app… Read More

Startup lesson #1: Reid Hoffman is wrong

[Editor’s note: Seattle entrepreneurs Barry Chu and Dave Cotter share some of their startup lessons in starting the new mobile… Read More

Nerd Notes: Gay marriage and sushi, printable guns, and a 5-year-old’s $2,500 iPad spending spree

Editor’s Note: Nerd Notes is GeekWire’s roundup of random geekiness from around the globe. National Day of Unplugging (NDU): Beginning tonight… Read More

Instagram hits 100M user mark 28 months after launch

Instagram, welcome to the 100 million club. The Facebook-owned photo sharing social network announced today that two-and-a-half years after launch,… Read More

LinkedIn reaches 200 million user milestone, adding two new users per second

Some numbers out of the LinkedIn camp today highlight how successful the social network is doing. The company has reached… Read More

Twitter reaches 200M monthly active users, up 42 percent in 9 months

Some social media companies rise and fall quickly. Twitter, however, doesn’t seem to be going away anytime soon. The company… Read More

REI, LinkedIn land in top 10 places for work-life balance; Facebook falls off

When employers dangle salaries and signing bonuses and Justin Bieber songs in front of prospective employees, they might just want… Read More

Dear Alley Insider: What’s Zillow, chopped liver?

I’m a big fan of Alley Insider’s Chart of the Day service in which the online news publication puts relevant… Read More