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LinkedIn rolls out redesigned apps touted for the “everyday professional”

, Apr 18th 2013 Discuss [0]

LinkedIn has seen relatively large growth since its launch, and in addition, says that those who use its mobile apps have changed over the last year. Such a change has prompted it to completely redesign its mobile apps, tailoring them for everyday professionals that span a variety of positions. The changes are said to give users easier access to the things they want, including richer content. Read The Full Story

LinkedIn acquires Pulse for $90m stock and cash

, Apr 11th 2013 Discuss [0]

While normally an acquisition like this would have a title devoid of the "stock and cash" bit, the LinkedIn purchase of Pulse is a bit more unique. Here the $90 million USD has been announced to be about 90% made up of stock options while the other 10% is made of cash. LinkedIn has made it clear in their announcement of this acquisition that they believe LinkedIn can be "the definitive professional publishing platform" and that Pulse is "a perfect compliment to this vision." Read The Full Story

LinkedIn begins rolling out Facebook-like mentions feature

, Apr 6th 2013 Discuss [0]

LinkedIn is now rolling out a new feature very similar to a feature already offered by Facebook. When you begin typing out a person's name or a company's name in your status update, a drop-down menu will pop up that will allow you to "mention" the person or company you're discussing. The other party will be notified about your mention in real-time, providing much more engaging conversations. Read The Full Story

Linkedin will be revamping their ‘Jobs’ page

, Feb 17th 2013 Discuss [0]

Linkedin will be revamping its job search engine to help its users find the jobs or careers of their dreams a whole lot easier. Their redesigned job search engine adds a bunch of new features that make it easier to search for the jobs that people both want and qualify for. There will be a whole new look and feel for their job search engine as well as more tools to help you search for the specific jobs that match the qualities you're interested in. Read The Full Story

Facebook named best place to work at in 2013

, Dec 12th 2012 Discuss [0]

Glassdoor, a website that provides job and company reviews, released a list of the best places to work for in 2013, and while a lot of other websites put together similar lists, Glassdoor’s results come from feedback from anonymous employees who actually work at the companies. This is the fifth-annual list from Glassdoor, and this time around, Facebook made it to the top for the second time. Read The Full Story

Digg sale splits the company three ways for $16m total

, Jul 13th 2012 Discuss [0]

Just yesterday one tiny chunk of the taking apart of the once-titanic social networking site Digg was leaked with a $500k price tag - today it seems that this is only one piece of the puzzle. This sale took place, according to TechCrunch in three waves, not just one. The first is said to have taken part some time before yesterdays deal with the Washington Post purchasing nearly the entirety of the staff that up until recently ran Digg and its many web-based ins and outs. Read The Full Story

Twitter cuts ties with LinkedIn after 2-year partnership

, Jul 2nd 2012 Discuss [0]

After a lovely hand-holding two years of partnership between the two, LinkedIn and Twitter will no longer be working with one-another. Twitter has cut off tweets on LinedIn this week and LinkedIn will no longer have the option to have Tweets shared directly through their site from a user's control panel. This move is part of a set of actions pushed by Twitter to increase the strictness of their requirements for developers using their API to make their own custom apps. Read The Full Story

LinkedIn gets sued over exposed passwords

, Jun 20th 2012 Discuss [0]

I don't think anyone will be surprised that LinkedIn has been sued over the hack that exposed as many as 6 million user passwords to the professional social network. The security breach occurred in early June and LinkedIn is now hit with a class-action suit seeking at least $5 million in restitution for the stolen passwords. The complaint was filed in San Jose and sites a "troubling lack of security measures." Read The Full Story