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LinkedIn, the social networking site that connects over 562 million professionals in more than 200 countries, has started rolling out the beta version of its live streaming service for a selected few US-based users for now. Known as LinkedIn Live, this platform will give users and companies the opportunity to share real-time videos along with their written work, shared news...

The Indian Start-up surface is as hot as the sun and it continues to thrive! This has been a matter of telltale by the flagship post, LinkedIn Top Startups in India list based on a series of actions taken by more than fifty million LinkedIn (NASDAQ: LNKD) users in India.Hospitality start-up, OYO, health and wellness start-up Cure. Fit, and the local food delivery...

If you are caught Napping, you cannot obviously name who still ascends the throne of Technological pinnacle! However, LinkedIn has got your back.A recent survey by LinkedIn Corp (NYSE: LNKD) reveals the "Top Emerging Jobs in India" and it seems, technology roles dominate this list.For this report, LinkedIn surveyed more than 50 million of its members in India, who had specified...

For all those who are looking forward to building strong professional contacts, Microsoft-owned LinkedIn is considered to be the go-to platform. It is the favourite platform for working professionals, marketers and entrepreneurs and has been serving its purpose quite well. However, off late, this platform is attempting its level best to become more like Facebook, the social networking giant....

Persisting for a long time now is an off-base assumption that commute issues are an obscure factor to be taken into consideration. While a major section of an employee as well as employers polls up on salaries, perks and incentives, equal priority is to be given to the average commute of a day. Hence, moon-walking in as the much-needed...

The techno-economic spectrum today witnesses a whirlwind change in the walk of life. A high-paid job, with flexible working hours and all the perks that accompany, is a pie-in-the-sky situation. The cutting-edge scenario is all about choosing what’s better – A high-paid work culture or a good work-life balance. Primarily what appends along in the corporate world is Occupational...

LinkedIn Corp (NYSE:LNKD) announced on Wednesday, on their official blog, the launch of Trending Storylines. This new LinkedIn feature is where "daily curated interest-based feeds about the most important developing stories in your industry" will cluster and be accessible to users by way of a "Trending" tab.Ever since the big acquisition by Microsoft that made waves last year, LinkedIn has...

LinkedIn Corp (NYSE: LNKD) is gearing up with a new UI to keep brands hooked to the platform. The online professional network has released an early preview of a more clean and appealing user interface. This new UI is apparently visible to a few selected users for personal profiles as well as company pages. The interesting twist is, the...

Social Media advertising is growing at a tremendous rate as brands have been spending more fortunes on digital ads with each passing year. In few of the developed markets, such as US, Digital ad spends is expected to surpass the TV Ad spends by the end of 2016, led by social media advertising with 21.3% share of the total amount. With...

Influencers on LinkedIn Corp (NYSE:LNKD)  are selected by invitation only and comprise of more than 500 members. This includes some of the world's finest thinkers, leaders and innovators. They take to LinkedIn to share their insights on current topics and have access to more data and briefings than the general public.How they communicate this information to the rest of...

Back in June, Dazeinfo had released a report stating that Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) had acquired LinkedIn at a whopping price of $26.2 billion. This was the costliest acquisition by Microsoft, overshadowing the $19 billion purchase of Whatsapp by Facebook. The deal was slated to get closed by the end of the year.The company planned on integrating LinkedIn's Sales Navigator tool for salespeople...

Businesses are harnessing the power of social networking platforms for a personalised lead nurturing process. Almost 86% B2B marketers rely on social media platforms for higher conversion rates, and most of these marketers can be found active on Facebook. However, when it comes to evaluating the most effective platform for social media marketing and social media advertising LinkedIn beats Facebook...

A week ago, Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) took a big step and made LinkedIn shareholders pretty happy by announcing the acquisition of LinkedIn for $26.2 billion. As one of the shareholders secretly confided to me, he’d had high hopes when he’d invested in the IPO, but seeing the growth - or lack of it - in the past couple of...

The tech world as of late has been rife with news of mergers and acquisitions. While some like the $67 billion Dell-EMC merger has been desperate bids to survive in a rapidly evolving industry, others like Facebook's $19 billion investment in acquiring WhatsApp had been a plan for expansion in the future. Today, however, we have an interesting story...

The software giant Microsoft yesterday announced its decision to buy LinkedIn, the world’s leading professional networking site, for $26.2 billion, or $196 per share, in cash. The acquisition which has already been approved by the boards of both the companies still needs to go through the regulatory approval process by LinkedIn shareholders and regulators.The LinkedIn shares which had closed...

The Windows behemoth, Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT), is set to strengthen its social media presence with the acquisition of LinkedIn for $26.2 billion. Microsoft is reportedly buying LinkedIn for $196 per share. The deal is slated to be completed by the end of the year and is the costliest acquisition by Microsoft till date overshadowing the $19 billion dollars that...